bersaguy

Back when B.T. passed away it was like losing a brother. We had been fishing buddies for 30 years and range shooters together for about 10 years and he came over about every morning for coffee and biscuits and just to talk. I still miss him a lot and trips to the range is no longer fun so I don't go but about once a month and then sometimes not at all....................

I am beginning to wish Mac would have kept this thread closed!!!!!!!!

Very sorry to read about this bigun. Prayers to you and the family for your loss my friend....

I just went and checked and the pictures are all still there so I don't know why you can't see them but I'm sure David will be able to tell you when he gets time to check it out.......

I'm sorry if I posted this thread and it has caused a division of any sort to our members. That was not my intentions at all. I just wanted to show a group of Americans that were stepping up and doing all they could do to help the people in the eye of Harvey and were being shot at for their help. I am proud to see the outpouring that is being shown by the people from all across the country that is AMERICA!!! to help provide aid and anything else they can do. It is disasters like these that show what this great country is made of and that is people taking care of anyone that needs help. It is what makes me proud to be an American.........JMHO

Last I have heard or read about it, they say that they are going to try and fire up Refineries in Corpus Christi as soon as today. They are none of the bigger ones but they will at least possible be able to keep fuel flowing until the bigger operations in Houston can get back on line. One of the problems they are having is sporadic power failures.

I think those looters that shot at the Oath Keeper boats are very very lucky that they just got arrested and not dead considering who they shot at. Most Oath Keepers are either ex military or ex Law Enforcement people and you can bet they are all armed. Had they actually hit someone in any of the boats the bad guys probably would have been killed instead of arrested and I don't think Oath Keepers would have cared who got upset over it........JMHO

Ginsing needs the proper growing enviroment to grow and if you don't have that you will be hard pressed to get the seeds to grow. Good luck with your efforts for sure..........

I got an email this morning from the Oath Keepers. They have about 300 members in Houston with boats and are working search and rescue. They said that some of their members where actually fire upon by looters while on patrol looking for people in need of help. It was said that the looters were taken into custody by law enforcement. I am surprised they lived to be arrested considering who the bad guys fired at. It is a shame that people can be such low life individuals as to loot at a time when so many people are suffering a terrible loss. If the Oath Keepers would have shot back and killed the looters it might have sent a much needed message to other looters that they will be shot if caught.........................

I know 2 guys that hunt Ginsing and they do fairly well doing it. They are both retired military and they both hunt it up on Ft. Campbell. Last year between them I think they made about 8 grand in a month. They quit using private land even with permission because of confrontations with trespassers digging illegally.

This is just be an assumption on my part but I bet those people did not get that tree they were claiming was theirs...................

Well the other day when I got my gas at Kroger it was $2.07. I went to buy some groceries today and it was up to $2.17. I just got back from filling up 6 Five gallon cans and topping off my Jeep. That should be enough to last me a couple months if need be. Last time I has gas stored in my cans I had stabil for fuel in it and I put it in this also. I became concerned about it geeting old since I had it almost a year so I ran Jeep down near empty twice and used it. Now I have it again for emergencies.

I'm guessing that the refineries are going to be down for a lot longer than was first thought. They are not only looking at major damage to the refineries that will need to be repaired but they are also looking at a major labor issues because almost everyone that is employed at the refineries are also dealing with personal loss and their personal lives are in turmoil. I would buy up a little extra in cans and hope things improve as soon as possible..............JMHO

I think anyone that has Hummingbird feeders up has wasp issues. At first it was just a couple and then a couple more and then it got bad. I spoke to an old Gentleman that use to live 3 doors down about it one day and he said if I had that many wasps I probably had wasp nests in one of my buildings so he made a walk up to my place and within about 10 minutes he pointed out my problem. 3 different nests hid in the corners of my carport almost out of sight. I thanked him for teaching me something and I made a trip to TSC and bought 2 cans of wasp killer spray cans. He told me to wait until about 10PM when all the wasps would be home and then spray the nests. Had dead wasps all over my carport floor but none on my feeders and since then if I see a wasp I hunt the nests and they get sprayed. I was able to repay the old Gentleman. He grand daughter told me that he dearly love fish to eat so one day I went crappie fishing and me and a buddy caught 30 nice Slabs. I came home and filet all 50 of them and I took them down and gave them to him and his wife and she said they would be having fish and Home fries and Hush Puppies for dinner that night and the old man just smiled at me and I said thats for helping me with those pesky wasps. I lost my old neighbor about a year later but I still take his wife fish once in a while and she prepares them for her and her grand daughter and husband that lives with her now..................

Well, like I said. I had one that you would have trouble hitting a wall in a closed barn with it so I guess I got one of the bad ones..................Would never buy another one!!!.......JMHO

That video looks like my house in the evenings right now with all the new birds that showed up recently and I have still got 5 feeders up. I had fights like that back in early July till th first migration and then my bird count dropped and now it is back up and I am sure by mid Spetember it will go down as the migration goes back into swing. I will always leave 1 feeder up until I don't see any birds for about a 2 week span which is normally mid October. The birds that migrate early that know my feeders are up look for them on flight back as they fly the same route in both directions. Amazing little critters for sure...............

