Recent content by gim

Every few years we seem to get this deeper snow sometime in December before the season ends. This year its come especially early. Makes for tough walking, both man and dog. Saps your energy very quickly. A guy can only trudge through knee deep snow for so long. The only good thing about it...

I assume it was from barb wire. There is countless miles of that old rusted crap out there.

Except when its in Minneapolis, right? Funny how its a great event to attend but only when it fits the location narrative that an individual favors...

Oh I see now it's time to rip on Minnesota again. I went to the P/Q fest in Mpls a few years ago on free tickets and it was kinda lame IMO. Not really what I was expecting.

That's unfortunate. I had that happen in 2023 on a front leg of my dog. Went to the vet that afternoon and they cleaned, disinfected, and then stapled the wound. No running, jumping, or hunting for 14 days. It was pretty much completely healed up by day 15.

The lion spotted in Duluth is from western South Dakota (Black Hills). It's a rogue male that has a tracking collar. My wife knows there's two deal breakers if she wants to get rid of me. Take up smoking or bring home a cat. Every one that is eliminated saves dozens of upland birds.

It's gonna be tough sledding in many areas moving forward because of deep snow. Seems like many areas in SD, MN, and IA have this problem now.

Someone posted that the Aberdeen area got about 10-11 inches of snow.

Really deep snow and/or a layer of ice is bad news. Usually we don't get big, vast systems of ice. It's more of a localized event. This is the coldest and start to winter in 11 years.

I'm in Minnesota and its the same here now. All the grass is flattened, some areas have drifted up deep already. Hunting is going to be tough the last month of the season simply from walking stand point. Quite a change from the last few seasons when it was barren all the way through December.

If people would be responsible for their pets/animals, this would never be a problem. I don't let my dog stray around the countryside or neighborhood. I expect the same of anyone who owns a cat. It comes down to this for me. Do you want birds or do you want feral cats? Easy answer for this guy.

I've stepped into soft spots in the cattails too several times. Nothing quite as serious as what carptom posted. Various levels of depth. It ruins your day pretty quick. Which is why I avoid them until they are fully frozen like concrete now. I nearly fell out of my deer stand way too many...

I didn't make it. My Mother did. It was fantastic. I didn't take any photos of it, I just "gobbled" it up instead and allowed the digestive process to do its thing afterwards. I dump my turkey mud in the toilet where it belongs BTW

I was able to get out for about 2 hours yesterday and my dog had more energy. It was tough sledding in some drifted up areas with the recent snow, and all the grassland is flattened. We raised about 10 birds at the first spot and 5 more at the second. No roosters within range. But I'm...