Recent content by Mennoniteman

He's decided that moving into the only smorgasbord in the neighborhood, especially one that's mostly frequented by potential girlfriends makes perfect sense. That bear looks like 250 lbs on the hoof. If Old Guard likes it a lot he just might stay permanently (on your wall)

Is this a fall rye field? It looks like it was seeded to lightly or too late in the fall? A combo of clover in the fall might have helped conserve moisture and nutrients, bare dirt draws heat in the summer and shrivels up everything. It also looks like it needed some fertilizer in April? It is...

Cuddeback camera's have a bad name around our place, they are about on the bottom of our list, but cuddelink always intrigued me. If it were'nt for the bad experience with their other cameras we'd probably try them.

That's too bad, new land and no tags to hunt it?

Growing food for the winter months is our main food plot focus. Rye, corn, soybeans and radishes are the main go-to's. P.S. our deer walk past ragweed to eat cover, go figure?

Last September 1st we planted a ladino clover and cereal rye combo, now on July 11th I'm mowing the rye to release the clover. The rye ate up the excess nitrogen and converted it into carbon food for the Ladino in the form of straw that will break down and feed the clover. This clover is looking...

A Quake Claw sling of course?

My first deer rifle was a model 94 .32 Winchester Special and I got my first buck with it that fall, which started a lifetime love affair with lever guns. I still have the 94 and two BLR's, but it pains me to think of all the others that I bought from people needing quick cash and then I sold...

Clover won't choke out turnips no matter how heavy the clover is seeded. First of all, clover uses mostly different nutrients than turnips, second, clover is so slow to establish and get rooted that the turnips are usually 6" high by the time clover is an inch. I agree with @swat1018 on the full...

Sorry, I read the 100 yards in your post and assumed. Anyway, a competent gunsmith would probably be able to make the trigger a lot better.

What are the chances of them making a .41? That lever rifle shouldn't be shooting tight groups like that at 100 yards! Now I'm wondering what it will do with your handloads... Keep us posted on the trigger.

Your glyphosate spraying is going to work best if you wait a week after mowing hay for the new growth to appear. Waiting a week for the gly to work down into the roots before tilling is better, but tilling sooner will be ok, just a slightly lesser weed kill. Farmers always fertilize after...

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My son and I argue about whether to harvest bucks like this. He says that buck will have a crippled rack next year and breed more bucks like this. I say it got damaged in the early stages of antler growth and will normal next year.

Happy 4th to all. Riding SXS in Northern PA, 210 miles down today.