The Anvil Shed, The spot to shoot the breeze.

Being the ecologist you are, I am guessing you used a stick to pin his head down and grab it in order to take the measurement presented. 300
 
300Bucks said:
Being the ecologist you are, I am guessing you used a stick to pin his head down and grab it in order to take the measurement presented. 300
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I was beginning to wonder if anyone would notice the precise measurement given of the snake.
It was actually as precise as I could get from a few feet away without risking puncture wounds to my body. :)
 
Here's a guy I wasn't expecting to see on my last hike;

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Here's a guy I wasn't expecting to see on my last hike;
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Stumps,

A little over fifty years ago, an outfit that supplied rough stock for rodeos had some of us come out to test some new horses and bulls. They had a longhorn that, if it would be good rodeo stock, they would cut the horns back to legal rodeo length; otherwise they would cut them back full length for wall mounts. I ended up riding the longhorn and no matter where I was he could reach back and rake me with his horns. I don't know if they ended up cutting him short or long. All I know is that it was quite a ride.

Bert
 
bertl said:
Stumps,

A little over fifty years ago, an outfit that supplied rough stock for rodeos had some of us come out to test some new horses and bulls. They had a longhorn that, if it would be good rodeo stock, they would cut the horns back to legal rodeo length; otherwise they would cut them back full length for wall mounts. I ended up riding the longhorn and no matter where I was he could reach back and rake me with his horns. I don't know if they ended up cutting him short or long. All I know is that it was quite a ride.

Bert
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I'll bet you wanted to grab hold of those horns and hold on! That doesn't sound like any fun at all to me. :)

I wasn't raised in that environment, but I always thought it would be fun steer wrestling.
 
Just got back a couple days ago from a one week hike in south Florida.
A friend needed to fill in a couple sections of the Florida Trail that he had missed and I volunteered to go with him. (his wife wouldn't let him go by himself) :)
The first 3 days were through Big Cypress Swamp in the Everglades. Here are a few pictures of critters we ran across...mostly on the north side after we got out of the water.

This is my buddy walking in Big Cypress.

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We saw this guy just after we started.

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Chief walked to within 4 feet of this 12 footer before we saw him. (I was telling him a story at the time, but he kept his eyes open after this close encounter)

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This guy was about 10 feet long and much smaller in weight that the 12 footer.

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Nice smile.....

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This was the second 12 footer we ran across.

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This little guy was only about 8 feet long. He was resting his head on a clump of grass.

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Good photos, Stumps. For me, those are like snakes. They're fine as long as I see them before I'm on top of them. We don't see many of them where I live.

Bert
 
Haa, I believe I'd rather deal with a rattler or a sick coyote than the critters he stumbles onto in those swamps. Some very good photos. DM
 
How long do you have to boil it? Not long. I know the ratio of sap to syrup is way high. Like 7:1. One reason why it requires many trees. DM
 
David Martin said:
How long do you have to boil it? Not long. I know the ratio of sap to syrup is way high. Like 7:1. One reason why it requires many trees. DM
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The sap to syrup ratio is closer to 40:1. I dont have a fancy evaporator so it takes a while. I only tap 7 trees, but each tap can produce 2 gallons on a good day. I've processed 30 gallons of sap the past couple days. Boil it down till temp reaches 218 degrees (at my elevation). 10 gallons of sap takes about 5 hrs.
 
Tony, that is a job. Hope it's worth it. In the summer time are the taps plugged, to prevent tree boars? DM
 
David Martin said:
Tony, that is a job. Hope it's worth it. In the summer time are the taps plugged, to prevent tree boars? DM
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No, the holes are not plugged. They heal quickly starting in the Spring. Looking at where the trees were tapped last year, they all have a healthy looking layer of bark. Visible mark, yes, but they all look great.
 
Man, you get a lot more rain there than we do. Here, tree bores would stand in line to get going on that hole. Thanks, DM
 
2TONYB said:
The sap to syrup ratio is closer to 40:1. I dont have a fancy evaporator so it takes a while. I only tap 7 trees, but each tap can produce 2 gallons on a good day. I've processed 30 gallons of sap the past couple days. Boil it down till temp reaches 218 degrees (at my elevation). 10 gallons of sap takes about 5 hrs.
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So the 30 gallons of sap will eventually be 3/4 of a gallon of maple syrup. How much syrup do you end up with each year and how much propane do you use?
Sounds like a nice winter project to do it on a small scale like you do...and you can stay warm doing it and maybe teach some kids where it comes from. :thumbup:
 
I was going through some old photographs this morning and came across this one.
My wife's uncle was Roy Rogers' barber way back. I understand they were good friends at the time.
The younger girl in the photo eventually became my wife when she turned 25. The older girl is her sister Konnie.

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I remember gasoline being 20 cents a gallon. :)
 
that's a nice picture Mark ! the car last behind seems to be a 1962 corvette c1 , the last version of c1 before the even better c2 !
 
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