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Post by ferris1248 on May 4, 2024 22:20:56 GMT -5
At a concert by the Love Cats. A cover band for The Cure.
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Post by bswiv on May 5, 2024 6:35:30 GMT -5
Yesterday.....spent about 4 hours wandering about in two different burn units treating palmettos that are close to the unit's edges so that they don't serve as ember throwers again in the future. Also nailed a few gums and water oaks while I was at it. Then took the chainsaw and tractor down a couple of fire lines where we've had trees fall across them. That took longer than expected as I decided to disk up about a mile of fire line on 3 different units.
Once the tractor was put up we hopped on one of the electric carts and rode up to the sand hill where we did the big burn ( Big for us.....130-140 ac. ) 10 days ago and checked 3 game cameras we'd set up on gopher tortoise burrows.
Had a fried whiting for dinner...........
And now......getting read to mix more herbicide for later today......but first......Louann just pulled one of the 4-wheelers out so we can go pick wild blueberries. Yep......enough of them ripe already.....at least along one of the fire lines I disked yesterday.
Visions of vanilla ice-cream, pecans, chocolate syrup and fresh blueberries for desert tonight!!
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Post by bullfrog on May 5, 2024 6:38:45 GMT -5
About to go slaughter my old bull. My big tractor with the front end loader is broke down, so I’m going to drag him to my cleaning station and butcher him on the ground buffalo-hunter style.
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Post by bswiv on May 5, 2024 7:01:06 GMT -5
About to go slaughter my old bull. My big tractor with the front end loader is broke down, so I’m going to drag him to my cleaning station and butcher him on the ground buffalo-hunter style. Thinking about that job reminds me of why we focus on fish.......just way easier.........and the "broke" tractor thing........have you noticed that no matter what part it is it seems they are twice the cost of 3-4 years ago. Hydraulic hoses and fittings are ridiculous and the hydraulic cylinder I had to by a few months ago was outrageous. Would have rebuilt it but it was the shaft.....big dent in it so seals were not going to fix that.
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Post by swampdog on May 5, 2024 7:33:13 GMT -5
I don’t envy that job bf. Nostalgic buffalo or not, the heat can cause a lot of problems. I’d corn that bull to where I want him and use mama’s minivan if that’s all I had to hoist him up. Get a tarp ready and cut up the good stuff.
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Post by richm on May 5, 2024 8:16:56 GMT -5
We process cows as they lie. Peel skin back, put pieces in big coolers. Pull skin down, flip it to other side. Works out pretty good.
At dad’s. Getting ready to replace well pump my BiL broke. Tring $160 SS Harbor Freight version w pressure tank. Well is 17 ft so will set tube at 15.
Worked yesterday and then took lil momma to longhorn, split a steak then to health food store then best buy then home. Im pretty tired. Only on the 2nd week of working Saturdays.
Girl who quit is gone. Extending offer to 1 yr guy. See what happens from here…. Still looking for a 10+ yr person.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on May 5, 2024 8:28:09 GMT -5
About to go slaughter my old bull. My big tractor with the front end loader is broke down, so I’m going to drag him to my cleaning station and butcher him on the ground buffalo-hunter style. I get too attached to our animals I guess. Our son had a red pig that kind of became more like a dog than a pig. He seemed to like to try to talk to us and the son especially. When it was time to leave the farm and move back to the city we could not kill him. We found him a place. Just too soft hearted I guess. 🤷
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Post by tonyroma on May 5, 2024 8:52:34 GMT -5
Why are we cutting up a dog?
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Post by olmucky on May 5, 2024 9:11:22 GMT -5
Finished painting 2nd floor gable end. Removed/rehung an exterior utility room door. Trimming it out today Might pressure wasKh siding for repainting. Wash the truck at dusk.
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Post by cyclist on May 5, 2024 9:14:43 GMT -5
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Post by 4ward on May 5, 2024 9:47:24 GMT -5
Picked some blueberries from our only 2 remaining bushes. Ran some energy out of our dogs. Inspected our little kicker motor in prep of pulling the head, hopefully just gaskets. About to sort thru a bunch of old coins and try to figure out what the heck they are. Then I’m going to cook and drink a little somethin somethin w/7up.
