Ugly Sauce
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It was, "The Hillbilly Hideaway" but my hunting partner insists it's the Green Hornet. As he has promised to paint Hornets on it (he's an actual artiste) I have to go with that.
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2022-2023 Hunting Preps
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It was, "The Hillbilly Hideaway" but my hunting partner insists it's the Green Hornet. As he has promised to paint Hornets on it (he's an actual artiste) I have to go with that.
Woodbridge
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We'll be planting some more red osier dogwood from the conservation district and some other habitat improvements. Trying our hand at a winter browse food plot this year. Probably winter wheat, rye, & brassica. They main goal however is to get enough target practice in for my daughter this summer to prepare her for the youth whitetail hunt.
BigBlue 94
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Needs a satellite dish...
I pulled an old single bottom Brinly plow out of the weeds and modified it to fit my John Deere 1025R with a 3 point hitch. I used the back ends of some 96 bronco radius arms to mount the lower points and the factory track bar mount off my superduty as the upper mount. Bubba'd for sure, but only on the already added on stuff from previous tractors.
Got my larger 2 acre meadow mowed and cleared of the locust and hedge and crap that has grown up in the last couple years. The turkeys are already taking advantage of it. Saw a tom struttin after 8 hens on sunday.
Gonna plant some mammoth gray stripe sunflowers and turkey red wheat back there as forage. Just a couple small plots. Otherwise i let the native grass grow. The quail like it.
Ugly Sauce
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Needs a satellite dish...
I had one laying around at one time...if I can find it, I may just do that. A great gag for driving down the highway.
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Chuck R.
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Needs a satellite dish...
I pulled an old single bottom Brinly plow out of the weeds and modified it to fit my John Deere 1025R with a 3 point hitch. I used the back ends of some 96 bronco radius arms to mount the lower points and the factory track bar mount off my superduty as the upper mount. Bubba'd for sure, but only on the already added on stuff from previous tractors.
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Got my larger 2 acre meadow mowed and cleared of the locust and hedge and crap that has grown up in the last couple years. The turkeys are already taking advantage of it. Saw a tom struttin after 8 hens on sunday.
Gonna plant some mammoth gray stripe sunflowers and turkey red wheat back there as forage. Just a couple small plots. Otherwise i let the native grass grow. The quail like it.
I've got an old Ford Dearborn 2 bottom that's in very good shape and works very well that I use to turn new plots. The only thing I did to it was replace the furrow wheel bearing. I found a digital copy of the Ford Plow book that has instructions and even plowing layouts for fields.
I'm about to order a Rhino Rebel 72 tiller to better work some of my plots. I've got one that was put in corn last year that failed miserably that I'm going to try milo in this year IF I can get the tiller here by the end of May. I figure that if it comes up the quail and doves will have a field day.
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Chuck R.
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Primers are tough, but I did find 8lbs of H4831SC that's shipping today!
One of my co-workers that just started shooting Cowboy Action ordered 5000 primers on WED, only a little over $600 delivered! I've got enough of everything to last a few years, my one concern was H4831SC for my .270Win and .300Win Mag, and that's been solved. Now IF Nosler would just start cranking out .358 Partitions...
BigBlue 94
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My dads old boss had one on his stationary blind that you could see off I-70. Yup just a gag joke.
BigBlue 94
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When you say tiller, are you referring to the trailer with a bunch of sorta spikey discs?
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Chuck R.
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Nope, 3Pt Tiller, something like this:
https://www.farmandfleet.com/produc...MI87eDi9mW9wIVgD2tBh03TA6bEAQYBiABEgKaa_D_BwE
BigBlue 94
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Ah a big boy rototiller! I dont think my 18hp PTO would run one of those. This tractor is too small, but we bought it when we only had 7 acres, not 80. I cant even run a 5ft brush hog on it.
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Chuck R.
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I know the feeling. I've got a 45HP Kubota, wishing I'd bought a 75Hp...with cab, AC/heat, rear remotes, stereo etc.
BigBlue 94
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I think mine is a 27hp, yanmar 3 cyl diesel. I do have access to tractors up to 140hp, but they are a few miles away. And i have no clue how to use em! I really wish i had a backhoe. I could do some damage with one of them!
Patocazador
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I've found my 50 HP and 60 HP Kubotas to be like Goldilocks' porridge .. just right for my 2 places of 60 and 150 acres. 6' harrow and 5' Bush Hogs are the implements I have.
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It's almost impossible to find milo seed here. Yet, it works very well for pulling in the birds. I have found that the commercial wild bird feed/seed sold at Tractor Supply has very good germination and consists of millet, milo, sunflower, and cracked corn. All of it came up except for the cracked corn ... wonder what I did wrong???
BigBlue 94
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NEKS still has a few folks growing milo. Mostly cattle farmers for feed. An ex-GFs step dad did it and i even saw a bunch out in west central KS a couple years ago. Out near Cedar Bluff reservoir.
