What have you done?

[Illini Warrior]

started on a project I've put off for a while and now the crunch is coming on fast >>> downloading just about everything firearms oriented on UTube - I see the UTube deletions now - better to have than not - there's some good tricks & tactics there that won't be eazy to come by for the next generation ...

 

[Mountain trapper]

Nice.
I need to get more upland game shot.
While walking the dog the other day, flushed out a good sized turkey. Saw a woodcock too.
Last year was a good year for grouse.

I've been seeing a lot of grouse around here, and they've started drumming too. Still lots of turkeys around.

 

[GaRp58]

Man am I jealous of ya'll....I can see and hear the pheasants in the fields behind my house, scare up rabbits going to the lake and see deer walking thru the fields too...no guns, no license, no hunting...

 

[Dracos]

How and why does a government want to disarm its law abiding citizens?

 

[Iron range]

Went to an auction and scored so primers woohoo They are so scarce now days

 

[Oddcaliber]

Went to an auction and scored so primers woohoo They are so scarce now days

Nice!

 

[GaRp58]

Inherent fear of the people...long list of bad experiences with armed citizens...not enough understanding of the necessity to -self-defend- yourself. The list goes on and each land or nation has its own reasons and history. For a land like Germany, who lost 2 World Wars and has very restrictive gun laws...they are the fifth largest weapons exporter in the world now...give the guns to the rest of the world to kill each other and to use against the GERMAN PEACE KEEPING TROOPS also...but not allow their own citizens have guns without years of training, membership in gun clubs, clean records, expensive safes for the guns, separate safes for the ammo, accountance for all weapons and ammo, loss of the right to search without a warrant day and night to control these laws on the guns AND if you are found to be not reliable to drive RESPONSIBLY: you must not be responsible enough to own the guns either...they take your car license, gun license, boat license, plane license and only leave your fishing license and the right to ride a bicycle...

 

[Mountain trapper]

Changing oil in the tractor, putting up a load of hay in the barn, excavating the area for the fur shed expansion, laying out the new wood shed and digging some post holes at the new corral. May start siding the atv building if I have time.

 

[GaRp58]

Gave the neighbor about 100 meters of nylon string. He is finally getting the layout of the needed concrete foundation for his own pigpen and we will be masoning his walls in the next week or so. I'll be incorporating some steel feet into the corners of the bricked walls to accept the wooden studs for the roof supports. He has the bricks and corrugated materials for the roof already. We just need the foundation and cement for the bricking...

 

[Dani]

Ended up spending part of my day with 3 little grands. While walking around the property, we kept hearing a meow coming from our scrapyard trailer. Turns out we had a wee little kitten in there not but a few weeks old. Can only assume that is where momma decided to have her litter. This was the only one in there though that I could see. Poor thing was hiding under some stuff but hungry. I lured him out by offering him some of my ice cream cone. The girls and I brought him inside to give him some tuna with milk mixed in. I would love to keep him since I really need a good mouser, but hunny says he will need to go to the Humane Society on Monday.

 

[Amish Heart]

Bummer. I would keep him.
Worked on the garden today...planted brussel sprouts, red cabbage, and seeded beets. Worked in the greenhouse for awhile planting seedlings in bigger pots.

 

[GaRp58]

I've got 5 cats we need to get rid of...what is your address? I'll send them freeze dried and lightweight!!!

 

[Amish Heart]

You're not one of THOSE people who have them taxidermied and posed around the house, are you?
Ha Ha. You have five cats, you can be.

The sun is out today, so more work on the vegetable garden. Have six berry plants to plant, but first, the ground area where they go is covered in a foot of small rocks.

 

[lonewolf]

my Broad Bean plants are coming on well.
my Brussell Sprouts seedling are just beginning to poke their heads above the soil.

 

[Amish Heart]

I cheated and bought the brussel sprouts plants this year. Actually, they were the only thing in vegetables at a good price...a 6pk for $4.00. All the tomato plants are about $4 a piece this year, and they're itty bitty. But I seeded about 50 tomato plants, and they're about an inch or so high now.
Listening to the chirping in the incubator....
The new headcount by tomorrow morning. Will get the brooder going.
This batch is going to my cousin.

 

[Illini Warrior]

Man am I jealous of ya'll....I can see and hear the pheasants in the fields behind my house, scare up rabbits going to the lake and see deer walking thru the fields too...no guns, no license, no hunting...

you do know that in a serious SHTF - quiet and the least labor oriented wins in that hunting & fishing category >>> alll kinds of traps & snares possible right up to taking down a deer ...

and if nothing else in firearms is possible - usually air rifles are a go - you could always try your hand at bows and slingshots ....

 

[lonewolf]

you do know that in a serious SHTF - quiet and the least labor oriented wins in that hunting & fishing category >>> alll kinds of traps & snares possible right up to taking down a deer ...

and if nothing else in firearms is possible - usually air rifles are a go - you could always try your hand at bows and slingshots ....

already have!!

