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[Ricky Spanish]

Today this random guy just showed up asking to use his metal detector on the farm.
I said, "hell no get the heck out of here".
He got his feelings hurt...lol
I explained that , "dude you're going to dig up every piece of metal you find".
It won't take you even one minute to find the first plow disc. There are paths under the dirt here made of plow disks. GO AWAY!".
He sort of slunk away.
I added, "I will file a trespassing complaint if I catch you here". "You've been warned".
The farmhouse is 150 years old.

[Ricky Spanish]

One of the big arguments I'm sort of notable for was fighting with Olly over LED light bars.
That was 12 years ago?
Today I have LED everything, a super GPS, and everything electronics technology can provide.
Boomer T. LUDDITE

[Ricky Spanish]

We're straining for topics lately so let's do a silly one.
Ever since I switched underwear my kill numbers have decreased.
Did better wearing tighty whiteys.
So would yall get together and chat among yourselves to determine who kills the most ducks?
This is VERY important. Once we determine who kills the most ducks we need to determine what style underwear they wear. This is important...I have to know.

[Ricky Spanish]

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He appears to know how close it is.

[Anotherone]

I wear cheap boxers from Walmart and don’t kill many ducks, I may have to try the tighty whiteys this season just to verify.

[Deltaman]

Not sure about the underwear thing, but I do know that Oreo's kill more ducks than Chips Ahoy in my blind

[Ricky Spanish]

I buy my underwear at Kmart.
I'm a very good driver.
Yeah.

[Ricky Spanish]

I had no idea I was being set up for this shot.
What a shot though.
I'm sitting outside the fireman hole.
My pals found a way for me to wade in and not get hosed.

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[Anotherone]

Milo sure is zeroed in on something, greenheads? Definitely a great photo.

[Ricky Spanish]

Milo sure is zeroed in on something, greenheads? Definitely a great photo.

Nah.
In 2012 and 2013 I killed a lot of ducks. ( a lot)
Milo got convinced that if I blow a duck call they're a coming. He believes in me.
For a few weeks when he was a puppy we limited daily.
Started. Duck club called The Smilin Mallard. It failed in the most epic way. I got kicked out of the clubhouse, went to big lake, shot 13 limits then skeedaddlied when locals pranked me. My wiper blades were missing.
I got hot ...then found them in the bed.
Spooked me bad. Ran home tail between legs.

[Ricky Spanish]

Seems like an unlucky ratio.
I usually put 14 or even 16 ounces of 2 cycle oil with 5 gallons of gas and 2...two....2 ounces of Stabil.
Nah
Ah
Ah
Count von count

Now about that alcohol free gasoline.
We argued that one at Dave Donaldson.
I got sent to Casey's because they have a pump with gasoline and no alcohol.
Right away Adam's hopped up Yamaha had troubles.
I use gasahol because it's the only thing available here and I got used to it.

[Ricky Spanish]

Millet is still growing and has gotten big enough to drag a honker in.
Getting it into the boat? I doubt it.
Still has to grow into his ears and feet.
Was born in December 2020. Around 20 months old.
His sister, Miss Ellie, weighed 84 pounds a couple months ago.

[Ricky Spanish]

Hey spinnerman I'll say where I'm hunting geese but so far I dunno.
Haven't even started the license-stamp-permit process I may end up on the Kaskaskia River.
Will have to just wing it it's a waterfowler thing.

[SpinnerMan]

No problem.

I tend to be pretty flexible, especially during regular season. My work is most stressful during the summer. Then things start wrapping up in August. So by September I have a little more breathing room. By October I usually have nothing pressing for months, so I enjoy hunting more than most. This year I have 30 days of vacation in the bank which I plan to use quite a bit of this fall.

[Ricky Spanish]

No problem.

I tend to be pretty flexible, especially during regular season. My work is most stressful during the summer. Then things start wrapping up in August. So by September I have a little more breathing room. By October I usually have nothing pressing for months, so I enjoy hunting more than most. This year I have 30 days of vacation in the bank which I plan to use quite a bit of this fall.

I'm so behind. Was behind, mowers gone for two weeks.

There are groves of trees I've been knocking out.
Have to cut it off low then use that deere Like a brush hog. Then haul off all the crap.
There's more? Yeah the owner liked the wild look and had al the tree branches growing downwards that'll knock you off a mower. Taming the place will take me years.
My mother cries each time she discovers one of her woodland plants she dragged home dead from me.
Ever hear of a plant hoarder?
She drug poison ivy home from the farm and planted it in the yard unwittingly. Ugh I killed it with extreme prejudice..

[Ricky Spanish]

Been like a chainsaw ninja the past three mornings.
Cut it all off down low enough to mow over.
Huge pile of brush.
We just pile it up and let it rot.
And then the next grove of wildness begins.
Smdh

[SpinnerMan]

The DR's aren't cheap but if you have a lot of brush. They are awesome. Maybe worth renting one because you can do a lot in a short time with one. We have a ton of trimming to keep our roads open at the club. What works really efficiently is to simply drop the branches and brush hog them where they fall. Moving them is very time consuming, but everything small enough to brush hog, just drop it and then chop it up. You can cover a lot of territory a lot quicker that way.

