We free range ours,they roost in a coop but most days we open the door and let them forage.

We added some black australorps when someone told us "hawks think they are crows and stay away"
Not sure if there is any truth to that but have not lost one to hawks since

Mostly brown egg layers with a handful of araucanas

We had guineas but they cost more and they are dumb as dirt and quickly picked off by predators
Also had game bantams and the hawks picked them all off real quick

Someone on here recommended a fumigant "bomb" ducted through rat tunnels, for a complete rat eradication. I think he said you can aide the flow with a leaf blower....if you have enough tunnels to work with, should work for mice too....

Our provincial government just turned one down a little while ago. The AI data centres use a lot more juice, and they were excited about the transmission lines on the property and a substation nearby. Mb Hydro put out a memorandum about a decade ago reguarding connecting data centres to the grid. I don’t now of one station that’s either at or over capacity. We just can’t keep up. Then they were going to skirt Manitoba Hydro by producing their own power with gas turbines as there’s several transmission pipelines near by. They had no problem eating the “carbon tax”.
Cooling was going to utilize our winter weather, and deep water during summer. That turned a lot of folks off.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...in-manitoba-for-large-scale-data-centre/

Sounds like we may have found new US partners to build a new dam that’s been in the early planning stage since I was an “A” trainee 25 years ago. Problem is, it won’t be ready by the time we need it. Our low residential hydro rates is the only thing bringing in and keeping people here……. Some always complain about our high rates when the get disconnected for billing issues, but soon realize that they don’t got a leg to stand on when you tell them to do some googling and find a cheap province to live…….lol.

NbrCatMan…….what will happen to these centres in say 30-50 years? With advancing technology, they might be a thing of the past before long.
I’d say you’re probably the most educated one on here regarding this stuff. Thanks for your input.

Last show I was at was offshore of a beach community...we were tasked with keeping boats out of the safety perimeter....of course we were in it, lol

The pressure wave from the bombs ran through you, burning debris and hot ash falling on the boat, couldn't even see the works cause you couldn't keep your head craned up ...

Whole thing was less fun than you might imagine...

Best wool shirt I had was a New Zealand army surplus, not too light, not too heavy or bulky....sadly grew out of it, lol
Mil surplus might still be an option...

5 Oneida
2 Blake and Lamb
$20 plus shipping

Around here a chuck roast is more than a brisket!! But a chuck has less waste

Good post Rye. Throw unlock the PH in there.

We had a decade of Miracle Grow madness
and determinate "tomato blight".
Many would ask, but few would listen.

A lure can loose some of its initial odor quality in some cases depending upon how it was built. Proportions and quality of each ingredient, etc..

As stated previously, if adequate preservation and other components were not utilized, your formula can not be expected to hold fast and can change over time.

However, that being said, many formulas will change from that initial blending odor and become more homogenized over time.

A well built lure should improve with age as they are intended. Or it will only be as good as your ingredients that were blended.

I wouldn't be too harsh on your evaluation at this early stage. Good results can only be measured over time, give it some time, see how things work out in the next few seasons.

There may be some variables occurring that you are not factoring into your current evaluation.

I heard it from him on a podcast. I think it was on Clay Newcomb's old bear hunting magazine podcast. He had a place in Michigan and said it was no different than hunting free range..."the animals either show up or they dont" were his words. And I remember it was less than 400 acres. That's even dumber than the places that are thousands of acres of high fence

Is that the guy who said he is the captain now on that Tom Hanks movie??

It hit 90 here today, it felt good.
Cool stop in the shade, feet in the river.
Did me well.