Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Shawnee, you're evil for posting that... but then again, you're just a piker..... 
Not my yard, though (I wish!).
Not my yard, though (I wish!).
What I wouldn't give to live out in the boonies
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MCgunner
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Looks sorta like Santa's yard.....
One of 'em seems to have a red nose.
One of 'em seems to have a red nose.
Shawnee
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"Art, you need a punt gun. One shot, and you've got your bag limit."
It does work. Once, as a stunt, I did the math to figure out the exact distance from the shelf of a 30-ft. blind to the ground at a point where my shotgun pattern would cover a 3-ft. circle. Then I made a "donut" of cracked corn with a 1-ft. center and waited for some Blues to show up. One shot took ten birds (the legal limit). LOL !
"...you're just a piker....."
ROTFLMAO !!!
Sheeeesh! I wonder if they make a 50-shot Super Blackhawk !
It does work. Once, as a stunt, I did the math to figure out the exact distance from the shelf of a 30-ft. blind to the ground at a point where my shotgun pattern would cover a 3-ft. circle. Then I made a "donut" of cracked corn with a 1-ft. center and waited for some Blues to show up. One shot took ten birds (the legal limit). LOL !
"...you're just a piker....."
ROTFLMAO !!!
Sheeeesh! I wonder if they make a 50-shot Super Blackhawk !
Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Hee hee, nice... by the way, that pic which runs around the net is purported to come from Wisconsin.
35 Whelen
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King, I'm rooting for you to get out of there. I've lived in Texas my entire life where people tend to mind there own business so long as no one's getting hurt, and as for those who don't mind there own business...well..."**** 'em and feed 'em fish heads" is the overriding philosophy.
When I lived in town, I killed squirrels with Augila Super Colibri's. I shot them out of a Savage M24 and honestly the hammer dropping and hitting the firing pin made more noise than the round going off. No powder in the cartridge, only a priming compound. I have a buddy who lives in the same town and is plagued by squirrels. I began giving him the Super Colibris and he's on his THIRD BOX of 50!!! He's killed dozens of tree rats with these shells.
I live in north Texas in the country now (Thanks GOD!!) and there's a whole 'nother set of critters to deal with out here:
35W
When I lived in town, I killed squirrels with Augila Super Colibri's. I shot them out of a Savage M24 and honestly the hammer dropping and hitting the firing pin made more noise than the round going off. No powder in the cartridge, only a priming compound. I have a buddy who lives in the same town and is plagued by squirrels. I began giving him the Super Colibris and he's on his THIRD BOX of 50!!! He's killed dozens of tree rats with these shells.
I live in north Texas in the country now (Thanks GOD!!) and there's a whole 'nother set of critters to deal with out here:
35W
kingpin008
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Whelen - Thanks. I won't lie - I love Maryland. It's my home, and it's a beautiful state, with many good people and awesome places to see. The problem is the political and legal climate, which unfortunately will take a long time to change back to how it should be. That's what we're getting away from. If it were up to me, I'd stay here, but we just refuse to put up with the extremely high cost of living, the high taxes, crappy job market, and of course, ridiculous (but far from the worst) gun laws. The privacy thing is nice though - my fiancee and I are not the most conventional couple by any means (gun owners, heavily tattooed/pierced, etc) and there is definitely something to be said about settling down in a place where people don't care what and who you are. Or, if they do, they keep it to themselves.
I wonder sometimes how well I'd do out in the country. In my head, it sounds great - but I've been a suburbanite all my life, I think it'd be an...adjustment. A good adjustment, but it's amazing how different life is when you contrast the two lifestyles.
I wonder sometimes how well I'd do out in the country. In my head, it sounds great - but I've been a suburbanite all my life, I think it'd be an...adjustment. A good adjustment, but it's amazing how different life is when you contrast the two lifestyles.
kingpin008
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Oh, and another thing - do you know if they have feral hogs (or are they javelina?) in AZ? For some reason, I've always wanted to hunt a few of those suckers. Never hunted in my life, but I can see it being an activity worth pursuing once we get outta MD.
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Hey 35 Whelen....
Looks to me like your snakes are feeling kinda poorly.
Can't tell for sure from the photos but it could be lead poisoning.
Hey "Sauce"....
I have friends in Pittsville (no kidding) and Marshfield, Wisconsin and, especially in Marshfield, they would think that pic might be in town. Their deer problem is supposedly that bad.
Looks to me like your snakes are feeling kinda poorly.
Can't tell for sure from the photos but it could be lead poisoning.
