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32 seconds ago
I have read about all I can find about that 64 quake. One report stated they saw some mountain peaks move when that happened. Imagine the sound.

I have been through several on the big island of Hawaii when I lived there. One was in a backpacking tent in Volcanoes Natl. Park. I was doing a study on the birds and Koa forests for my art. The experience was neat then, there was nothing above my head to worry about so I enjoyed nature observing the ground and sounds .

I have thought it fun to name a pub in AK the " 9,5 Honky Tonk "...locals would call it simply the 9 .
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59 seconds ago
I hope KeithC sees this thread - will all my volunteer montmorency trees be viable if I dig them up? I know it was grafted to a rootstock but some of these volunteers are now 8' tall under the tree and I need to dig and move them if they will make a cherry. I know the parent tree is considered a pie cherry and not sweet but they do such much better than my sweet cherries. Would these volunteers be worth transplanting? They obviously do well in my soils.
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9 minutes ago
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9 minutes ago
Got it covered!
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Trapper Talk
12 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Jtrapper
Low percentage of trappers belong to anything has ALWAYS been the case and always will be. Allowing people of low character to run for the various office's within the organization hasn't helped at all in the past 25 years. Known crooks and liar's help up as outstanding officer's and the face of the organization pretty much guarantee's a certain percentage will turn their back and never join again. Watching money be squandered foolishly and each passing decade more and more trapping rights go away is another issue that some will just throw their hands up and walk away.

It's about impossible to get walk away members back!

The new wave trappers are taught and trained on the latest Utube channel, they have their hero's internet trappers and could care less about joining any association much less buying 4 dollar gas and driving half way across the country to be a part of anything. As hard as it was to get and keep my generation (60) together this new generation of 'trapper' if you can call them that is about impossible. Most are doing some ADC work at their hunting club with hopes of having more deer and turkey and could care less about tradition, ethics, comradery and everything else to do with the history of the fur trade. Whatever they catch they kill and toss in the woods.

Jason did you use to work for the Alabama DNR? Was thinking we met long ago when you did.


I never worked for AL DCNR but spent 15 years with the GA DNR, 5 with TWRA, and 3 with the PA Fish & Boat Commission in the late 90's/2000's. We left TN in 2023 and moved to the wife's family farm in NE Alabama.

You are spot on regarding the members that get burnt as well as the newer generation which has been shown across all activities to not be part of any organizations.

The focus of many newer folks getting into trapping is certainly on protecting turkeys, especially in the Southeast where we are seeing the most growth. I worked the TFHA booth a few years ago at the NWTF convention. We had a great location where we got to talk to a lot of folks as they made the turn from one aisle to the next. I estimated that about 1 in 20 to 1 in 30 stopped to say they were trapping raccoons on their property or they just got into trapping. Assuming 1 in 30 or 3%, about 2,400 of the 80,000 folks in attendance were trapping to some degree. Very few mentioned anything about fur. I do wonder if some interest in fur may occur over time as these folks start to realize running a trapline can be expensive. Then again, it may be too much work for some of these folks.
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14 minutes ago
Thank you , you found the story I was remembering.

All I can say is thank goodness for modern firepower. They can have those old rifles.
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23 minutes ago
I just saw a video last night he got banned from Canada for a year something about there saying he guiding/outfitting without a permit and supposedly he was just helping some new owners with a bear camp and not getting paid.[Linked Image]
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26 minutes ago
Ive had 3. Sucralate until they healed. then was given PPI. Nexium caused an antiinflammatory response so had to take dexilant. Cost me 60 bucks a month. But from my other response i'll pay it. First nice to not have heart burn all the time.
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47 minutes ago
My pump is on a separate meter so I pay $38 a month for electricity which is the minimum fee. When irrigating with our household pump it goes about double that in the summer months. I've got 37 years and counting on this pump so far. Pressure tank needs to be replaced soon though...has a bladder pinhole leak.
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
I give Boco credit for not doing that crazy Canadian thing of sewing the leg-holes shut. Every time I see that I think that guy much only catch ten-fifteen a season. LOL
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Originally Posted by k snow
It gets better with age.

Eventually you forget what you were looking for, so you don't know you lost it.


Then when you find it , it’s a nice surprise!
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1 hour ago
Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
Originally Posted by Vinke
Maintenance is overrated...

Not when you don’t have the extra money to buy a new one....

that lime spreader is probably older then most on here somebody took care of it
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1 hour ago
Gray squirrels are my greatest nemesis when it comes to blueberries. They are far worse than birds and there is no shortage of them. They will strip a bush of the berries as they start to turn.
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ADC Forum
1 hour ago
Originally Posted by EatenByLimestone
I have a C Corp and liability insurance.


How come C?
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Originally Posted by yotetrapper30
Hope you heal up soon! I know it wasn't a fun experience but hernias can kill you, so I am glad you got it fixed up!!

True. Hernias aren't anything to mess with. Hope your pain subsides quickly and fast healing. Prayers sent.
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1 hour ago
Wouldn't SS be harder to work with? Like harder to cut and stiffer than galvanized? Is it as easy to take the shine off as you can with galvanized?
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1 hour ago
Good morning Mole and All
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1 hour ago
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1 hour ago
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2 hours ago
Next destination,,, wrigley field
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Trapper Talk
2 hours ago
Yes, it is over 300 dollars but I didn't know how firm that number was. They do offer variants with manual safeties, SIG has a staggering number of variations of the 365.
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2 hours ago
Sometimes on those 98 degree days when I work on equipment half the day and bush hog the rest of the day - I think about it grin
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2 hours ago
i wonder how well steel screen will lay in it. pan looks a little high for steel screen to lay flat in it.
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2 hours ago
Congratulations to the fine young man!
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Trapper Talk
2 hours ago
Here is a new class of mower I've never heard of before. Three point hitch mounted flail mowers have been around 50 or 60 years I know of, and predate even finish mowers, but these flail mowers that articulate side to side and up and down are new to me. Would probably need counterweight on off side it you extended one way off to one side.

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