jdmidwest

Even the bass are getting dumber like people. I caught a big Goggle Eye one time 4 times off a bed with the same fly one day long ago when I had more time. But it got wiser finally.

Or it blew out a hole somewhere and relieved the pressure.

https://water.usace.army.mil/overview/nwk/locations/hast Maybe the Warsaw tornado screwed the gauge.

That is what I am seeing on everything. Been topped at 738' for a while. Wonder if it activated the overflow on the north side? Corps site shows top of flood at 739.6'.

That's a stretch, Yuengling Light Lager is pretty weak. I prefer Golden. Did I ever mention tourneys should be banned? Fish for fun.

Dabblemont must have taken to spoonbill fishing. Or, MDC just tagging for easy ID.

Mosquitoes any day over Buffalo gnats, they suck....

They get me around the ears and neck. I wear glasses so they must protect the eyes. I get huge welps that itch for days then get hard in center. 100x worse than a tick or mosquito. Like you, I have nets for my head. They are a month early this year, usually peak around Memorial Day. Not sure where they came from, but I wish nature would delete them.

Ticks are getting infected by foreign disease, invasive species bring it in. Over population of carrier species, fur bearers, armadillos, otters, etc. Lots of critters that were not here 60 years ago. And a buttload of deer, cameras show them suffering badly from them. Seed ticks always welped me up as a kid. When I mashed a tick in my fingernails, it smelled like the herbicide they sprayed powerlines with. My farm was covered with cows, hogs, chickens, and dogs as a kid. Fields were cultivated and pastured. Woods were pastured also and open. Now, nature has let things grow up and I mow and brush hog, underbrush getting thicker. I never get into seed ticks, mostly yearlings or mature adults. Buffalo gnat attack tonite when I mudded in tomato plants. Those viscious critters arrived a few years ago.

Screwworm dig in to that arm?

Possums will crap on a newly found food supply to cover smell so others like coons will not find it. I hate catching them in a trap, they make a mess.

More likely it was poison ivy. My sinuses and lungs jacked up this morning from salt spray at beach yesterday.

Note to self, don't smoke coon crap!

My cat does not seem bothered by it. It is there every few nights looking for the real bunnies that hang around the farm house.

I got that permission on Sunday. It attacked my livestock on an established farm operation and caused monetary damage. It returned Sunday night and spent an hour at its "cached" food location, the place he dragged the hive too to destroy it. I have an hour long set of photos to back that up on cameras from Sunday evening, visit 2. But I have removed all food sources, and as of today, 5 pm, he has not been onsite since 9pm Sunday. Maybe it has moved on. MDC will probably not be interested in trapping and relocation.

MDC has determined that is worthless on a bear that has adapted to human feeding. It will just go to others. Plus, my corral has been dismantled and not sure if he will fit into the head catcher we used for cattle.

Did contact MDC first thing, said to harass it. I mentioned the 300-400 dollars worth of damage to my property, noting it was a nuisance bear that is used to humans, feeds on bird feeders, and knows how to knock over a beehive from behind. You do have the right to protect livestock, property, and life with any means. I removed all hives off property, moved all feed sources from outside buildings. He came back Sunday night at 8:50 pm, checked feeder, smelled trap, and left out about 5 minutes later down my road triggering my property entrance camera. It knows where to spend its time. Came in from an upper field Sat nite around 8:50, crossed my cattle guard in front of house, circled house to the right. Stopped in front of carport by branch and dug up a few grubs. A possum circled the tree in front yard and triggered motion light. It approached the area of the photo using the tree on the left as cover, looked around it on both sides, then entered the front yard and started on feeder. Sat its fat butt down and started pouring it into his mouth, a mixture of chop corn, milo, and sunflower seed. Kept that up until 10 pm when I got up, shut off inside light and turned tv off. At this point, he retreated and froze behind the tree the feeder was attached to. Then, he walked over to the hive in front yard and knocked it off from behind, separating the boxes. He grabbed the top box full of bees and honey in its jaws and carried down about 75 feet to a secluded spot in the branch and had its way with it. It tried to dig out an armadillo sometime near the bee eating spot, then took a big crap on the way out. I have good photos of all and great video. If I figure out how to attach the video, its pretty amazing. This one is well feed from foraging homes for dog food, bird feeders, bee hive, and other livestock feed. It probably may take garbage too. It is not shy of motion lights popping all around. It was 10' from my front door the whole time, even got lazy enough to lay down on its side and lick the ground for seed. It is a problem bear, unlike other wild, shy bears. But the morning hours of Easter Sunday was spent clearing out all of my outbuildings with a high capacity shotgun to make me feel a little more secure that it was not holed up there. Not many natural places for one that size to spend a day in the area, caves or big hollow trees.

Its a bunny rabbit.

He was confused at the trap I put out for him. I was under gunned.

Sitting at the farm on Saturday night enjoying American Werewolf in London for umpteenth time. Outside, the Easter Bunny was giving me a present just a few feet outside the living room door. That rascally rabbit gonna get his...

This rain should help, I picked up 1" today. First in two weeks.

Its dry here, but there were a few at the farm today when I rolled in. Some were dry and left for seed. Picked 4 for me. Asparagus bed is in its third year, having fresh asparagus tonite too. Planted garden this afternoon, 5 rows of sweet corn, squash, cucumbers, green beans, and lima beans. Covered about half of the garden, plant the rest next month for the summer stuff.

? Thought they dragged the body to Mexico, cartel needed some painkillers out of her purse.

Much better than C&R in January. Almost a total skunk but for 1 dink. Drove down and looked at lower end, but did not fish it. Many were fishing Tan Vat and Baptist, I am quessing there are still many washouts from Oct 2024.

Hope you stopped to take that pic...