[Ricky Spanish]

The DR's aren't cheap but if you have a lot of brush. They are awesome. Maybe worth renting one because you can do a lot in a short time with one. We have a ton of trimming to keep our roads open at the club. What works really efficiently is to simply drop the branches and brush hog them where they fall. Moving them is very time consuming, but everything small enough to brush hog, just drop it and then chop it up. You can cover a lot of territory a lot quicker that way.

Wish I could just throw money at a problem.
In a perfect world I'd just call Atlantic Sevice Company, point, and yell at them to hurry up in Mexican.

In my world I'm caretaker of an abandoned home filled with "valuable junk".
Zero budget. Just brute force.
Me.
lol
The lithium battery on my ninja saw is recharging.
There are maple and mulberry stumps. Bunch of suckers.
Cut it off low enough to mow over.
Seems easy enough.
It's not.

[SpinnerMan]

I have hundreds of hours over the years of doing pretty much exactly what you are doing. The goose fields we hunt at the club in Plainfield were nothing but overgrown strip mines when I joined the club. We leveled all the buckthorn, honeysuckle, and cottonwoods. We do have some budget, but it was virtually all brute force to clear the brush because it was not level ground. The spoils piles are too steep to brush hog. We had to clear, haul, and burn all the brush first. Then we got a backhoe and a bobcat in and leveled it.

It might save you a lot of brute force, but it might not be worth it. That's obviously for you to decide.

[Ricky Spanish]

I have hundreds of hours over the years of doing pretty much exactly what you are doing. The goose fields we hunt at the club in Plainfield were nothing but overgrown strip mines when I joined the club. We leveled all the buckthorn, honeysuckle, and cottonwoods. We do have some budget, but it was virtually all brute force to clear the brush because it was not level ground. The spoils piles are too steep to brush hog. We had to clear, haul, and burn all the brush first. Then we got a backhoe and a bobcat in and leveled it.

It might save you a lot of brute force, but it might not be worth it. That's obviously for you to decide.

It's an old farm house that got annexed by the city.
Not a mine but it's been there since after the Civil War.
Little stuff. I like to whine a little.
Battery is 75% ready.
Having a safety meeting
Been knocking it down about 200 square feet at a time.
I've got about 1000 square feet to go. 1000 square ft done. It was all raspberry patch that got saplings in it.
Anybody want concord grapes to make wine? They're ready now.
Honeysuckle...I can't believe how fast that shit grows.

[SpinnerMan]

Honeysuckle...I can't believe how fast that shit grows.

Amen. They also are very hard wood that dulls the chainsaw blade quicker than anything else. Twisted, pain in the ass mess to deal with but still better than the buckthorn with spikes on it up to a couple inches long. I spiked myself right square in the top of the head the other year Definite ouchie.

[Ricky Spanish]

I got one side done.
What sucks is finding a piece of metal fence with a chainsaw. They make new chains for them saw things. Once I get it all cut low enough to mow I'm good.
Thought about pulling stumps. Fuck that.
Got weed?

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covered in them little cockleburrs

[OGblackcloud]

I can be on the other side of my yard from those and they will be on my socks when I get in the house

[SpinnerMan]

Once I get it all cut low enough to mow I'm good.
Thought about pulling stumps. Fuck that.

I just took out a neighbor's dead tree for him. I little effort with my pick and small shovel. I cut his stump about an inch or so below ground level. Throw a little dirt over it and nobody will even know it was there, well for a little while until it sinks in after it rots. Then just a little more dirt required.

Not that hard to cut relatively small stuff low enough to mow over. Just got to be careful not to chainsaw dirt and rocks in the process. I've made a few sparks fly on occasion

We have some knuckleheads that cut brush around the blinds that don't cut it to the ground, but for some reason think it's acceptable to leave a bunch of bungie spikes to damage your boots or worse. We had one guy's dog get impaled. I was hunting the next blind over. OMG, hearing that poor dog was horrible. He was OK after a bunch of stiches and a significant down time, but damn. A lot worse than hitting the stump with the mower.

[Ricky Spanish]

Am pulling honey today.
May as well shoot that it is interesting how we force the bees out of the honey boxes.
Fume boards.
There are several types of bee repelling sprays.
One smells like puke.
The stuff I use smells a little like licorice. Not bad like puke. The stuff works.
Honey Bandit is the brand I use.

[Ricky Spanish]

Going to break taboo and brag about my dog.
Millet has some therapy dog in him and it's so good.
He likes to cuddle and hug. Gives out the kisses galore.
If I get angry or sad he's right there.
He's always watching my every move.
I feel very lucky that God made such a creature for me.
He fetches too? Nice.

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[Anotherone]

Hopefully he’ll be retrieving a honker Thursday morning.

[Ricky Spanish]

So far I've got 15 buckets in the bank.
If each is half full they're worth $180. Some are fuller.
The ones with 4 gallons are worth $280.
Bottling tank has ~10 gallons in it.
Still not done harvesting.

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Millet is a camera hog.

[Duck Engr]

That’ll help the duck trip fund!

[Ricky Spanish]

That’ll help the duck trip fund!

Maybe. It usually sits there until around thanksgiving, someone gets a sore throat, and it's on like donkey Kong until Christmas.
It's not as easy as it looks.
The stuff sells itself sort of but not immediately.
There are people that try to get me to sell the entire crop to them for $3/#.
Not a chance.