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Chuck R.
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It's almost impossible to find milo seed here. Yet, it works very well for pulling in the birds. I have found that the commercial wild bird feed/seed sold at Tractor Supply has very good germination and consists of millet, milo, sunflower, and cracked corn. All of it came up except for the cracked corn ... wonder what I did wrong???
That's a great idea, every year we get "volunteer" plants underneath out bird feeders!
I saw a bunch out west this year. The guys place where we hunt roosters had probably a couple hundred acres in it this past year. We might see more of it this year due to fertilizer costs in growing corn.
Shanghai McCoy
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I've had a pretty good milo "crop" grow under my bird feeder as well.
Armored farmer
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I'm still working on my blind/tiny cabin in my spare time.
I got the car siding on the walls and the used tin ceiling in. Walls stained and sealed.
Working on window trim tomorrow.
I got the car siding on the walls and the used tin ceiling in. Walls stained and sealed.
Working on window trim tomorrow.
Armored farmer
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Memorial day 5/30/22
An update on my tiny cabin/hunting blind:
My Mrs found a used loveseat/hide-a-bed that a friend was selling. We bought it and put it in the blind.
The interior is covered in horizontal wood planking and stained grey.. the trim around the door and windows are stained ebony. There is propane gas lines plumbed into the walls for both the Mister Heater and the single propane burner stove top (side burner from a gas grill). There is a bar-height table top that we will use stools to sit while at the table or at the window watching for deer.
We have been rained out for about two weeks. In that down time, I finished the project with a composite hardwood floor and some shelves and trim . And a tiny countertop and burner. There is also a small solar panel powering a deep cycle battery with 300watt inverter to power two interior lights and one porch led light.
My #3 son and my old hunting/ fishing buddy helped me get it from my shop through the field and into the woods. We easily got it level and sitting on cinder blocks. I even used eye bolts and cable to attach it to a sturdy hickory on each side. No more blowing over! I had a fire ring ready to put back there too.
I didn't take any pics of the finished interior,
Such a relief to finally get it in the woods and set on blocks.
I'm dreaming about opening morning of squirrel season and deer season. My idea is to spend the night before in the cabin and starting my hunt from right there.
An update on my tiny cabin/hunting blind:
My Mrs found a used loveseat/hide-a-bed that a friend was selling. We bought it and put it in the blind.
The interior is covered in horizontal wood planking and stained grey.. the trim around the door and windows are stained ebony. There is propane gas lines plumbed into the walls for both the Mister Heater and the single propane burner stove top (side burner from a gas grill). There is a bar-height table top that we will use stools to sit while at the table or at the window watching for deer.
We have been rained out for about two weeks. In that down time, I finished the project with a composite hardwood floor and some shelves and trim . And a tiny countertop and burner. There is also a small solar panel powering a deep cycle battery with 300watt inverter to power two interior lights and one porch led light.
My #3 son and my old hunting/ fishing buddy helped me get it from my shop through the field and into the woods. We easily got it level and sitting on cinder blocks. I even used eye bolts and cable to attach it to a sturdy hickory on each side. No more blowing over! I had a fire ring ready to put back there too.
I didn't take any pics of the finished interior,
Such a relief to finally get it in the woods and set on blocks.
I'm dreaming about opening morning of squirrel season and deer season. My idea is to spend the night before in the cabin and starting my hunt from right there.
Ugly Sauce
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Wow! That is uptown-Leroy Brown for sure. Heck, I'd live in it for a week before season!!! And the week after, until I ate up all the back-strap. Nice job.
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Chuck R.
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That is just flat out one of the coolest blinds/mini-cabins I've seen. A hearty "well done!"
My preps have gone on hold due to an extended business trip abroad. I managed to get my quail/dove food plot planted, and then literally got on a flight the next day. I'm hoping to get back for part of the summer, but have already been extended once, so we'll see....Good news, the Per Diem's high, bad news, so's the cost of living here.
One lesson learned from "having" to get the planting done when I did is the 3PT tiller combined, with wet KS soil, and residue, turns into a brick-like substance that will require hrs to clean...
My preps have gone on hold due to an extended business trip abroad. I managed to get my quail/dove food plot planted, and then literally got on a flight the next day. I'm hoping to get back for part of the summer, but have already been extended once, so we'll see....Good news, the Per Diem's high, bad news, so's the cost of living here.
One lesson learned from "having" to get the planting done when I did is the 3PT tiller combined, with wet KS soil, and residue, turns into a brick-like substance that will require hrs to clean...
Armored farmer
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I made a trip back to the cabin early this morning to relocate my cellular trailcam.
I took some interior pics...
I took some interior pics...
Shanghai McCoy
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That's nicer than my house...
Armored farmer
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Lol! No, it's not that fancy....just new.
I admit I was just a little obsessed with it.
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