Hey "Sauce"....
I have friends in Pittsville (no kidding) and Marshfield, Wisconsin and, especially in Marshfield, they would think that pic might be in town. Their deer problem is supposedly that bad.
paintballdude902
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i live in the historic district of the original capital of nc ...... one of my neighbors called the cops on me for putting a rifle in my truck, for gods sake i had an orange hat on and camo clothes on
i told the cop i weas going deer hunting and he asked me if i had had any luck becasue he hadnt so far stupid old people (no offense for some of uu guys just that lady)
i told the cop i weas going deer hunting and he asked me if i had had any luck becasue he hadnt so far stupid old people (no offense for some of uu guys just that lady)
35 Whelen
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I've never lived in AZ, but I know they have Javalinas in the desert areas. Regarding feral hogs, I honestly don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Living in a rural environment really does take some adjusting. I spent alot of my childhood in the country where I could hunt, shoot and fish all I wanted, so as an adult, it was always a goal for me to have a place of my own. We bought 55 acres about three years ago. Even having lived in the country as a kid, it took some adjustment. Now it's 21.6 miles to work instead of 4.4. With gas the price it is, you make damn sure you have everything you need from town before you go home in the evening. I rarely sit around watching television at night because there's always something that needs to be done outside; pick the garden, fix the faucet I backed over with the tractor, water the trees, cut firewood, etc.
But, it's SO quiet...there's so much freedom. I walk past 2 bathrooms and pee outside. I have my own shooting range, I hunt deer, javalina, hogs, doves, quail, etc. literally in my backyard. I have a garden and can grow my own food, so I have a little bit of a feeling of independence. I'm gonna say if you're not a hands-on, do-it-yourself kind of person, rural life may not be for you.
35W
Living in a rural environment really does take some adjusting. I spent alot of my childhood in the country where I could hunt, shoot and fish all I wanted, so as an adult, it was always a goal for me to have a place of my own. We bought 55 acres about three years ago. Even having lived in the country as a kid, it took some adjustment. Now it's 21.6 miles to work instead of 4.4. With gas the price it is, you make damn sure you have everything you need from town before you go home in the evening. I rarely sit around watching television at night because there's always something that needs to be done outside; pick the garden, fix the faucet I backed over with the tractor, water the trees, cut firewood, etc.
But, it's SO quiet...there's so much freedom. I walk past 2 bathrooms and pee outside. I have my own shooting range, I hunt deer, javalina, hogs, doves, quail, etc. literally in my backyard. I have a garden and can grow my own food, so I have a little bit of a feeling of independence. I'm gonna say if you're not a hands-on, do-it-yourself kind of person, rural life may not be for you.
35W
MCgunner
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I was shocked to find out feral hogs were in West Texas, by that I mean the trans Pecos. They like to wallow in mud to cool off, don't have sweat glands, and will die without water. Guess they hole up around rivers or such? Don't know. The desert ain't really their best habitat, though, I wouldn't think.
I used to think about making the move to New Mexico. 51 percent public land, either BLM or national forests/wilderness areas. There's more people in Harris County, Texas than the whole state of New Mexico. I love that state for big game, but I sure would miss my waterfowl.
I used to think about making the move to New Mexico. 51 percent public land, either BLM or national forests/wilderness areas. There's more people in Harris County, Texas than the whole state of New Mexico. I love that state for big game, but I sure would miss my waterfowl.
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Get a good air rifle, I used to shoot varmints out of my house. The key to shooting is wait a few minutes before you walk outside, carry a grocery bag and when the neighbors aren't looking you reach over and pick-up the critter.
kingpin008
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Look - it's not about the neighbors seeing me. It's about my unwillingness to shoot (even if it is an air gun) without a safe backstop. You know, one of the four rules.
Please folks, stop suggesting ways for me to shoot the critters. I'm almost sorry I brought it up! We will be getting rid of them. Yes, I would like to be able to shoot them, but I wasn't asking for advice on how to get away with it. I can't, and that's ultimately OK. It's not worth the possibility of hitting someone with a pellet or damaging someone else's property, plain and simple.
Please folks, stop suggesting ways for me to shoot the critters. I'm almost sorry I brought it up! We will be getting rid of them. Yes, I would like to be able to shoot them, but I wasn't asking for advice on how to get away with it. I can't, and that's ultimately OK. It's not worth the possibility of hitting someone with a pellet or damaging someone else's property, plain and simple.
