Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Nov. 16

Happy Saturday! Have you been able to spend some time outdoors, away from phones and computers?

From our pup's back yard in North Carolina, a few days ago:
Regards from Jerusalem,
Biden's Dog

What a great wildlife portrait! Anybody else getting wild visitors?

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Two great photos from Burnthewitch today. More (not necessarily edible) later.

Garlic Chives

Have you grown garlic chives in your garden?

Pecans (in Connecticut)

Mmmmm . . . . Pecans . . .

Ah, Nature

Any experience with a horde trying to move in for the fall and winter?

Puttering

About a year ago I sent you a photo of some spray painted, dried Allium

This year, I have tried the same idea with dried Silvergrass. The raw material:

And the finished product:

The seeds were lightly misted with various colors of spray paint and the stems and leaves were coated with gold.

Admirale’s Mate

These are wonderful. Great for outdoors (say, on a porch) or indoors.

Adventure

Thinking about getting chickens? How much do you know about Chicken Sex?

Interesting facts of chicken egg fertility that you may not know:

🪶 It is possible to have a rooster and a hen that are active but a hen can still lay eggs that are not fertile:

I know you may be wondering how, and here is the explanation.
Unlike other birds where you find partners, in chickens there is no courtship or romance. A rooster just forces himself on the hen. So what happens is when a rooster mates a hen, his injected semen is stored in numerous sperm storage tubules (SSTs) located in the area where the hen's uterus joins the vagina. But this only happens provided the hen likes the rooster. If she doesn't, she can squirt out the semen to avoid hatching his offspring. Therefore a hen may still proceed to lay eggs that are not fertile despite even mating with a rooster every day.

🪶 Even if the hen approves the rooster, some eggs may still not be fertile:

Since the sperm is released shortly after an egg is laid, and each egg takes approximately 25 hours to develop, an egg produced on the day of mating will not be fertile.

An egg laid the next day may or may not be fertile, depending on the timing. An egg laid on the third day definitely should be fertile.

So as you can see your hen can still have the first two or three eggs that are not fertile despite the hen and a rooster having mated.

🪶 You don't need a rooster everyday for the hen to continue laying fertile eggs:

The amount of time during which the hen will continue to lay fertile eggs depends on how much sperm fills the SSTs, which are capable of storing semen from multiple matings and multiple roosters.

Highly productive hens generally remain fertile longer than hens that lay at a slower rate. The average duration of fertility from a single mating is 10 to 14 days.
So it is possible that once your hen has mated with a rooster you can even take the rooster away and you can still have fertile eggs for the next 14 days.

🪶 For first time layers if a rooster has mated with a hen, all her eggs are not always fertile:

Generally speaking, a hen who has mated will be fertile between 7 and 10 days after. It takes that long for the sperm to reach the oviduct where eggs are made. So it is possible that after mating, your hen can still continue to lay eggs that are not fertile for the next 10 days. This is why it is encouraged that for hens that are laying for the first time it is better to eat the eggs for the first two or three weeks instead of attempting to hatch them.

🪶 Not all roosters have fertile sperm:

This is a sad one. Just like in humans, even in chickens we also have roosters that are infertile.
Why? Who knows. It's maybe just something in his genes not working as it should. Again, very like the human condition. There's not always a rhyme or reason.

NB- This article has been compiled to help people understand why at time they may hear those who provide hatchery services referring to their eggs not having been fertile. We know some have been wondering why the eggs are said not to be fertile yet they have the recommended number of hens and roosters that are also active for that matter.

While the article has been compiled from various sources that we believe to be credible, it is only for general information. For specifics relating to one's flock we still recommend that farmers use the services of professionals.

Thank you for reading.

Regards, AgriHarvest Hub -Agriculturidt
#chickenfarming
#agriharvesthub

Gardens of The Horde

Hi
Here is a picture of my encore azalea currently in full blossom for the second time this year. I know it's not one of those fabulous photos you normally get but it's November. In Maryland.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Lovely. I guess that's why it's named "Encore".

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Nov. 9

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Want to try a little poster art?

Alfons Mucha, 1901

Posted by: K.T. at 01:20 PM

Comments

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1 Flowers!

