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^ ^ ^ ^ Looks very clean, Bur.
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Glad to see you back on the forum.
Grafted buckman and courthouse. Glad you found those varieties and sent some scions over the years. I parked some extra courthouse on a mature tree a few months ago. Little guy is putting fruit on the scion.
Grafted buckman and courthouse. Glad you found those varieties and sent some scions over the years. I parked some extra courthouse on a mature tree a few months ago. Little guy is putting fruit on the scion.
jsasker007
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Sandbur, You ever have any problems with bears over there? I'm a little worried that I might have some issues here pretty soon. Bear tracks just off my back yard and the tracks are not small. Hoping they don't go after my fruit trees but if they do I don't think there's much I can do about it. Maybe some pepper spray or some other nasty smelling/tasting stuff a guy could use to try to keep the bears out.
sandbur
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Beats are around here. My neighbor raises sweet corn and doesn’t like them either.
We saw one last week. Maybe the same one as last fall. Sow and three cubs a year ago.
I have just a few broken limbs. We have unlimited bear tags here.
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Seen numerous bears. never pulled a trigger but once. Bear was messing with my trash can too many times in one month. Took some #8 shot and aimed it before his feet. Last time I saw that bear.
Kind of got an indiian philosophy. IF I am not going to appreciate all the offering, I will not take in it. Kind of the same with predators, no big problems no solution needed.
No bear problem yet. Racoons show up often, but cause little issue so far.
Kind of got an indiian philosophy. IF I am not going to appreciate all the offering, I will not take in it. Kind of the same with predators, no big problems no solution needed.
No bear problem yet. Racoons show up often, but cause little issue so far.
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sandbur
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Years back, I had an older boat with a homemade, plywood casting deck. I pulled it out of the shed in the spring and my dog was running around it and barking.
There was a family of young coon under the deck. Those coon never caused any problems again.
:)
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Since I have a trailer now, I have been taking a huge igloo marine 110qt or so cooler. I have almost a whole standup freezer shelf full of frozen water bottles. I put the water bottles in a freezer bag then in the cooler, and cover the cooler with a white blanket and some of that reflective plastic insulation.
I do the same thing with frozen fish from my North Carolina pier fishing trips too. Sometimes come back with 50lbs of fillets n small fish. 12 hour trip home and they stay frozen.
If I have a clean shot, it's not warm out, and he's in an easy to recover place, I'l take a bear.
Last year I was bowhunting and saw 3 bears goofing off in a tree about 500 yard away. Fun walk back to the truck that night around the standing corn.
Bowsnbucks
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And stick bologna! Really tasty.
sandbur
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Make sure the bear meat is thoroughly cooked.
My wife made cubed bear meat in a sweet and sour pork recipe.
Bowsnbucks
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I don't make bear bologna myself. There are a number of butcher shops in Pa. that process bear & deer meat into several types of bologna for the hunters who kill them. Smoky, peppery, garlic, hot, and some with cheese lumps right in the bologna. With a few cold beers & pretzels, they make a horrible snack while watching a game on TV!!!
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Took a few years off from PA flintlock. You can hunt Sundays this year?!?! Got a new 50 cal flinter thats new to me. Will be hunting milford area on the far east by the delaware river.I don't make bear bologna myself. There are a number of butcher shops in Pa. that process bear & deer meat into several types of bologna for the hunters who kill them. Smoky, peppery, garlic, hot, and some with cheese lumps right in the bologna. With a few cold beers & pretzels, they make a horrible snack while watching a game on TV!!!
Sandbur,
Think Ive asked you several times, but cant remember. Trailman, when is it ripe for you, and hows the apple? Fresh eating, sauce, pies? How long is your ripe range window for that tree outside on the limb? Cold storage? Topworked a pristine to trailman, gave a coworker one too this year. Also planted a chestnut on m111 last spring too.
Some drooling members on here might want to here a bit about your kerr experiences too. Got several of them, gave folks several too. MY goto 2 apple combo for gifts is kerr n enterprise.
sandbur
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I think late August is pretty typical for Trailman drop or ripening time. Trailman are too small to peel and try and make a pie. They are great for applesauce and cider. I would rate them a very close second to Chestnut Crab for eating.
There are good recipes for applesauce pies.
I don’t think they keep well as most early apples don’t keep.
I don’t have a record of the length of drop period. Memory says maybe two weeks???
There are good recipes for applesauce pies.
I don’t think they keep well as most early apples don’t keep.
I don’t have a record of the length of drop period. Memory says maybe two weeks???
