Fitty's Angling Ramble 7.0

[Hartski]

hahaha....casino security guard......

[Nainoa]

hahaha....casino security guard......

Someone has to stop all the drunk Iowans from busting up the place and dropping manure everywhere!

[Procta]

grilled some pork chops and chicken last night......I think it is about time to retire the stove inside for the season especially I have a covered area outside to grill under if bad weather.

[Nainoa]

So I managed to get the tilling for the early season vegetables done last night before the rains.

With how busy I have been some of my tomato seedlings have died in the greenhouse. This means I've got 300+ square feet available in the garden.

Trying to think of what I should do there... Needs to be a warm weather loving crop.

Already have planned: Cabbage, potatoes, peas, beans, lettuce, spinach, tons of squash, tomatoes, many peppers and onions.

Corn is a little "On the nose"

Anyone have some more creative ideas?

[44hunter]

found a pic on FB from the tourney i was in cabo.

Bro, Plaid shorts with that shirt?

He's a police officer on a reservation.

Pretty much this. I live in the capitol of the Choctaw Nation but its not necessarily a reservation. So any tribal land would be our jurisdiction.

[lhprop1]

So I managed to get the tilling for the early season vegetables done last night before the rains.

With how busy I have been some of my tomato seedlings have died in the greenhouse. This means I've got 300+ square feet available in the garden.

Trying to think of what I should do there... Needs to be a warm weather loving crop.

Already have planned: Cabbage, potatoes, peas, beans, lettuce, spinach, tons of squash, tomatoes, many peppers and onions.

Corn is a little "On the nose"

Anyone have some more creative ideas?

My dad acquired some 'glass gem corn' seeds from someone and he gave me a few. After looking at some pics on the intarwebz, they look pretty cool. It's not edible, but is sure does look neat. You might want to give some of that a try and sell it to the artsy fartsy crafty old ladies around town.

[44hunter]

hahaha....casino security guard......

Equipped with only a maglite and rape whistle

[Nainoa]

My dad acquired some 'glass gem corn' seeds from someone and he gave me a few. After looking at some pics on the intarwebz, they look pretty cool. It's not edible, but is sure does look neat. You might want to give some of that a try and sell it to the artsy fartsy crafty old ladies around town.

Well if I was going to use dent corn there's a blue kind known for improving egg laying in chickens

[GREENFEATHER]

grilled some pork chops and chicken last night......I think it is about time to retire the stove inside for the season especially I have a covered area outside to grill under if bad weather.

I am disappoint bro, I grilled when it was 10 fukn degrees. Turn in your mancard now.

[Hartski]

Damn 38 degrees this morning. I'm never going to get my garden in at this rate....

[Nainoa]

Damn 38 degrees this morning. I'm never going to get my garden in at this rate....

I've got potatoes, snap peas, spinach and some PATHETIC looking romaine in already. I'm probably jumping the gun on the potatoes with this cold spring, but the other stuff, as long as you can turn the soil you can plant it.

[GREENFEATHER]

I've got potatoes, snap peas, spinach and some PATHETIC looking romaine in already. I'm probably jumping the gun on the potatoes with this cold spring, but the other stuff, as long as you can turn the soil you can plant it.

Plant the taters in a 55 gallon drum. As they grow keep filling the drum, MEGA harvest.

[Hartski]

If I could find a 55 gallon drum or three, I'd make rain barrels and a smoker attachment for my firepit.........

[Nainoa]

If I could find a 55 gallon drum or three, I'd make rain barrels and a smoker attachment for my firepit.........

You just need to find a bread or tortilla factory... Get to know the guys on the loading dock/sanitation... They commonly have 55 gallon drums that are empty after being used for molasses, corn syrup, vinegar etc... Half the time the employees are taking the things home.

If you search on craigslist it's not uncommon to find someone selling them for $10 a shot.

[GREENFEATHER]

If I could find a 55 gallon drum or three, I'd make rain barrels and a smoker attachment for my firepit.........

For rain barrels I'd use IBC totes that hold either 330 or 275 gallons. a friend of mine has 4 of them and he has sump pumps at his 3 downspouts to pump the 55 gallon drums into. You can't even tell what he's doing with them as everything's underground and his totes are in his shed.

You just need to find a bread or tortilla factory... Get to know the guys on the loading dock/sanitation... They commonly have 55 gallon drums that are empty after being used for molasses, corn syrup, vinegar etc... Half the time the employees are taking the things home.

If you search on craigslist it's not uncommon to find someone selling them for $10 a shot.

You can find them here all day for $5 each and the IBC totes for $100. I have a dozen totes and christ only knows how many drums at the farm. Pickle barrels are also a good choice. You can use ones that have had petroleum in them, but you have to burn them out first.

[Nainoa]

For rain barrels I'd use IBC totes that hold either 330 or 275 gallons. a friend of mine has 4 of them and he has sump pumps at his 3 downspouts to pump the 55 gallon drums into. You can't even tell what he's doing with them as everything's underground and his totes are in his shed.