Posted by: javems at November 16, 2024 01:22 PM (8I4hW)

2 omg

poultry pr0n

lol

Posted by: kallisto at November 16, 2024 01:23 PM (dCxaZ)

3 Love the picture of the deer.

Please please please don't cross the road in front of cars.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 16, 2024 01:29 PM (8AONa)

4 Afternoon all.
Thanks for posting my picture. It is nice to see pink flowers in November. I actually had no idea that such an "encore" plant existed til it bloomed for the second time.
When I lived in MA, I used to get loads of ladybugs somehow getting into the house. I had a number of cathedral ceilings whee they inevitably ended up and no way to reach. They are supposed to bring good luck so there is that.😉

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 16, 2024 01:32 PM (t/2Uw)

5 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
I still haven't had frost but seen but a few miles away has. I have a sweet pepper plant that hasn't done much but is fine. Inside my mini greenhouse saw today have more chili peppers to pick. And have to start watering the chives in it.

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 01:34 PM (fwDg9)

6 I love the Mucha art! The other I must say is a picture I never thought I would see, certainly not in the gardening thread!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2024 01:34 PM (W6hoT)

7 Sharon I think but don't know for certain those kind of Lady Bugs are different.

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 01:36 PM (fwDg9)

8 well, yesterday was payday so this weekend's adventure is balancing the checkbook and paying the bills.

again.

Posted by: anachronda at November 16, 2024 01:37 PM (edU/H)

9 Morning/Afternoon all.
Was just out weeding the Asparagus plot. I let it go last year and now that everything is winterized it's easy to get in between all the stalks. Also have about 10 or 12 new plants. Little ones, probably 2 years from being harvestable or big enough to bother.
Next year I'm going to keep it cleaned out and properly harvested.
Fern looking unharvested plants got almost 6' and are full of red berries. Next year will be the 23rd year they have been there.
Only part left of my gardening phase left.

Posted by: Reforger at November 16, 2024 01:38 PM (xcIvR)

10 Tom Servo at November 16, 2024 01:34 PM

It's French.

Posted by: KT at November 16, 2024 01:38 PM (xekrU)

11 Handsome spike buck up top. Took some pics of a blue jay earlier today. Saw a spike buck (smaller than the one pictured above), a woodpecker, grey and red aquirrels, and a doe with two fawn. Was hoping to see a bald eagle or two, but wasn't that lucky. Thanks K.T.

Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2024 01:43 PM (YUV/j)

12 I saw two cardinals today! Time for me to buy bird seed and get ready for colder weather.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 16, 2024 01:46 PM (gfViB)

13 Bunnies in the yard!!!

Bunnies never get old!!!

Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 16, 2024 01:47 PM (RJSYQ)

14 omg

poultry pr0n

lol
Posted by: kallisto at November 16, 2024 01:23 PM (dCxaZ)

Is that a drum I hear?

Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 16, 2024 01:48 PM (RJSYQ)

15 she can squirt out the semen

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 16, 2024 01:50 PM (nNkxN)

16 Both my months-old fuchsias are almost dead. Nothing has worked. I may take them out of their pots and give them one last chance in the garden bed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2024 01:52 PM (RIvkX)

17 I should see about putting out bird feeder, trick is keeping squirrels out. I made nice feeders long ago from that clear tubing for drive up bank tellers. They destroyed it chewing through it.

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 01:57 PM (fwDg9)

18 Ladybugs. We get those Asian beetles at the up north place. The ylook like ladybugs but are stinky, have stinky pheromones. 101 year old house leads to constant vacuuming, essential oils, vinegar, spray, etc., each fall.

Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2024 01:58 PM (YUV/j)

19 >>>>I should see about putting out bird feeder, trick is keeping squirrels out. I made nice feeders long ago from that clear tubing for drive up bank tellers. They destroyed it chewing through it.
Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 01:57 PM (fwDg9)
*******
.177 air rifle or .22 sub-sonic. Good luck!