MCgunner
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One thing about moving to New Mexico, I never figured out how I'd make a living there. Now, I'm partially retired, could move, but it'd be a major big deal selling the house and that. Besides, I live in a really good part of Texas for hunting and fishing. If you don't grow up here and have friends with land or buy land, it can kinda suck for deer/hog and such, though. And, around here, you need a boat to do much of anything, but I have that covered.
Art Eatman
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I have a solar-powered clock feeder about 45 yards from the house. No screen on the window facing it. About once a dove season, I'll take a skillet shot. Old Model 12, 30" Full. It's "full" with the old paper hulls. With plastic, it's more like "turkey". Using high brass 7-1/2s the record is 16 doves.
"Visitors" include coyotes, foxes, roadrunners, dove and quail, and ravens as daytimers in the yard. Also rock squirrels and the little chipmunk-size antelope squirrels. I did have a bobcat walk across the porch one afternoon. At night, raccoons are common, and a couple of times the javelina have come sniffing for grain that drops from sloppy eaters at the little hanging feeder for the chee-chee birds.
If you want to enjoy living out in the boonies, you better make sure you've learned a bunch of manual skills. There's nobody to call when stuff needs fixing. I'm 85 miles from any "real" shopping, if a town of 5,000 is "real".
My wife did the floor plan architecture for this house, and I did the roof truss design and the elevations. I ran the foundation job, and bought all the materials for the guys who dried in the box. I had two helpers on the ceiling, and one guy and I did all the panelling and wiring. I did all the insulating as we went. I did all the doors, the plumbing and the bathroom fixtures and all the cabinet installation. And the trim. My wife did most of the staining. Plain vanilla on the outside, jewel box on the inside. Five months work, and my left thumb was "beat plumb into submission". Fifteen years, now, and only a little trivial maintenance. Call it a hunt camp with wall-to-wall carpet and A/C.
Welding and auto mechanics are also helpful skills.
"Visitors" include coyotes, foxes, roadrunners, dove and quail, and ravens as daytimers in the yard. Also rock squirrels and the little chipmunk-size antelope squirrels. I did have a bobcat walk across the porch one afternoon. At night, raccoons are common, and a couple of times the javelina have come sniffing for grain that drops from sloppy eaters at the little hanging feeder for the chee-chee birds.
If you want to enjoy living out in the boonies, you better make sure you've learned a bunch of manual skills. There's nobody to call when stuff needs fixing. I'm 85 miles from any "real" shopping, if a town of 5,000 is "real".
My wife did the floor plan architecture for this house, and I did the roof truss design and the elevations. I ran the foundation job, and bought all the materials for the guys who dried in the box. I had two helpers on the ceiling, and one guy and I did all the panelling and wiring. I did all the insulating as we went. I did all the doors, the plumbing and the bathroom fixtures and all the cabinet installation. And the trim. My wife did most of the staining. Plain vanilla on the outside, jewel box on the inside. Five months work, and my left thumb was "beat plumb into submission".
Fifteen years, now, and only a little trivial maintenance. Call it a hunt camp with wall-to-wall carpet and A/C.Welding and auto mechanics are also helpful skills.
MCgunner
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OTOH, Art, you don't need no stinkin' permit from the city engineer every time you want to built a friggin' shed or run a new wire or pour a slab. That part of the big brother meddling of the city really miffs me off sometimes. It's just a money grab, gotta PAY for the permit, of course.
I hate wood work, but I'm a good mechanic and even work on John Deere diesels. Country boy, ya know. I can do wood work just fine, I just HATE doing it for some reason. I've got work to do around here I've been putting off for a while. Wife gets on my case occasionally. I'll get around to it, some day.
That part of the big brother meddling of the city really miffs me off sometimes. It's just a money grab, gotta PAY for the permit, of course.I hate wood work, but I'm a good mechanic and even work on John Deere diesels. Country boy, ya know.
I can do wood work just fine, I just HATE doing it for some reason. I've got work to do around here I've been putting off for a while. Wife gets on my case occasionally. I'll get around to it, some day.
35 Whelen
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Hear, hear, Art. Mine travel down the path to rural-ism began with the construction of a 30 x 36 metal shop. Began construction in May, finished about November. I'd get off work at 4:30 then drive out to the property and work until as late as midnite at least 6 nights a week. Designed the entire building myself, and built about 75% of it alone. I had to have help setting the 30' wide steel trusses 
Hired the slab, plumbing and sheet metal out. Did all the rest myself. I nearly went stir-crazy listening to the drone of the gasoline powered welder night after night after night. Burned nearly 50 lbs. of welding rods. Trenched 1000+ feet of water line and telephone, installed freez-proof faucets. THEN had to build the apartment in one end so we'd have a place to live while the house was being built.