You can find them here all day for $5 each and the IBC totes for $100. I have a dozen totes and christ only knows how many drums at the farm. Pickle barrels are also a good choice. You can use ones that have had petroleum in them, but you have to burn them out first.

One of my best friends works sanitation at a bread factory, so I just tell him I want XYZ buckets, drums or even old garbage cans and when they come available he pulls them off the docks for me and makes a country drive.

Added bonus is my daughter gets a huge kick out of him. So he'll come out, drop the stuff off and play with her while I cook dinner etc...

I've got the perfect place in the barn for a cistern of IBC totes. As the small pines die near the barn I figure I can run irrigation lines down the gradual grade to a bunch of fruit trees that can replace the pines. That's still a ways down the road.

[GREENFEATHER]

I have the tops chopped off 10 or so of them for grow out tanks for tilapia fry and the water for the hydroponics system. I collect rain water off the shop and divert it to the settlement ponds.

[iccyman001]

I'm going to be getting home here soon and I am faced with a TOUGH decision...

My airstream seems like she is on her last leg and needs a solid amount work done to her to get it ready for long trips. It sat in Mass for so long and was never really taken care of properly by my grandfather, so the frame is a BIG issue. Also, it needs some minor pipe work done because of some caught water in the pipes.

So part of me wants to never get rid of it, but I don't want to pay for it to get fixed (there is one place that does it within 100 miles from me and they know it, so their prices are insane) and don't have the time to fix it. SO I have been doing my research and I have been looking at some newer pull behinds. Nothing crazy or fancy. Probably something 2005 or newer, 19-26 foot, and with everything I need.


My issue is I guess, do I attempt to sell it for a reduced price because it needs a good amount of work.... or scrap it......


The thing that makes it worse is I have a lot of camping trips planned for the summer and I NEED the camper for my hunting trips...

[Hartski]

What a crappy weekend. Garage door broke and my phone ended up in the laundry last night. Don't have a land line or home internet, so my phone is my only contact with the outside world unless I'm at work. Can tell I'm much too dependant on the evil little electronic devil.

[Nainoa]

I'm going to be getting home here soon and I am faced with a TOUGH decision...

My airstream seems like she is on her last leg and needs a solid amount work done to her to get it ready for long trips. It sat in Mass for so long and was never really taken care of properly by my grandfather, so the frame is a BIG issue. Also, it needs some minor pipe work done because of some caught water in the pipes.

So part of me wants to never get rid of it, but I don't want to pay for it to get fixed (there is one place that does it within 100 miles from me and they know it, so their prices are insane) and don't have the time to fix it. SO I have been doing my research and I have been looking at some newer pull behinds. Nothing crazy or fancy. Probably something 2005 or newer, 19-26 foot, and with everything I need.


My issue is I guess, do I attempt to sell it for a reduced price because it needs a good amount of work.... or scrap it......


The thing that makes it worse is I have a lot of camping trips planned for the summer and I NEED the camper for my hunting trips...

Well don't scrap it. Take your time selling it... There are always pickers and antique enthusiasts etc... That are looking for things like Air Streams.

Just pitch them with the notion of "It was my Grandfather's... I inherited it and I want to see it go to someone who will love it."

Worst case scenario you live in a wall tent for a couple of camping trips. Lord knows I've camped in some pretty stupid conditions in some pretty underwhelming tents!

[Nainoa]

What a crappy weekend. Garage door broke and my phone ended up in the laundry last night. Don't have a land line or home internet, so my phone is my only contact with the outside world unless I'm at work. Can tell I'm much too dependant on the evil little electronic devil.

I wouldn't be lost without my phone, but I would be inconvenienced.

It's my "Alert" to everything. I run all of my communication tech off of mobile wifi hot spots, so the phone is what tells me I need to get to the computer.

[iccyman001]

Well don't scrap it. Take your time selling it... There are always pickers and antique enthusiasts etc... That are looking for things like Air Streams.

Just pitch them with the notion of "It was my Grandfather's... I inherited it and I want to see it go to someone who will love it."

Worst case scenario you live in a wall tent for a couple of camping trips. Lord knows I've camped in some pretty stupid conditions in some pretty underwhelming tents!

I will put it up for a while, but I wont hold my breath. Where I am there are not a lot of locals with money to throw at a project like this. I have no issue tenting this summer with the girlfriend, but I will not get away with my hunts with the tents and everything. It will take up too much space in the truck and I need all I can get to bring back an Elk

[Nainoa]

I will put it up for a while, but I wont hold my breath. Where I am there are not a lot of locals with money to throw at a project like this. I have no issue tenting this summer with the girlfriend, but I will not get away with my hunts with the tents and everything. It will take up too much space in the truck and I need all I can get to bring back an Elk

Just eat the whole elk at camp!

[iccyman001]

Just eat the whole elk at camp!

I am cringing at the thought of trying to shovel down that much meat. I love it, but I would die!