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 16, 2024 02:00 PM (gQJkQ)

20 My seed could find no purchase.
-Griz the ‘Rooster’ (wink wink)

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2024 02:04 PM (jgmnb)

21 Thanks for the chicken article! I have a roo and hens and didn't act know this info.

Posted by: BonniebBue at November 16, 2024 02:05 PM (vvJFJ)

22 Just a reminder: bird feeders can attract mice and rats, too, so invest in some traps. I don't have bird feeders, but my !#@%& neighbors do, so I use Barlas tunneled traps. They work great.

Posted by: Paco at November 16, 2024 02:07 PM (njExo)

23 I get the occasional ladybug in the house, and I leave them alone. My grandma always said that having a ladybug in the house is good luck. Considering the infestation we had back in the mid-2000's, I should be the luckiest dude on Earth. I still have to frequently grab the electric tennis racket and go on Stinkbug Safari, but only see ladybugs once in a while.

It's late autumn in western PA. Top photo looks delicious.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 16, 2024 02:10 PM (QdGJh)

24 12 I saw two cardinals today! Time for me to buy bird seed and get ready for colder weather.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 16, 2024 01:46 PM (gfViB)
----------------------

I keep my bird feeders out all year, but from April through November I have to bring them inside every night or the bears tear them to shreds.

In winter months, I also put up a suet feeder, and I get a lot of really interesting birds that come to visit it.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 16, 2024 02:12 PM (QdGJh)

25 23: My sister owns a farm in West PA and she just sent a picture of a young buck standing proudly, out in the open, on one of her fields. She thinks it's lifespan will be short. Lots of hunters about.

I have some nice fall pictures that I keep forgetting to send. Some are pretty old but pretty shots. Fall in NoVA this year was kind of meh. It's been so dry most of the year. Need some rain.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2024 02:15 PM (sAmhv)

26 I live in the country on a rather large lot, and one of my favorite things about it is that we are located right on a long established deer trail. We're surrounded by woods on three sides, so the deer will graze on our property. Lots of little ones jumping around in the Spring. But, the hilarious thing about it is that our neighbor (about a mile away) hates deer because they ruin his garden. Unfortunately, he lives on the same deer trail. He hangs aluminum pie plates from the brush, streamers, fencing (you name it) to keep them away. The deer are indifferent, and I can't help laughing at their efforts. A little over a year ago I drove by his place in the early winter (deer form larger herds about that time) and I swear there were about 50 whitetail deer just standing around his front yard with no particular care in the world. My neighbor was on his front porch just standing there with his hands on his hips. I laughed and waved...he waved back shaking his head with a shrug.

I ran into him at the store a couple weeks later. He looks at me, smiles and says completely deadpan, "They win."

Posted by: Orson at November 16, 2024 02:21 PM (dIske)

27 should see about putting out bird feeder, trick is keeping squirrels

Squirrel Boss!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vKcruJ36BfM

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 16, 2024 02:21 PM (nNkxN)

28 The garden is pretty much put to bed for the rest of the year. Right now, I'm just working on leaf collection, raised bed enrichments, compost and structural projects.
I need to get the last of the basil pulled up, and the perennial herbs cut back.
A major project over the winter is a garden plan re-do for next year, focusing almost entirely on herbs.

The sprayed dried foliage is lovely- I wonder if it could also be dyed, with a very dilute solution.

Posted by: sal at November 16, 2024 02:22 PM (f+FmA)

29 Fall here in Bethesda was also pretty bad. One day everything was pretty and green and the next day dry and brown.
Hrothgar texted a beautiful fall picture today. I'll see if I can get him to send it.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 16, 2024 02:23 PM (t/2Uw)

30 Thanks for the Mucha painting at the end of the post. Such gorgeous images.

Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2024 02:23 PM (yTvNw)

31 You see, honey, when a hen and rooster really love each other...

Posted by: Your mother at November 16, 2024 02:24 PM (dg+HA)

32 Anybody else getting wild visitors?

Wife set up a camera in our front yard. We get opossums, raccoons, foxes and a group of deer.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 16, 2024 02:26 PM (lXCUP)

33 Last week I mentioned we hope to grow some herbs under grow lights inside. It would be in containers about 2'x8". I would like to try chives and tarragon. Any thoughts if these would work or suggestions we might consider?

Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2024 02:27 PM (yTvNw)

34 "Then who makes it with the chicken?!"
-Frank Costanza

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2024 02:27 PM (RIvkX)

35 Our bird feeder is hung on a long narrow chain from a high limb in a pecan tree in front of the back porch window.
We have never had any trouble with squirrels on this one.

My bee hotel has three tenants- the holes are blocked up.
I may try siting it in a better location next spring after they emerge.

Posted by: sal at November 16, 2024 02:29 PM (f+FmA)

36 Here in the burbs of Jonestown DC, we get deer, racoons, possums, rabbits, squirrels, and foxes wandering around. Those are what I've seen around here anyway. I'll call them acceptable critters. Then there are the rats, Karen's, and junkies. Those I could do without.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2024 02:30 PM (sAmhv)

37 I don't fill the bird feeders year round as I am surrounded by fields of wheat, corn and milo. And, at certain times of the year, there are folks of grackles that clean everything out in a half hour. So I hold off. There are some woodpeckers here so I put out suet feeders for them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 16, 2024 02:31 PM (gfViB)

38 Hey, learned a little trick about two years ago. If you are in the northeast US and you'd like Bluebirds (which are on the rise again) to stick around all year.

Put some generic bird houses out. Then get yourself a little pole with a dish attached to the top. Every week fill the dish with meal worms. You will be drowning in bluebirds year round.

Posted by: Orson at November 16, 2024 02:32 PM (dIske)

39 We get lizards in the house. Little bitty ones. Not sure how they get in. I’ve seen several on the thresholds of the back door. Can’t imagine that they are aware enough to plan an entry and carry it out. We just leave them alone

Posted by: Javems at November 16, 2024 02:32 PM (AAqO7)

40 Birds, quite a few flying about. Bald Eagles, owls, and hawks are the cool ones. Bats in the summer. Then you see the normal array of birds that hang out here in this region. Saw an owl on the local golf course on year. It was huge. Must have been a Great Horned.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2024 02:33 PM (sAmhv)

41 Still breezy but have 4 tarp fulls of leaves to chop up

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 02:33 PM (fwDg9)

42 Oh, and nice content K.T.

Posted by: Javems at November 16, 2024 02:34 PM (AAqO7)

43 Quail and more quail, cotton tails (if you need some come get them!), road runner camped out by the bird block waiting for an unwary finch, antelope squirrel (looks and acts like a chipmunk; but, eat *everything* green) and some hawks flying through looking for any of the above. We hear owls and coyotes at night; but, rarely see any.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 16, 2024 02:34 PM (IAzR3)

44 My sister was doing some gardening and was putting grubs in a dish to dispose of. She didn't have too. The bluebirds showed up and ate them all. Didn't even care that my sister was standing right there.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2024 02:35 PM (sAmhv)

45 On *some* occasions roosters will do a little dance to impress the hen. My hens usually squat for their roo but sometimes they decide to run away.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 16, 2024 02:37 PM (KcwUg)

46 "Then who makes it with the chicken?!"
-Frank Costanza
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2024 02:27 PM (RIvkX)

That show spread dangerous disinformation on Cornish game hens.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director and Pfizer Board Member at November 16, 2024 02:41 PM (FC8SQ)

47 We get a few wildlife visitors. Elk, javelina, coyotes, raccoons, foxes, packrats, humingbirds, various songbirds, and ravens. And that's just what I've seen. There's supposed to be bobcats around, but I haven't spotted one yet.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 16, 2024 02:43 PM (lUFok)

48 On *some* occasions roosters will do a little dance to impress the hen. My hens usually squat for their roo but sometimes they decide to run away.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 16, 2024 02:37 PM (KcwUg)

My sister and BIL live on a farm, and they recently acquired several dozen hens from her employer. Including three roosters. They already had one rooster. It's quite an event to hear four roosters going at it from four separate coops.

Posted by: mrp at November 16, 2024 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)

49 Looking at the spike buck and trying not to drool. There is about 70 lbs of the tenderest eating you can imagine. I've never hunted deer with the idea of a trophy rack to be had, give me a plump young doe, 3 years or so who has been on some one's garden and finished in Farmer Brown's corn.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 16, 2024 02:44 PM (hKoQL)

50 Ladybugs, o dear. A friend of mine had aphids all over her hedge, so I got her ladybugs one Christmas. I didn't tell her, because SURPRISE! But the the company that shipped them didn't label the package, so she innocently open up the package on her kitchen table, and she opened up the cute little burlap bag full of nice, warm, wide-awake, lady bugs. Then she read the instructions that said "Put ladybugs in the refrigerator for a few hours, then release them outside."

