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#1
The Outdoor Board / Re: BIRDS
Last post by Chuck White - Today at 05:50:58 PMI usually fill my feeders to about half, and put the rest of the mixture in the fridge!
About the 5-6 day point I empty, do a light wash then refill to half!
About the 5-6 day point I empty, do a light wash then refill to half!
#2
The Outdoor Board / Re: Fishin
Last post by doc henderson - Today at 05:20:21 PMIf you have a bunch of grand kids or cub scouts fishing in groups, not a bad idea to crush the barb with plyers. single hooks no trebles. 
A hat with sunglasses looks cool and can add to safety. a 5 y/o traumatized by an ordeal like this can be a handful.
A hat with sunglasses looks cool and can add to safety. a 5 y/o traumatized by an ordeal like this can be a handful. #3
Forestry and Logging / Re: Flagging tape color
Last post by livemusic - Today at 05:14:21 PMIf harvest trees are marked, everything else is not harvested. So, why would you mark a wildlife tree? Only thing I can think of is it's marked to draw attention and imply "don't knock this tree down!" Assuming that 'wildlife tree' means a dead snag or hollow tree, etc.
Is there any common color used for 'leave it' or 'take it?' -- edit... oops... I see that this was addressed above as I was posting.
Is there any common color used for 'leave it' or 'take it?' -- edit... oops... I see that this was addressed above as I was posting.
#4
General Board / Re: Be ready for a LOUD summer...
Last post by Machinebuilder - Today at 05:13:09 PMThe cicadas are coming out pretty strong here. I can here a dull roar all day.
I think my dogs are getting full eating them.
I think my dogs are getting full eating them.
#5
General Board / Re: Ticks ticks ticks
Last post by Machinebuilder - Today at 05:04:48 PMI keep frontline Plus on my dogs year round.
I tried the Flea/Tick pills, and kept finding live ticks in my house, they hadn't bitten the dogs yet.
I tried the Seresto collars, Gabby appeared to have neurological reaction to them, Sox was fine.
Frontline doesn't work as good as it did 15 years ago. but If I find a tick inside its dead or dieing.
Interestingly Gabby tested positive for anaplasmosis, a tick born disease. It's in the northeast and Mid west.
Her blood count is fine so no treatment. After I left the Vet I remembered the amount of ticks in Manitoba and Saskatchawan.
This spring seems about normal for ticks in TN.
I tried the Flea/Tick pills, and kept finding live ticks in my house, they hadn't bitten the dogs yet.
I tried the Seresto collars, Gabby appeared to have neurological reaction to them, Sox was fine.
Frontline doesn't work as good as it did 15 years ago. but If I find a tick inside its dead or dieing.
Interestingly Gabby tested positive for anaplasmosis, a tick born disease. It's in the northeast and Mid west.
Her blood count is fine so no treatment. After I left the Vet I remembered the amount of ticks in Manitoba and Saskatchawan.
This spring seems about normal for ticks in TN.
#6
Drying and Processing / Re: Air Drying vs Kiln Drying
Last post by doc henderson - Today at 05:04:28 PMfor drying however, if you take outside winter air and heat it, it has much less actual water. remember, relative humidity is the amount of water in the air, divided by the amount of water the air could hold (theoretical 100%) at a given temp. As the temp goes down, the actual amount of water to achieve 100% goes down. So, if you heat this cold air up the RH goes down based on the new temp, but the water content stays the same. the ability of surface water to evaporate is better at the lower RH. that is why our homes are so dry in the winter and we tend to run humidifiers. It is why in our home you leave your bath water till cold, and do not run the exhaust fan during a shower in the winter. using the heat and humidity from the hot water. many of the borers do not like dry wood so there is that. 
#7
Forestry and Logging / Re: Flagging tape color
Last post by Otis1 - Today at 04:52:32 PMI mostly use flagging for a temporary boundary layout before I paint it. You would use a lot of ribbon and be time consuming if you tied around every cut tree. Generally speaking, you want to mark whichever(cut tree or leave tree) is going to be the least amount of trees so less work. Also depends on if you want to look at reserve tree paint for however many years. Always marked on at least two sides above DBH and a stump mark all the way to the ground preferably kicking the moss off. Stump mark is an accountability method, so that after trees are cut you can still make sure that loggers are only cutting marked trees.
