Surviving Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

Back on the farm my dad was running with my uncle when I was a little kid, they always had Olivers. My not so swiff uncle used to take them to the tractor pulls and blow engines. Well, he and my dad got in a big fight and they split and we ended up leaving. That uncle ran a small dealership or repair shop of Olivers, but I can't remember that far back. My dad's favorite tractor though was an Oliver Super 55. My husband found a model one online a few years back and gave it to my dad. I thought that was pretty sweet. I am sure it is at my mother's house somewhere now.

When we started the farm that we moved to, we went all International. We now have an IH 640 or something like that with a loader on it and a some implements to fit it, but the tires are filled with calcium chloride and it is HEAVY has heck. It is good for scraping the driveway and moving the compost or wood chips or dragging logs. I would like something smaller that could do those things, but those compacts are not cheap.

My WD has filled tires too. Gives the tractor great traction but then you have to contend with rust issues on the rim around the valve stem. we had to track down a new rim for the WD a couple years ago as one rim was rotted out too bad around the stem from the fluid seeping out of the valve stem and corroding the rim.

I saw a nice 2x3 mulie buck that had a REALLY wide rack!
Saw about 2 mule does and 5 whitetail does


We also put up a quarter mile of fence


Here's some pictures of the beaver
It was 3 feet long with the tail.
The tail was 1 foot
Rest of the body was 2 feet.
About a foot wide.
It had to weigh 60+ pounds






I cut the tail off and I'm waiting for it to dry

A also shot a muskrat!!

That thing is huge!! out of curiosity, why shoot a beaver? do they cause too much damage? are the pelts valuable? I've just not heard of it before.

 

[memphis]

Holm...Mr. T looks great!! Remember, if Ralphie passes, he could winter in the south with two cute (and looking) hens!!

 

[duluthralphie]

My WD has filled tires too. Gives the tractor great traction but then you have to contend with rust issues on the rim around the valve stem. we had to track down a new rim for the WD a couple years ago as one rim was rotted out too bad around the stem from the fluid seeping out of the valve stem and corroding the rim.


That thing is huge!! out of curiosity, why shoot a beaver? do they cause too much damage? are the pelts valuable? I've just not heard of it before.

I shoot them because I hate them!!!


They fell all the trees around the cabin. They plug the culverts, I worry they will flood the cabin itself.

The only good beaver is an extinct beaver!

 

[duluthralphie]

I just got in from chicken chores and Chicken snuggle time.

It would have went a lot faster had Jerry and EJB been there to help hug and kiss the chickens.....



I hung new lights, thanks to Kloppers in the barn. I have a string of 10 now. Instead of those expensive 300 watt bulbs that are constantly burning out in the rafters I have the LED ones. It is much brighter too and I can put them on a timer.


I had to clean out the Polish pen, They are among the dumbest chickens alive. They tried to bunch up in the corner when I was cleaning. Normally the corner I was trying to clean.

The Appltiniis look somewhat like them but they are 3 times as smart.

 

[I Love Layers]

My WD has filled tires too.  Gives the tractor great traction but then you have to contend with rust issues on the rim around the valve stem.  we had to track down a new rim for the WD a couple years ago as one rim was rotted out too bad around the stem from the fluid seeping out of the valve stem and corroding the rim.


That thing is huge!!  out of curiosity, why shoot a beaver?  do they cause too much damage? are the pelts valuable?  I've just not heard of it before.

The trees are finally coming back along the creek bottoms and all they do is damage.
The dams do help down here as the creek would be dry without them but they make way to many dams.
These ones were building a hut also. I will take a picture sometime tomorrow. It was getting pretty elaborate and they ate down every single young tree by there.

The muskrats just ruin dams

 

[I Love Layers]

The pelts would be valuable but that beaver had about 5 shots in him, his pelt wasn't worth anything especially since the first 2 shots in the head didn't kill him so we had to go for the vitals

 

[Momof3plustwins]

The last name is Johnson.

As in Brian and Tracy Johnson?

 

[KlopKlop]

The pelts would be valuable but that beaver had about 5 shots in him, his pelt wasn't worth anything especially since the first 2 shots in the head didn't kill him so we had to go for the vitals

That all makes sense. What were you shooting with? 2 shots to the head must have bounced off lol

 

[I Love Layers]

That all makes sense. What were you shooting with? 2 shots to the head must have bounced off lol

22 Hornet. I wouldn't doubt if they bounced off with his head size

It was swimming around in circles after the 1st and 2nd. All of our other 22s aren't as powerful and everything else is a bit to big to be crawling around creek bottoms and taking fast shots with
This was a big arse beaver though. It was probably dead, or very close after the 3rd or 4th shot but 5 just to make sure since my dad hates to see animals suffer.

 

[duluthralphie]

22 Hornet. I wouldn't doubt if they bounced off with his head size

It was swimming around in circles after the 1st and 2nd. All of our other 22s aren't as powerful and everything else is a bit to big to be crawling around creek bottoms and taking fast shots with
This was a big arse beaver though. It was probably dead, or very close after the 3rd or 4th shot but 5 just to make sure since my dad hates to see animals suffer.

I like to use my 17 on them. It does a good job and travels fast and level.