She is still speaking to me! A true friend!

If you buy your friends ladybugs for Christmas, warn them what's coming even if it does spoil the surprise.

Posted by: Persnickety at November 16, 2024 02:44 PM (mJCOG)

51 The winter ducks have landed in Puget Sound.

Buffleheads, Merganzers, Goldeneye, puffins, wood ducks, scotters, loons, scaups and widgeons.

On calm days, they populate the water in little flocks, often mixing species and dive down to scoop seaweed from the bottom. It's best when there's a gentle rain and you can hear them gently
Quacking and warbling at each other.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 16, 2024 02:46 PM (SDgnC)

52 Deer run amok in my neighborhood, don't think any hunting but by vehicles goes on here.

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 02:47 PM (fwDg9)

53 give me a plump young doe

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 16, 2024 02:50 PM (nNkxN)

54

Why did the farmer cross the road?

His weiner was stuck in the chicken!

Posted by: Chicken Inseminator at November 16, 2024 02:50 PM (Nnk2Y)

55 You want horde garden art.
You'll settle for poster art.
You get chicken sex.

Posted by: Roy at November 16, 2024 02:53 PM (qbwJk)

56 Deer run amok in my neighborhood, don't think any hunting but by vehicles goes on here.

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 02:47 PM (fwDg9)

I was driving through a very wealthy community to my north, and I saw a bunch of yards signs that said, "End Deer Hunting: Let Them Live."

There are deer carcasses all over this area because the population is out of control and they are getting hit by cars all of the time.

People can be incredibly stupid!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2024 02:54 PM (d9fT1)

57

Pus-headed scrofula ducks are the worst, cough quacking all over the pond...

Posted by: Poultry Inspector at November 16, 2024 02:55 PM (Nnk2Y)

58 49 Looking at the spike buck and trying not to drool. There is about 70 lbs of the tenderest eating you can imagine. I've never hunted deer with the idea of a trophy rack to be had, give me a plump young doe, 3 years or so who has been on some one's garden and finished in Farmer Brown's corn.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 16, 2024 02:44 PM (hKoQL)
__________________________________

I haven't gone deer hunting in years, but I learned a little trick courtesy of my great-uncle (who was deer hunting into his late 80's). Apples...preferably just before they start rotting. He used to take a bag of near rotting apples with him...scatter them around his tree stand. For some reason deer love them, and can smell them miles away. Similarly, if you want to attract deer to your property plant a few apple trees.

Posted by: Orson at November 16, 2024 02:56 PM (dIske)

59 Good Afternoon All

Not much adventure or wildlife to write about.

We seem to have settled into what feels like slightly cooler than normal temps for Nov - lows in mid-40s, highs in mid to upper 60's - low 70s. We've been running the heater sometimes and the AC sometimes.

That's about as cold as it gets here near the beach in Orange County.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2024 02:57 PM (QGaXH)

60 I was driving through a very wealthy community to my north, and I saw a bunch of yards signs that said, "End Deer Hunting: Let Them Live."

There are deer carcasses all over this area because the population is out of control and they are getting hit by cars all of the time.

People can be incredibly stupid!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Sounds like someone needs to drop off some roadkill deer carcasses in that yard to make a point. The sign might come down rather quickly....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 16, 2024 02:58 PM (VNX3d)

61 Once in Austin, I saw a deer carcass in the gutter on a busy commercial street.
I asked a nephew if we should call and report it and he looked at me as if I'd said I'd seen a run-over squirrel, it's such a common occurrence.

Posted by: sal at November 16, 2024 02:59 PM (f+FmA)

62 60 Sounds like someone needs to drop off some roadkill deer carcasses in that yard to make a point. The sign might come down rather quickly....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 16, 2024 02:58 PM (VNX3d)

Then they'd want to ban cars too.....