Around here, the USFS uses orange paint for boundary between cutting units, red for private boundaries/ surveying, and blue for cut tree marking. Our state DNR does it the other way and uses blue for boundaries, orange for cut trees, and green if marking reserve trees. I have seen some purple paint for private boundaries. I prefer marking cut trees with blue paint, it is brighter and easier for color blind people people to see. As far as wildlife trees, if I'm cut tree marking, then I just don't mark that tree. If I am reserve tree marking then I will paint it with whatever the reserve color is.
I think the most used brand is Nelson paint. As far as application, it is usually a spray gun. Either a handheld unit with a quart of paint that you have to squeeze a trigger/pump or something backpack style that will hold a gallon and is pressurized. I use a Panama gun, it can be pressurized like a car tire. I've seen people use one of those backpack pesticide sprayers but I think you have to get the right nozzle.
According to the side of a Nelson paint box, foresters used to put a rock in a sock and dip it in a gallon of paint and swing away.
If you search for forestry supplies you will find everything you need.
I'm currently marking 8-10 acres/ day in hardwoods, then Ill be doing some red pine plantations. On track to do over 1,000 acres this summer by myself.
Around here, the USFS uses orange paint for boundary between cutting units, red for private boundaries/ surveying, and blue for cut tree marking. Our state DNR does it the other way and uses blue for boundaries, orange for cut trees, and green if marking reserve trees. I have seen some purple paint for private boundaries. I prefer marking cut trees with blue paint, it is brighter and easier for color blind people people to see. As far as wildlife trees, if I'm cut tree marking, then I just don't mark that tree. If I am reserve tree marking then I will paint it with whatever the reserve color is.
I think the most used brand is Nelson paint. As far as application, it is usually a spray gun. Either a handheld unit with a quart of paint that you have to squeeze a trigger/pump or something backpack style that will hold a gallon and is pressurized. I use a Panama gun, it can be pressurized like a car tire. I've seen people use one of those backpack pesticide sprayers but I think you have to get the right nozzle.
According to the side of a Nelson paint box, foresters used to put a rock in a sock and dip it in a gallon of paint and swing away.
If you search for forestry supplies you will find everything you need.
I'm currently marking 8-10 acres/ day in hardwoods, then Ill be doing some red pine plantations. On track to do over 1,000 acres this summer by myself.
#8
The Outdoor Board / Re: BIRDS
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 04:27:23 PMWe change the mixture every 5 or 6 days. Never get more than a couple pairs that I can tell, and they only allow themselves to feed one at a time here. I've seen some feeders where 3 or 4 feed at a time. They don't like doing that here. 'It's all mine!!" :D
#9
The Outdoor Board / Re: Problem: My Pond Full of M...
Last post by B.C.C. Lapp - Today at 03:46:42 PMI went down to Sugar Creek for a few hours early this morning. Did pretty good . 
#10
The Outdoor Board / Re: Fishin
Last post by SawyerTed - Today at 03:33:49 PMCaught a speckled sea trout with a Mirro Lure that had treble hooks on it drive one of the hooks through the skin on my right index finger last September. We were fishing with a guide who got kind of excited about the problem.
I got the fish unhooked and released while the guide looked for pliers. Once we found the pliers, it was standard procedure, drive the barb out of the skin, cut the barb off then remove the hook. Except it was a self operation, our guide was a bit woozy and had to look in the first aid kit for supplies.
Emily just kept catching fish... 
Used ibuprofen for the pain and continued fishing.
I got the fish unhooked and released while the guide looked for pliers. Once we found the pliers, it was standard procedure, drive the barb out of the skin, cut the barb off then remove the hook. Except it was a self operation, our guide was a bit woozy and had to look in the first aid kit for supplies.
Emily just kept catching fish... Used ibuprofen for the pain and continued fishing.
