You know you live in the country if......

[redlaser]

I bet there is a bear doing that somewhere today because of the heat. He looks about 350-450 pounds.
It was so hot today the chickens hid under the hay bales that are on top of concrete blocks. They go under there half the day usually in the summer but today they didn't want to come out at all, even when I walked close by.

 

[420somewhere]

Yea that's a Big Boy. We see bears around near here getting into the spas and pools.

They are not as big as that Big Boy

Edit: On second thought he is really pretty usual just bigger than that little pool

 

[Stoner4Life]

yeah, I figured he looks to be about 400 #s.

my 1st yr up here ('88) I was shown a picture of a black bear being held up by the neck with a front end loader, the hunter in the pic was very small in comparison. The bear weighed 768 #s and would have been a Boone & Crocket record except for the fact that the hunter panicked and shot several wild rounds @ the huge assed bear, one bullet creased the skull disqualifying it from being an entry; the lucky hunters name? I'll never forget, Charlie Brown.

 

[MicroRoy]

bears are unpredictable.

Watch out. The females only get PMS once a year.

 

[CosmicGiggle]

You know you live in the country if......

You turn on the radio and hear this:

Arkansas Traveler (Banjo and fiddle)

Hey farmer! You been livin’ here all your life?
Not yet.

Hey farmer! Where does this road go?
Been livin’ here all my life, it ain’t gone nowhere yet.

Hey farmer! How do you get to Little Rock?
Listen stranger, you can’t get there from here.

Hey farmer! Thought you said that mud-hole weren’t very deep?
Only comes up to here on me ducks.

Hey farmer! When you gonna fix that leakin’ roof?
Ah stranger, when it’s a rainin’ it’s too wet to fix it and when it’s dry it’s just as good as any mans house.

Hey farmer! You’re not too far from a fool are you?
Just a barbed-wire fence between us.

Hey farmer! You don’t know very much do you?
No, but I ain’t lost.

country humor at its best!

 

[RustyShcklfrd]

You turn on the radio and hear this:

Arkansas Traveler (Banjo and fiddle)

Hey farmer! You been livin’ here all your life?
Not yet.

Hey farmer! Where does this road go?
Been livin’ here all my life, it ain’t gone nowhere yet.

Hey farmer! How do you get to Little Rock?
Listen stranger, you can’t get there from here.

Hey farmer! Thought you said that mud-hole weren’t very deep?
Only comes up to here on me ducks.

Hey farmer! When you gonna fix that leakin’ roof?
Ah stranger, when it’s a rainin’ it’s too wet to fix it and when it’s dry it’s just as good as any mans house.

Hey farmer! You’re not too far from a fool are you?
Just a barbed-wire fence between us.

Hey farmer! You don’t know very much do you?
No, but I ain’t lost.

country humor at its best!

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman do the best version. I think its on the "Not just for Kids" album

 

[Stoner4Life]

You know you live in the country if.......

You know you live in the country if.......


you care to give your little huntin' buddy the best.

 

[Snook]

you care to give your little huntin' buddy the best.

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The General looks prepared. Does she have itty bity boots on we cant see?

 

[Bud Green]

You know you live in the country if......

You are more way more concerned about a tree falling on your house, than you are about a burglar breaking in while you are gone...

 

[RustyShcklfrd]

Nice one Sr!
You know you live in the country if....
You know what all this is for (not my picture or set up....mines never been that clean haha)

***HINT*** its got nothing to do with water collection.

 

[Bud Green]

I guess I'm retarded..
I have no idea what that is for....


It's too tall for milking cows.

 

[Betterhaff]

Chicken drainer (and not for eggs).

 

[CosmicGiggle]

Ding, Ding, Ding!

....chicken dinner!

 

[noyd666]

had a smaller version for squab pigeons.

 

[RustyShcklfrd]

In all seriousness, Ive just wanted to put it out there for a while, even though we joke about this "stuff" that makes us "country" folk, (and sometimes so just to keep from cryin'), I just want to put it out there how important I think it is that these things dont get lost, and that we need to be making a point to be teaching and learning from each other all the time. IMO the world would be a lot better place if we could all keep more of it (friends, family, food,) closer to home.
The only thing cooler than learning some old back home trick from an old timer is teaching it back to someone new. This thread is good times. Thanks everyone!

 

[Brother Nature]

You know your from the country when your dog brings home a kill as a 'prize' and it's your neighbors new calf.......

 

[kaochiu]

You know your from the country when your dog brings home a kill as a 'prize' and it's your neighbors new calf.......

Photo of the shot dog, the swollen black eye and the large wad of notes paid, or it didn't happen.

 

[Brother Nature]

hahah, happened when I was too young. Dog was a Neapolitan Mastiff we'd rescued from years of being a fighting dog, wouldn't punch the fucker in the face if you gave me a mil.

He used to bring home foxes, coyotes, and bores for fun. Was kind of his thing, but we built a large fence after that incident. lol. Buried the calf with the rest of 'em and very surprisingly never got hit up about it (the wonders of Nor Cal). Best dog we ever had though, ended up breaking a leg due to some drunk asshole on a quad, had to put him down after that. RIP

May even have a photo of the old fucker somewhere....

 

[Brother Nature]

Here's the big bastard

Here's the big bastard

 

[Brother Nature]

And here's a mountain lion, because tat happens in the country too.