Construction of our hosue began before the shop/apartment was finished, so there for awhile I was running myself ragged. House took 14 months to complete and I did some of the framing (You know...wife says "Umm, honey, I think I want a sink in the laundry room after all", etc.) wired it, tied in the plumbing, ran A/C duct/trimmed out vents, insulated it, hung some of the doors, just finished building, staining, and hanging cedar shutters,....After it's all finished, I look back and wonder how on earth did I get through all of this?!?!?
35W
Hired the slab, plumbing and sheet metal out. Did all the rest myself. I nearly went stir-crazy listening to the drone of the gasoline powered welder night after night after night. Burned nearly 50 lbs. of welding rods. Trenched 1000+ feet of water line and telephone, installed freez-proof faucets. THEN had to build the apartment in one end so we'd have a place to live while the house was being built.Construction of our hosue began before the shop/apartment was finished, so there for awhile I was running myself ragged. House took 14 months to complete and I did some of the framing (You know...wife says "Umm, honey, I think I want a sink in the laundry room after all", etc.) wired it, tied in the plumbing, ran A/C duct/trimmed out vents, insulated it, hung some of the doors, just finished building, staining, and hanging cedar shutters,....After it's all finished, I look back and wonder how on earth did I get through all of this?!?!?
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Art Eatman
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Yeah, one nice thing about Texas: No permits needed for a house, outside the city limits. All my doings are equal to or above code, however.
I was a young lad of 59 when I built this house. Don't think I'll try it again. If I move before it's nursing-home time or before I die, it's gonna be a roofed-over travel trailer and a container for storage. And I'll sit with a beer and supervise. I'll have a little sittin' porch built, with the usual bench rest on one end.
Where? http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=162416 is where. Post #33. Seems like a nice view for a sundowner or three...
, Art
I was a young lad of 59 when I built this house. Don't think I'll try it again. If I move before it's nursing-home time or before I die, it's gonna be a roofed-over travel trailer and a container for storage. And I'll sit with a beer and supervise.
I'll have a little sittin' porch built, with the usual bench rest on one end.Where? http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=162416 is where. Post #33. Seems like a nice view for a sundowner or three...
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Art,
That's downright pretty!
That's downright pretty!
MCgunner
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Well, in this town, any shed has to be able to withstand 110 mph winds, hurricanes, ya know. Biggest of those cheap portable sheds I can put up is a 9x10 by code. So, when I built my shop, I hired out the shop and poured the slap into it myself. I guarantee you that shop will be here if the house is flattened. ROFLMAO!
In 03, we had 95 mph sustained winds with gusts to 108 mph. Blew down some buildings downtown, blew over a brick facade off of one of the store fronts, collapsed a wall off a huge warehouse down by the shrimp docks, but the house and the shop were golden. All I had damaged was a shed out back that was falling down anyway. I kinda need to re-roof the old shop, but I had a metal roof put on the house when I had the new metal shop building built. It's fine. Worst part about that storm for me was running a generator 24/7 for a week cause the power was out. If I have to do it again, it'll cost me a LOT more in gas.
In 03, we had 95 mph sustained winds with gusts to 108 mph. Blew down some buildings downtown, blew over a brick facade off of one of the store fronts, collapsed a wall off a huge warehouse down by the shrimp docks, but the house and the shop were golden.
All I had damaged was a shed out back that was falling down anyway. I kinda need to re-roof the old shop, but I had a metal roof put on the house when I had the new metal shop building built. It's fine. Worst part about that storm for me was running a generator 24/7 for a week cause the power was out. If I have to do it again, it'll cost me a LOT more in gas.You can keep the rats out of your tree with a collar of tin if no other trees are within jumping distance, BUT...I would guess your tree has an insect problem and is bleeding sap, which the squirrels are attracted to. In other words, the squirrels are not the root of problem. And believe me (I am a boonie), you can shoot the things till your barrel melts and they keep coming from I-don't-know-where!!!
Matt-J2
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The amount of squirrels I see here in town at my apt building? Lots!
Amount I see out on my in-law's farm? None!(there's some in their woods, though)
The number of feral/semi-feral cats roaming their property may have something to do with it.
Amount I see out on my in-law's farm? None!(there's some in their woods, though)
The number of feral/semi-feral cats roaming their property may have something to do with it.
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koja48
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Very nice, Vern.
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