Bruce's Journal

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Bruce, a baby bottle nipple over the end of the barrel supposedly makes an effective silencer. Not that I would know.....

just got a mental image of Bruce sneaking out to the pond with a baby nipple on the end of a shot gun in camouflage ...".turtle sniper in Vermont strikes again".......

 

[RollingAcres]

 

[AmberLops]

Turtle murder for hire

 

[Bruce]

STA, if he could carry a 22, he could have easily "taken care" of his woodchuck problem last year and the year before.

That would be true, could have offed the raccoon I caught (unexpectedly) in the trap year before last a lot easier as well. Sadly it often takes several pellets to kill the critters. I don't want them around eating my chickens or digging holes to undermine things but I don't need them to suffer either.

I guess everyone here with a .22 will need to test the baby bottle nipple thing with a decibel meter and report back And I ASSUME one should buy the large economy pack since after one use there will be a very large hole in the nipple which would affect performance.

Actually I'm not all that happy that the turtles are dead. Based on their size, they have to be quite a few years old and to my knowledge haven't caused any harm. According to Wikipedia, up here they reach breeding age at 15-20 years and since we did see the Teeny Tiny Turtle last fall, these critters have clearly been hiding out a LONG time. They were seen only a few times in the past 8 years. And now I don't even know if those who had seen them saw the same one.

OK, the unanswerable question is answered. I used the trimmer on both sides of the north fence today. The dead turtle is still dead, it had flattened out the 6'+ tall stuff as it came over the fence and landed on the "dam" clearly visible with no hunting necessary. That means we have at least 1 adult turtle inside the fence and had at least 3 before. There won't be any more turtles for a LONG time and then only if the one I saw yesterday and the TTT are opposite genders.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Mr. @Bruce, sir!

I've been meaning to ask you -- now that you have had your Mahindra for a little over a year, how do you like it?

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Bruce]

So far so good though I'd like a better parking brake setup. There is a short lever under the steering column that you pull up while the brake is pushed in. Underneath is a curved notched plate that is moved by the lever. Many more than once I've set the brake only to have it pop out or the tractor rolling (hill) slowly and I have to set it again or push on the brake while holding the lever and hearing it 'crunch' into the slot. Would prefer it like my garden tractor which has a wide larger lever, easier to lift up and never had it not engage.

 

[Bruce]

Well what do you know, both Betty AND Angel went broody yesterday and are spending time in the lock up If Angel wants babies so bad why did she kick the kids to the curb at 6 weeks? Anais is still with them at 9 weeks.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Probably because she only can "put up with them" til they reach a certain age....and by then, she is "way past done" with these "thangs".....

 

[RollingAcres]

Probably because she only can "put up with them" til they reach a certain age....and by then, she is "way past done" with these "thangs".....

 

[Bruce]

Probably. Zorra waited until 8 weeks when she did the duty. I guess Angel doesn't remember how long Zorra stuck with her and the others. Anais is still happily calling the littles to food and hangs with them all day. Tonight 3 of them are next to her, the other 5 are on the opposite side of the coop.

On the tractor @Senile_Texas_Aggie, I forgot to mention the PTO power. I wish it had more so I could have gotten the 6' flail. Not something I knew to think about when I was looking. The Kubota L3301 is a pretty much equivalent tractor (33 HP engine, 26.2 HP PTO vs 34.5 HP engine, 24.7 PTO) But it seriously lags on loader lift (1131 pounds full height at pin vs 1650 for mine). If you've seen Mike Morgan's recent videos he mentioned he sold his Kubota L3301 since
1) he has the 3 RKs (though how long he gets to keep them is unknown)
2) the lift capacity just isn't there and he hauls out some big loads.
The RK 37 has a whopping 2116 pounds to full height at the pin. The shuttle shift version has 30.2 PTO so could run a 6' flail though it is on the low end of the PTO requirement, at least for my WoodMaxx flail.