Surviving Minnesota!

[bobbi-j]

So with the river bottoms flooded many animals have had to move . Many get hit on the road . Yesterday a doe about 50 feet from my driveway .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Did you get the backstraps!?!

 

[holm25]

So with the river bottoms flooded many animals have had to move . Many get hit on the road . Yesterday a doe about 50 feet from my driveway .

Wouldn’t hurt the population any if people would hit a few more....

 

[R2elk]

Wouldn’t hurt the population any if people would hit a few more....

No, but it sure would make the body shops busier.

 

[duluthralphie]

Wouldn’t hurt the population any if people would hit a few more....

I have two dead within 200 ft of my driveway..

And a ton more eying my apples.



Come to think upon this.. I drove all the way up to BCs to kill one of her deer,, you would think she could drive down here and hit some of mine.

 

[Molpet]

i get a few hit every yr. I used to butcher them myself. But I don't need half or more of a deer every few months.
Now I call a buddy who brings me back whatever cuts I want. Win win I don't have to process it and I get meat. ..my buddy gets meat and stuff for his taxidermy.

 

[jerryse]

Did you get the backstraps!?!

yes

 

[ejb3810]

Snow is melting now that it has warmed up and the sun has finally come out. The ground is saturated. My free ranging chickens either need webbed feet or snowshoes depending on where they choose to walk.
This snowfall has set a record for the month of May, and this was accomplished in one day. We may not be out of the woods yet as one old Finlander was heard to say.

 

[holm25]

We have 20+ out in the hay field every night. You are all welcome to come hit as many as you would like.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

With the strange up and down weather my hatches have been abysmal. The last batch we're all shrink wrapped. I managed to assist several and had to bathe one it was so badly sticky and stuck. I seem to have a hen going broody though. If she's serious I'm happy to let her do the work.

Hopefully we get the garden turned over this weekend. It's been dry this week, so barring any rain, progress.

We had a shock to our community last week and I'll be going to a memorial service today, along with my kids and most of the school. A boy I knew well and watched grow up committed suicide. His younger brother is Dolly's best friend. It's going to be a hard day. I'm already emotional.

Oh my heart goes out to you all.
I've been there.
Lost a friend to suicide myself in high school.
And then.. 18 or so years later another kid friends with my daughter took his life. What are the chances.
Poor kid took it so hard. . she still isn't over it and she's getting ready to turn 20.