Nice backyard view. Prefer that view over a city skylineI have been helping out my mother in law this week and have not been out hiking at all. That doesn't mean I haven't been enjoying the outdoors. She has a canal (drainage ditch) behind her house and each morning while drinking my coffee, I have been enjoying watching the alligators, turtles, birds, and fish.
I know many of you have great views out your back-door including city Skylines, fields, waterways, and woods. Please share them!
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Skylines are nice, but the peace and quiet of more rural areas is relaxing.Nice backyard view. Prefer that view over a city skyline
I know many of you have great views out your back-door
Beautiful sunset!!! Looks like a great place to call homeWell, this was last night.View attachment 1082491
This is the start of the third month here at my Grandparents homestead, my new home. It was a farm and the foundation is still visible. I randomly pull glass and trash out of one part of the lawn, like the salsa jar there. Dang it grandpa!
It raised four boys, one being my father. As well as me, my sister, and innumerable cousins as grandkids. It will raise my children. And I will be carried out feet first, like my grandmother and grandfather.
It isn’t much, but ALL the toilets flush now, my grass is coming back, I have an out building for motorcycles and tractors and the stumps are easy to dig out. Truly a slice of paradise!
I actually wore this pistol around some yesterday, mostly as a goof, walking around with the kids. But some recent events in town keep her in my bed at night over a usual PT-92. I wish I could be just a little more rural. Seclusion is security.
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I need a new weapon light.
Makes me love a pocket pistol even more! But she is a great bed companion. Doesn’t snore, no cold feet, won’t take the covers and she doesn’t whine at the door to go out.
An obligatory Michigan Morel pic. We went toward the previously unexplored part of our creek.(pronounced “crick”)
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This was the most I could get in a shot. It was nice to swat some brambles down with the unloaded AR, yup I actually use mine.
The white morels just cover that end. These where the grand daddy-est ones, the larger in the foreground being eight inches!
I am embarrassed to admit a mighty hunter I am not. I was benevolent with the wood chuck. And evidently SHE liked it around here. She moved under my bonfire pile and I found a little woodchuck in a tree. It’s little brother in the ground next to it enjoying the sun. That’s as close as I wanted to get.
Seems all my tuning of my rimfire was for naught. I’m a sucker, and it’s not like I’m gonna eat it.
We’ll see if she appreciates the tuning of the dirt bikes as much!
So, there’s the view from my back sliding door, @WisBorn.
Trying my hand at some daytime varmint hunting this past weekend in middle Tennessee.
A larger Hickory (or possibly a Tulip) from this weekend foray across the hunting property.
300 BO braced pistol, with my AAC SDN-6 suppressor and an old Vortex Spitfire 3X prism scope trying to call raccoon and/or coyotes.
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No gun in this picture but taken the same day a few hours later. That large sycamore tree in the background really popped with the setting sun on its smooth light colored bark. The picture without depth, does not really capture how much that tree visually popped to the naked eye.
Awesome place.Well, this was last night.View attachment 1082491
This is the start of the third month here at my Grandparents homestead, my new home. It was a farm and the foundation is still visible. I randomly pull glass and trash out of one part of the lawn, like the salsa jar there. Dang it grandpa!
It raised four boys, one being my father. As well as me, my sister, and innumerable cousins as grandkids. It will raise my children. And I will be carried out feet first, like my grandmother and grandfather.
It isn’t much, but ALL the toilets flush now, my grass is coming back, I have an out building for motorcycles and tractors and the stumps are easy to dig out. Truly a slice of paradise!
I actually wore this pistol around some yesterday, mostly as a goof, walking around with the kids. But some recent events in town keep her in my bed at night over a usual PT-92. I wish I could be just a little more rural. Seclusion is security.
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I need a new weapon light.
Makes me love a pocket pistol even more! But she is a great bed companion. Doesn’t snore, no cold feet, won’t take the covers and she doesn’t whine at the door to go out.
An obligatory Michigan Morel pic. We went toward the previously unexplored part of our creek.(pronounced “crick”)
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This was the most I could get in a shot. It was nice to swat some brambles down with the unloaded AR, yup I actually use mine.
The white morels just cover that end. These where the grand daddy-est ones, the larger in the foreground being eight inches!
I am embarrassed to admit a mighty hunter I am not. I was benevolent with the wood chuck. And evidently SHE liked it around here. She moved under my bonfire pile and I found a little woodchuck in a tree. It’s little brother in the ground next to it enjoying the sun. That’s as close as I wanted to get.
Seems all my tuning of my rimfire was for naught. I’m a sucker, and it’s not like I’m gonna eat it.
We’ll see if she appreciates the tuning of the dirt bikes as much!
So, there’s the view from my back sliding door, @WisBorn.
Thanks for sharing your pictures! Sorry to hear about the break downs and running out of fuel!!! Frustrating stuff.We have been very busy with planting season here on the farm. We are nearly done planting and a considerable amount of replanting.
I haven't been to bed before midnight for two weeks. One night was 4am...back at it by 7am. Lots of happenings and mishaps too. Lots of blown hydraulic hoses and parts and supplies are short. We ran out of diesel one day. Thankfully we got resupply that same day....but our supplier was OUT.
Here are some rand6pics to contribute to our beloved thread....
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I was sitting out a rainshower when the sun popped out.
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I know it's silly but I enjoy a hot meal! reheated leftovers on the engine block....perfect 200 degrees! I do it quite often if the lovely Mrs farmer has made something special. It's a treat to get a hot pulled pork sammich.
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A very careless doe just 100yds downrange from my portable shooting bench! She better not get too bold next November!
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Showing my support for Illinois' next governor!
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My lcp has been a constant ccw e'ryday.
So which 357 do you like betterI thought I'd go check make sure the snow was melting. So after some load testing, I refilled my canteen at a scenic spot, and headed up.
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Then I confirmed the snow had indeed melted, by finding the trail, rather than 4 feet of snow.
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It leads to a nice but marshy meadow.
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On the far side the meadow is a stream, which is flowing rather quickly right now.
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The old logging road once went across the meadow and stream. It's easily picked up on the other side, thought it's slowly being reclaimed by nature.
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Eventually it leads past another meadow.
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Lots of moose sign in the area, but even at 10,000 feet the temperature was up at 75 degrees. So I expect they were bedded down.
I circled back around to the stream and tried to get some pictures of one of the fish I'd scared off earlier.
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Kinda hard to see. They were mostly 8-10" long and pretty actively hunting.
I brought the 686+ for angry moose protection. And was glad to have the G33 as a backup for the aggressive fish.
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Well, actually they were just the guns I'd been shooting earlier. I should have brought something for the mosquitos though. I'll have to remember that next time.
So which 357 do you like better
Or is that asking which child do you like better