Speaking of crazy - here in Ca it looks like they're going to ban sales/registering of motor homes starting in 2025.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2024 03:01 PM (QGaXH)

63 Just finished leaf blowing the driveway, walk ways, steps and decks. Not gardening, but adjacent I guess.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 16, 2024 03:02 PM (VzB7O)

64 20 My seed could find no purchase.
-Griz the ‘Rooster’ (wink wink)
Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2024 02:04 PM (jgmnb)

Also H.I. McDonald -Raising Arizona....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2024 03:04 PM (QGaXH)

65 Overpopulated wild animals also can lead to more disease.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 16, 2024 03:05 PM (Cus5s)

66 Pecans, you say? We have several trees in the neighborhood (it is the South), and the late P-Nut the Squirrel has nothing on the furry little bastards around here carrying and burying pecans everywhere. We spend every spring removing pecan saplings from planters, pots and flowerbeds.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 16, 2024 03:06 PM (MZ+PY)

67 Used to see a lot of deer carcasses along I-80 in PA many years ago.

Posted by: Javems at November 16, 2024 03:07 PM (AAqO7)

68 Chicken Sex.

Whoo Wee! I say, ah, I say, THAT is what I call an Adventure Thread!!

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at November 16, 2024 03:08 PM (PiwSw)

69 What did the doe say after she came out of the woods?

That's the last time I'll do that for two bucks!

Posted by: And old classic at November 16, 2024 03:10 PM (dg+HA)

70 The deer hunting comments bring back memories of a Christmas road trip from So. Cal to Corpus Christie, Tx - we stopped in Van Horn, Tx for gas - it was dark, early evening - but it sounded like a war was going on in the surrounding hills...guess it was deer season...?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2024 03:10 PM (QGaXH)

71 That's the last time I'll do that for two bucks!

That's a good eye deer!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 16, 2024 03:13 PM (nNkxN)

72 What did the large antlered buck say to the doe and her friends? My eyes are down here ladies.

Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2024 03:18 PM (YUV/j)

73 20 years ago we would regularly see deer, raccoons, and even fox and coyote. But we are now surrounded by big box stores and restaurants.

I did see a confused doe trying to find the edge of town a few months ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Ready for the Cart at November 16, 2024 03:22 PM (Ad8y9)

74 NOOD Pets

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 16, 2024 03:25 PM (VNX3d)

75 Nood pets, which sounds weird.

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 16, 2024 03:25 PM (8Wr6l)

76 Have you grown garlic chives in your garden?

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Not on purpose. I don't know how they got into my garden and now grow like weeds.

Posted by: Decaf at November 16, 2024 03:26 PM (unUNN)

77 It must be that season, deer carcasses are all over here too

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2024 03:30 PM (fwDg9)

78 Saw a nice four point buck in my neighbor's yard this morning. It jumped the fence into my yard and trotted through, but I was not able to get a photo.

Posted by: NCDave at November 16, 2024 03:30 PM (mAiNO)

79 I learned that unlike dogs, coyotes understand traffic. One crossed in front of me. The second got about two steps into the road, stopped, and went back on the sidewalk to wait.

SanFranpsycho, try Ireland. Though it seems like a similar climate, eh? They grow like weeds there. I saw some on Inishmor the size of Volkswagens growing wild.

In Minnesota and Wisconsin, where if you buy a deer hunting permit they offer two more for free, every rural cop and deputy has a little list. A family struggling to stay afloat gets a call, and that carcass vanishes.

Posted by: Gordon at November 16, 2024 03:40 PM (CpkB6)

80 That spike deer is *not* a yearling. Thats a filled-out, mature bodied deer.

Which means, as a spike, that it's a scourge in the gene pool, and needs eradication, STAT. Before it can breed does out of some worthy buck's harem, and continue to spread it's inferior spike genes.

Best way to ensure this is done, is to age the quarters in the cooler for three weeks, before going on with the butchering into steaks, roasts and cubed meat for chili or stew.

Serve those steaks medium, with just a touch of browning/char on the outside. Side dishes as you wish, but plenty of cold beer to wash it all down.

Give the sawn-off spikey antlers to artsy crafty friends. Let them surprise you with what the create!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2024 03:46 PM (Xo+UM)

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