jdmidwest

I see the queer guy thread disappeared. Must have something to do with it.

what post?

The snow gods have delayed this years crop already. For the last several years, lettuce and other cole crops have hit the dirt on Feb. 14. Today, the permafrost is deeper than ever. The raised beds still hold stalks and roots from last fall's crops, frozen in place. The 3 inch ice layer that has blanketed everything around here finally melted today. But the weather turned in an hour and flash froze it back and put some white stuff back on. How is every one else's garden doing?

If you honestly believe that the MDC has not been swayed in the last 75 years by politics, you are living in fairy land.

Been itching to go, but the ramps are screwed. Water too low in the channel here to launch. One ramp has about 20' of gravel showning past the end of the concrete. The other has a sandbar. Now should be the time. Late January and February on Pickwick was always good. The rivers around here seem to follow the same.

I have loaded an ATV in the truck, chained it to a tree at the pullout, rode it back to the truck. I was canoeing with another person so I had someone to watch the stuff. It was during the week and the ATV did not get molested.

Controlling invasive species on Busch Wildlife area is a hoot. If anything, they are preventing you from taking any of the toxic stuff out of the old munitions dump.

It is hard to explain it to someone too. Was it the original style or the materelli style finisher?

That is a lot of rolls for 2 people.

I don't own a dog, but here is a good shot of one from the neighbor.

MDC must have brought in some of both with the elk, cougars and wolves. Just stands to reason from a management standpoint, they have to have a big predator to weed out the sick and old in the herd. The poor little coyote is not big enough to get the job done. And the Rocky Mountain Elk guys probably demanded it as a package deal.

They follow the Elk. Just like the cougars.

They bring about $80 a pelt, I know of several guys that would like to break your pack up. Bobcats around here are solitary and very reclusive.

Then Wayne, you are agreeing that he did the right thing, he shot it to protect someone's livestock. We do not need any new large predators roaming our countryside here in MO. I am tired of paying $10 a pound for my steaks. How could you support protection of a wolf and not condemn coyote hunting? The coyotes are just as majestic as a wolf, a very nice animal in full winter fur. And their songs of a night are fun to listen to. They are pack animals with a sense of territory like the wolves, they have a heirarchy in the packs like the wolves. I doubt that mistaking it for a coyote was his best defense. Hunting coyotes with dogs during firearms season is illegal during the daylight. The only way to hunt them is if you are in possession of a valid firearms deer tag as a secondary kill. Again, all of the articles that I have read tell nothing about the events that really took place when he shot it.

Longer sight distance between the front in rear sight allows for a better sighting plane. Longer barrel develops more velocity to stabilize the bullet also.

It could have been attacking his livestock. Or maybe he just mistook it for a deer. Seems like many are fast to condemn a man without any facts.

Harbor freight has a couple of nice ones with Aluminum frames and Polycarbonate panels. Reasonably priced. I built one a few years back out of old glass storm door sections that I recovered from a remodel job. 3' wide and 3' deep with some wire shelves and about 6' tall. I had issues controlling the temps, it would really generate alot of heat in the day and get too cold of a night. I use the glass now to cover my raised beds in the spring when I start off my lettuce and radishes.

All of the 380's are essentially 7 yard guns for the most part. Although, practiced pistoleers have been able to get better accuracy out of them. As long as you can constantly have a 4 inch group at that range, you will be able to get the job done.

I never liked the PK380, too much like the P22 which I never could hit the broad side of a barn with or make it go bang more than once without a jam. I have shot a friends that he bought when they first came out a few years ago and scattered them as well. I never did figure out what the problem is with that Walther design, but I have not had any luck with them and my friends traded theirs off too. Get a Ruger LCP or LCR and you will have better results.

Better half was sick at home today with the belly flu, so I had the green light to cook my own supper. She does not like cajun or seafood so Etoufee it was. Package of Crawdad tails peeled with fat, pound of small shrimp. Nice butter roux. Add some diced veggies, garlic, green pepper, celery, and onion. Cajun spices and some heat from the stove has filled the house with the sweet aroma of a nice home cooked meal served over steamed rice. Add a few cold ones and a movie to make a perfect friday night at home on a cold winter night. For those of you that like Cajun and visit my neck of the woods, I ran across a new spot. Wallies Park Road Bar and Grill off 143 by Sam A Baker State Park. A man with a book of cajun recipes has taken over a little bar that has been there for 50 years and is serving up some good food. Last weekend was my first trip over and I had the etouffee and a bowl of gumbo, both were great. His menu ranges from burgers to steak and lobster, grilled tuna or swordfish, crablegs, or just about anything you could desire. It has always been a little hole in the wall drinking spot, but now it has turned into a good place for a good meal. I was pleasantly surprised.

EHD got several last summer (2012) in the drought around here. Weather played a big whammy on this year, windy and 70 opening weekend, windy and 20 the last weekend of firearms season. Both weekends were like hunting in a jet wash from a big ole jet turbine. I had deer walk within 20 ft and never saw them till they spooked. October game cams at the farm showed several bucks ranging from spikes to a nice 10 pt. Then the cams started showing only a few does during season. Dec cams and muzzleloader season had dwindled only to a few pics. Did get some nice bobcat shots.

Probably the same guy that left a black one at Otter Slough 10 years ago. Mag Lite loves him. Another good reason to use one of the new lightweight led headlamps.

I can blow that theory out of the water. In my house, I have two bathrooms. Most of the time I am oriented North and South, but there are conflicting times that end up East and West. But that is just design of the house.

Would you really want to have a job that you have to record the direction of a dogs body is in when it craps? I have conducted my own studies. While driving down the road and I see a dog in a squat, a good honk of the horn breaks his concentration. I always wonder if the honk causes constipation or rroids.

I guess $11 is my co-op member benefit. Have to check MFA.