I've been reading up that an average Elk cow can be around 500lbs and an average bull can be 600lbs
I am very excited to see how much meat I can get off of one!!!!!

Not much longer and I am back in AMERICA, then I can start all of my scouting and prepping adventures.










Greenfeather, you told me that your guns are hooked up with awesome optics. How are you when it comes to spotting scopes and binos?

I need to upgrade this year on both

[HairyScandinavian]

Well guys two of my baby sisters are now police officers with Dallas PD.

I have the tops chopped off 10 or so of them for grow out tanks for tilapia fry and the water for the hydroponics system. I collect rain water off the shop and divert it to the settlement ponds.

I've been wanting to do this for years, minus the settlement ponds I don't have enough room.

I'm going to be getting home here soon and I am faced with a TOUGH decision...

My airstream seems like she is on her last leg and needs a solid amount work done to her to get it ready for long trips. It sat in Mass for so long and was never really taken care of properly by my grandfather, so the frame is a BIG issue. Also, it needs some minor pipe work done because of some caught water in the pipes.

So part of me wants to never get rid of it, but I don't want to pay for it to get fixed (there is one place that does it within 100 miles from me and they know it, so their prices are insane) and don't have the time to fix it. SO I have been doing my research and I have been looking at some newer pull behinds. Nothing crazy or fancy. Probably something 2005 or newer, 19-26 foot, and with everything I need.


My issue is I guess, do I attempt to sell it for a reduced price because it needs a good amount of work.... or scrap it......


The thing that makes it worse is I have a lot of camping trips planned for the summer and I NEED the camper for my hunting trips...

People down here are always buying cheap trailers to take and leave at their hunting leases. It seems to be a favorite to get a good deal on stuff that's not really great for pulling much anymore but still livable and cheap. Many folks don't care if the heater or shower works, etc... How much are you wanting for it and what exactly is wrong with it and where is it located? I may be looking for an old run down "deer lease" camper this year myself.

[iccyman001]

Well guys two of my baby sisters are now police officers with Dallas PD.

People down here are always buying cheap trailers to take and leave at their hunting leases. It seems to be a favorite to get a good deal on stuff that's not really great for pulling much anymore but still livable and cheap. Many folks don't care if the heater or shower works, etc... How much are you wanting for it and what exactly is wrong with it and where is it located? I may be looking for an old run down "deer lease" camper this year myself.

You must be proud of your sisters, that is awesome! My girlfriends uncle just retired from the Dallas PD. He loved every minute of it.

As for the airstream.
The only issues I know of are:
- It needs some water pipes replaced. It was poorly winterized (my bad) and needs some replaced.
- The frame will need to be worked on at some point. Again, it say up in New England since it was made and it has taken it's toll.
I still drove it out here from Massachusetts (To New Mexico) no issue and still drive it around quite a few times during the summer to motocross races. (about 300 miles round trip)


That's pretty much it...

The interior is still great being its still stock from 1978, plus a newer carpet in the late 2000s. Plus a newer fridge.



This was taken in August!

Interior:

bathroom:


front to back:


Dinner table/couch





Bed set up:


two singles and two bunks. The couch also folds down to a bed



Honestly, I think I am being lazy and just don't want to deal with it. I want a new trailer and have too many plans/projects right now going on to fix it or pay some crazy company insane amounts of money to fix it.

I also have no clue what these things are worth. So with that being said, I was going to put a range on it around $2500-3500 and see what happen.

[Nainoa]

I am cringing at the thought of trying to shovel down that much meat. I love it, but I would die!

I've been reading up that an average Elk cow can be around 500lbs and an average bull can be 600lbs
I am very excited to see how much meat I can get off of one!!!!!

Not much longer and I am back in AMERICA, then I can start all of my scouting and prepping adventures.










Greenfeather, you told me that your guns are hooked up with awesome optics. How are you when it comes to spotting scopes and binos?

I need to upgrade this year on both

Depends on how resourceful you are.

If you're just taking the easy cuts, the rule of thumb is 30 to 40% of weight.

If you're going to use the offal/internal organs and make stock from the marrow bones then that number can go up significantly.

If you really put your mind to it, you can probably use 60% of that animal. If you want to just hack it into the easy chunks and make a ring or two of sausage like the average white guy... Then I'd say you should expect 150 to 200 pounds off a 500 pound animal.

Edit: It's always been a goal of mine to make ravioli from Elk cheeks, mushrooms and ramps stuffing!

[GREENFEATHER]

You can just drop that Airstream off at my place, I'll take care of it for you.

As for optics, I like Zeiss, Steiner, Schmidt-Bender and Nikon. I only buy upper end optics because you'll regret ANYTHING later on. I have quite a bit of money tied up in optics. Fitty has my 10/22 with a Nikon scope on it, the scope was $400, the rifle was $129, lol.

[fishnbrah]

Greenfeather, you told me that your guns are hooked up with awesome optics. How are you when it comes to spotting scopes and binos?

I need to upgrade this year on both

for binos/spotting scope, swarovski or leica

[GREENFEATHER]