 

[MOS0231]

Took delivery of the first load of wood for this winter.
Time to stack it.

We have our own wood lot, but are of the opinion it is better to take it off of someone else lot now and save ours for . . . later.

 

[Brent S]

I went through all the food storage today, rotated, cleaned and pulled all the older stuff for the local food bank. I have a huge load for them this time. I found some spices that expired in 2010! Obviously I need to do a detailed rotation more often.... I dumped loads of rice, beans and into the compost pile that were old enough to be replaced and will do a resupply shopping sometime this week. Oh, also learned that mashed potato flakes only last about three years even when sealed with an oxygen absorber and stored well. Some of them smelled kind of sour when going into the compost.

 

[Schattentarn]

I spend a lot of time looking for a new place to live on internet sites. Until we settle on this everything else has to be set aside as where we go will influence our prep goals and how we prepare

 

[robprc]

This morning the wife and I went through our food storage and had rotated and cleaned and pulled all the older stuff and dropped it off at our local food bank. Not long after that we went resupply shopping. Stocked up on alot of canned foods, pastas, rices and beans. And had to bulk up on Tylenol I suffer from very bad constant migraines just about everyday. Did some yard work for couple hours than called it a day.

I have today off from work might do some more shopping and wash down the vehicles and make sure they up and running good

 

[GaRp58]

you do know that in a serious SHTF - quiet and the least labor oriented wins in that hunting & fishing category >>> alll kinds of traps & snares possible right up to taking down a deer ...

and if nothing else in firearms is possible - usually air rifles are a go - you could always try your hand at bows and slingshots ....

I'll have you know that I took my first animals, bullfrogs, snakes when I was only 8 years old. I have a wrist rocket, normal slingshot and a special slingshot with 3 latex bands for hunting. .25 cal.+.38 cal. and .45 cal. steel balls and white glass marbles for hunting. White glass marbles can be followed while shooting to correct your aim and easily found if you miss, plus the glass shatters if shot low to the ground in front of you rabbit, bird or squirrel to give you a better chance of getting it with the schrapnel...I shoot arrows and steel darts with the wrist-rocket for hunting and fishing. My bow is a 60 year old take down with aluminum handle and fiberglass limbs. 3 reserve strings, 6 alu arrows and 15 carbon: all with 3 blade razortips. A CO2 pistol and cocking air rifle at .177/4.5 mm cal. plus a cocking air pistol at 5.5 mm should get me something to eat quietly if the SHTF...always looking for a crossbow now-a-days too...Gary

 

[GaRp58]

And had to bulk up on Tylenol I suffer from very bad constant migraines just about everyday.

Tylenol is not good for your kidneys...migraines can come from not enough water daily, too much salt daily, too much noise daily, too much stress and also from living in high-rise apartments with the bunches of cables for electricty, metal pipes for water and gas plus the steel re-bar supports in the concrete...all acting like a huge antenna and sending out bad sources of unhealthy vibes which are collected by your very electrical nerve endings...
Try to slow your salt, sugar and stress down to see if it helps...
Then try to sleep outside to get away from the electronic smog to see if that helps too. Gary

 

[jimLE]

getting car work done today. oil change.. allignment and new tires.

 

[Brent S]

getting car work done today. oil change.. allignment and new tires.

If you take care of your car then it will take care of you

 

[Amish Heart]

Baby turkeys came in today...12 out of 15 made the trip. These will be raised for our breeding stock. Bought chocolate, slate, and bourbon types. I enjoy turkeys. We had to give ours up when we moved here last summer, as well as our chickens. Ordered chicks right away when we got here, and now getting 3 dz eggs a day, have a freezer full of rooster meat, and we just hatched 13 chicks. Filled up the incubator again this morning. No one around here seems to be raising turkeys, so had to order the babies.

 

[Brent S]

I never got to taste any of the turkeys we raised as my wife made them into pets... they are more interesting than the chickens but I bet would have been better on the dining table too!

 

[Oddcaliber]

Scored 2 boxes of Remington 00 buckshot at Academy. Remington is back in business!

 

[Illini Warrior]

Scored 2 boxes of Remington 00 buckshot at Academy. Remington is back in business!

with that FED $$$$ - March was another record month for gun sales with no ammo - going to take loooooooooong time for ammo sales to quiet down to a reasonable level ....

that's without more MNs this summer and without all the BS from Congress >>> there won't be any ammo supply relief for years & years if something goes ballistic .....

 

[Brent S]

It’s a rainy day here all day so no real projects going to happen. I just loaded a pan with potatoes, carrots, onion and green peppers in beef broth, seasoned it and placed a standing rib roast on top it it. It’s searing now and then I will lower the temp for the remaining time. The house smells amazing and this is likely about all I will accomplish today. Oh, and have a loaf of yeast bread in the machine too. Can think of a better way to spend a rainy day.