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Post by bullfrog on May 5, 2024 11:59:47 GMT -5
About to go slaughter my old bull. My big tractor with the front end loader is broke down, so I’m going to drag him to my cleaning station and butcher him on the ground buffalo-hunter style. Thinking about that job reminds me of why we focus on fish.......just way easier.........and the "broke" tractor thing........have you noticed that no matter what part it is it seems they are twice the cost of 3-4 years ago. Hydraulic hoses and fittings are ridiculous and the hydraulic cylinder I had to by a few months ago was outrageous. Would have rebuilt it but it was the shaft.....big dent in it so seals were not going to fix that. I’m about to find out. I’ve been going without the tractor for a while, but its time for me to get it running.
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Post by bullfrog on May 5, 2024 12:17:41 GMT -5
I don’t envy that job bf. Nostalgic buffalo or not, the heat can cause a lot of problems. I’d corn that bull to where I want him and use mama’s minivan if that’s all I had to hoist him up. Get a tarp ready and cut up the good stuff. I’m glad its behind me. I’ve been dreading it for a week. It ended up being smooth but exhausting. I lost 2lbs doing it. My wife was a big help and I planned out every step in advance, which I think contributed to it going well. I shot him at the fence (electric), had my wife keep the other cows back, I cut the fence, drug him out, and repaired the fence. I then drug him to the gutting station, gutted him, and moved him to the cleaning station where I had everything set up in the shade. The breeze stayed cool in the shade most of the morning. I skinned one side, quartered the legs and backstrap, cut the ribs off, rolled him over, and repeated. Except I left the second rack of ribs. I wasn’t sure how good they would be on such an old bull, so I was ok leaving the second rack. This is the first of my mini-zebu that I’ve cleaned. All of his quarters and one rack of ribs fit into a large Rtic cooler. In many ways he was like an oversized deer. Everything was tougher though (hide, bone, and connective tissue). Except his sternum was easy. I had a hatchet on hand but I got through the sternum with a knife. Gutting was the hardest part. The guts were massive and the connective tissue holding them in the back of the abdomen could not be torn by hand. His backstraps were disappointing. No larger than a whitetail’s and less defined. Must be a zebu thing. His hump looked like backstrap but I gave it to my dogs just to be safe. I’m going to research the makeup of the hump for future reference. His meat otherwise is more substantial than a deer’s but its lean like a deer. He carried a lot of fat between the meat and the skin like deer often do. I fried some backstrap a short time ago without breading and I find it to be like really good, mild, venison. It should taste milder as I cure it. I’m going to treat it just like venison. I’m going to soak it in ice water for several days before deboning it. Then I’ll grind most of it and save some steaks for cube steak and nuggets. I’ll freeze it all before the first meal. When its gorged in water then frozen and thawed, it will take all the blood out and leave the meat pink and clean tasting. Most people praise my venison as the best they’ve ever had. The ice water bath and freezing it while water logged is the secret.
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Post by cadman on May 5, 2024 12:18:36 GMT -5
Cut my finger with a PVC cutter and for an hour it would not stop bleeding. I finally decide to go to one of those walk in clinics. As soon as I said the words to myself, it stopped bleeding.
Taking it easy now so it doesn't start bleeding again. Small cut but man did it bleed for that hour.
Wasn't even using the cutters, they had popped open in the tool box and I reached for pliers and got them instead. Damn blade was sharp.
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Post by bullfrog on May 5, 2024 12:30:43 GMT -5
About to go slaughter my old bull. My big tractor with the front end loader is broke down, so I’m going to drag him to my cleaning station and butcher him on the ground buffalo-hunter style. I get too attached to our animals I guess. Our son had a red pig that kind of became more like a dog than a pig. He seemed to like to try to talk to us and the son especially. When it was time to leave the farm and move back to the city we could not kill him. We found him a place. Just too soft hearted I guess. 🤷 Quasimodo was the bull’s name. He was at least 8 years old. I intended to keep him for as long as he produced calves. And we had no calves this spring. So it was time. I have a mature mini-zebu bull lined up that I hope can give me at least 2 good calving seasons. And if not him, there are several yearling zebu bulls available near me. I prefer mature bulls with proven temperaments though. Quasi was questionable. He would posture like he wanted to gore me, but never would follow through. I never turned by back on him. He generally got along with my dogs. This one I’m looking into seems to be extra friendly. Children about my daughter’s age hand-feed him standing in his paddock with him. I get attached to most of my animals. I’m just good at compartmentalizing it. Logically I know Quasi’s time was up. He couldn’t make calves anymore and I don’t have room for an unproductive bull. I wouldn’t have got much for an over-the-hill bull that’s smaller than an elk at the market. But I bet we won’t have to buy hamburger for a year.
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