They are definately proud to have them and my guess is they don't really want to sell them. I use to have one of them back in the 60's and also had an old Revelation from Western Auto my grandfather gave me. I went squirrel hunting with the Nylon and could not get a squirrel with it. Try using it a couple times without success. Went to the Revelation and came home with squirrels every time. I bought 2 new boxes of 22 lr and went out by the barn and put up aluminum pie pans at about 75 feet and shot 14 rounds from the Nylon and 14 rounds from the Revelation. Group from Nylon was all over the pan and even had a few misses of the pan. Group in the Revelation was about 6 inches with multiple hits in close to same holes. I tried adjusting the sites on the Nylon several times but still got same response. I ask my grandfather what he thought might be wrong and he said probably something in the rifeling in the barrel. Don't know what ever happened to it. I went in service and when I came home it was gone.

Yep, very rare to see 3 or 4 birds ona feeder at the same time and I did some research about it and didn't find much but what I did find was that in some cases offsprings will travel with parents and if they spend time in same location they will often feed together on a feeder but it is very rare to see it. I guess I have seen it happen 3 or maybe 4 times in all the years I have been watching and feeding them..............

Yea, that one went real quick.............. But even with the 2 you missed I think you still came out pretty good. I really do appreciate how easy you did make it on the shipping...........

Hummingbirds are very smart little critters and they can spot a feeder right away even if it is not as colorful as most are. I am going to have to replace a few of mine this year as the bottoms of them don't seal up as good as they should and I have to work on them to keep them from dripping. I have found that when they drip they can attract pi$$ ants and soon the feeder will have them floating in it. They will have aline formed up the side of the building going to the feeder. I am posting a couple pictures of the ones I have been using for about 12 years now. If your planning on buying feeders for next year they should be going on sale at about any store that sells them. I normally find the best deals at TSC and Co-op.

Oh sorry! You must mean this one. I absolutly forgot about that one it went so fast after I posted it to a local member. He bought it for his son.

I'm quite sure by now many members know I am the seller of all those firearms because I had a few of them listed back when I was trying to sell them for BT's Wife. I was at my wits end since I didn't know that much about many of the guns and Ronald and I began PM-ing back and forth trying to figure out what the value of each may be and between us two we did learn a lot about the guns. After a few days of thought I guess Ronald decided he was going to throw out a deal to me for all the guns and the ammo. I spent a few days pondering over it and finally took the offer. That was when the work began preparing to ship them. Ronald made that as easy for me as he could and it all worked out. As for the gun he mentioned hi missed out on. B.T. had bought this gun from a close friend of mine and said he would like to have it back if at all possible. Well, He spoke up for it right after B.T.'s passing so I figured it would only be right that he got it back. This is the gun.

Yep they do like to lay claim to a feeder and will drive others away. Back a couple years ago it was getting late in the season for them and many of them had made the migration and I had about 5 birds left so I had taken down most of my feeders and only had 2 up. I was setting in my carport where I could see both feeders and there was one bird that had laid claim to both feeders and would land on a cable between them and if any other bird showed up it would run them off. Well that will only last so long before the game began. When you only have a few birds you can pretty much tell which one is which by size and colors. The one that was being a bully was a big Red Breasted Male and there was another smaller male and three females. They began playing a game of cat and mouse with the Bully. One bird would fly in and get the bully to chase it and at the same time the rest would hit the feeders and feed up. When the bully came back he would run them off. Soon another bird different than the first one would get the bully to chase it and they birds would flock to the feeders. This game would go on for about an hour before time to roost so everyone went to bed with full bellies. They did that until they were gone for the year. It was fun to watch..................

If you want Birds just put up about 3 feeders beginning in April and give it about a month. The change out the food with fresh and they will find it. I put all my feeders up in Mid April and filled each about 1/2 way. I do that for the early birds that are migrating north in the early flight and want them to have food during their trip. Once you begin getting a bird or two then you will begin to get more and depending on your location you may have to get more feeders. I filed all my feeders last Thursday and will have to fill several of them tomorrow again. If I did not have that thick fence row behind the house full of the orange horned shaped flowers I would plant some of their favorites which would really attract them to your home. Below is a link about their favorite flowers for those of you that have a green thumb!!! http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/hummingbird-flowers/

My 11 year old Grandson has asked me to do some Tree Rat hunting with him this year. It's been a very long time since I have been hunting them but I have been considering going with him just to be able to spend some time with him. I have a Marlin 60 w/ scope that I sighten is for 50 yards and can take down poker chips at that range with every shot. Once I got it all sighted in I ran 25 out of 25. I might be able to hit one of those critters. Might be nice to have some in the freezer again. I told him I won't go until the leaves are off the trees and He said thats fine with him. I know I will need to get some bug spray with deet in it to keep the ticks in check. I hate them little critters!!!!