Most of the radio station suck..God and country music..Both I can only deal with in limited amounts...My god and I are in touch without interpretation from some bonehead,and too much country music makes me consider trashing radio...Yeehaw
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You know you live in the country if......
- Thread starter Bud Green
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You might live in the country if you deer hunt on your deck in a lawn chair.
…just passed county rd D
County roads have numbers here. West County Road 4 ect.
lol, kind of has a nice ring to it... county rd D4.
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
John Smith RR4 (Rural Road 4) ThisTown for postal addresses and 1234 County Road 4 for physical addresses (for 911). RR is disappearing.
With those Waste Management type totes you can put a couple ratchet type straps attached to the hinges, going over the lid and hooking on opening rim.
Keeps everything out but bears, but they really have to put in effort to get anything. If it’s not full they barely get accces to bags by prying he edge of the lid up, and it takes a few flips and rolls of a half empty container to position bags close enough to lid.
I would actually put food out for bears because I enjoy their visits, put alfalfa out for the deer already. Nobody here can outrun the bears though so I don’t do that. They are never aggressive and run away when sighted, but sometimes have cubs with them, and they always stand their ground with cubs around
It was some racoons getting into his garbage. Standing on his trailer and flipping the lid up. He just shot them. Problem solved. Also cured the running on his roof at night.
St. Phatty
Active member
I switched from a digital scale that was claimed to be a milligram scale,
to a Balance Scale, like a Triple Beam OHaus, except a simple one beam scale.
Weight settings are every 1/10 grain. Accuracy is down to the kernel, if you're patient. The kernels weigh about 1 milligram.
I'm using it for re-loading. It's nice to get away from the digital scale.
The new one is an RCBS.
to a Balance Scale, like a Triple Beam OHaus, except a simple one beam scale.
Weight settings are every 1/10 grain. Accuracy is down to the kernel, if you're patient. The kernels weigh about 1 milligram.
I'm using it for re-loading. It's nice to get away from the digital scale.
The new one is an RCBS.
i used to weigh out my black powder (Pyrodex) charges. absolute waste of time, judging by accuracy results. understand it can be critical for safety (AND consistent accuracy) with modern smokeless powders however.
I have dip loaded with a measured scoop on medium loads, like 11gr of shotgun powder behind a 240gr .44 (my fav plinking round). Accuracy rounds get to the gnats azz on everything. 
You know your time in the country is drawing to a close when 80ac of farm next door between you and a 5 mile country view have been sold for a damn housing development.
You know your time in the country is drawing to a close when 80ac of farm next door between you and a 5 mile country view have been sold for a damn housing development.
St. Phatty
Active member
I enjoy experimenting with fast burning powders in small amounts.
Lost 2 bolts so far - from putting 1.5 grams of handgun pistol powder in a 5.56 ... DUH ... blew out the magazine.
And from putting .7 grams of Titegroup (the shotgun powder that has the most power per gram, and scares me the most) in a 300 blackout (which normally gets about 1.25 grams of handgun pistol powder.)
Not sure if the bolts are completely damaged. Might be able to remove the bolt assembly.
I wear a welding mask + safety glasses when I do these 'experiments'. Which does raise eyebrows at the gun range.
I'm super careful about buying smokeless powder at the store - if the seal is broken, I won't buy it.
There's one video on Youtube where a guy is shooting a 50 BMG and the bolt ends up in his neck. Fair to say, a little over-pressure there.
Maybe we could get Trump to take up this hobby ?
When you see a dead deer in the road ditch by your place and you check if it is still warm.
Jerky and dawg treats if it is.
Jerky and dawg treats if it is.
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
When you hit a deer, and a guy from the volunteer fire department asks you if he can have it.
(True story)
(True story)
You know you live in the country if......
You find a gigantic otter dead on the road and it's still warm..
I skinned and cleaned it and sent it to Minnesota to be tanned..
It's a beautiful pelt, with no splits from being hit..
I'm still have plans to make a real nice winter hat out of it....
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PS.. No, I'm not gonna leave the tail hanging down in the back...
I may live in the country but I'm not trying to look like Daniel Boone...
You find a gigantic otter dead on the road and it's still warm..
I skinned and cleaned it and sent it to Minnesota to be tanned..
It's a beautiful pelt, with no splits from being hit..
I'm still have plans to make a real nice winter hat out of it....
..
PS.. No, I'm not gonna leave the tail hanging down in the back...
I may live in the country but I'm not trying to look like Daniel Boone...
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
Wha! Some city nerd will pay extra on FB Market Place for a nice hat with a tail.
You know you live in the country if......
The Big City vet in the fancy suite of offices wants to charge $185 to put down yer dog but you drive 20 mins away to the nearest small town and the country vet in the little old house wants only $42 AND gives you a free 20min consult to evaluate whether it's really necessary!
The Big City vet in the fancy suite of offices wants to charge $185 to put down yer dog but you drive 20 mins away to the nearest small town and the country vet in the little old house wants only $42 AND gives you a free 20min consult to evaluate whether it's really necessary!
You know you live in the country if you have to either burn your trash, haul your trash, or put it out for pickup in a cage to keep the raccoons out.
Hell, I woke up one morning to find 4 cows in my yard. All very good looking and different breeds. No idea where they came from as I know the pastures around here and they were not from them.
I called animal control and the next day a cowboy on a horse came and rounded them up and drove them ... somewhere. To this day it is a mystery. I was tempted to take the black angus in to get cut up for steaks.
Finders keepers.
