Coop 7447 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Well, out from under cross ties, the mountain sawyer does appear! Yeah we spoke and I remember you said that alcohol has never touched your lips but you said in our conversation that you were cutting ties from curly cherry. The air must be darn thin on that mountain! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Last week I cut three curly cherry crosstie’s and I sold the curly cherry lumber that came off the logs to RIW. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7447 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 It’s not who you know but, who you live close too. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B1rdhunter 261 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, Coop said: It’s not who you know but, who you live close too. true Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 @ B1rdhunter are you kicking high now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 20 hours ago, Coop said: It’s not who you know but, who you live close too. Boy if you and cousin Dave lived down the road from me. I would get some of Dave’s rathole money and I would salt it down. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B1rdhunter 261 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 21 minutes ago, Spanky said: @ B1rdhunter are you kicking high now? To much snow and ice to do anything but keep my feet close to the ground. Knees are doing well though. I wonder how Dave is getting along with his shots? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treeslayer 3322 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, B1rdhunter said: To much snow and ice to do anything but keep my feet close to the ground. Knees are doing well though. I wonder how Dave is getting along with his shots? Good to hear you’re doing well @B1rdhunter snow and cold here for the next week or so, shots helped but I think a new knee is in my future Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 39 minutes ago, treeslayer said: cold here for the next week or so, Here I was crying about it being 18* Tuesday morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chestnut 5480 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 The weather on the cost of the Carolinas is pretty nice. Cold for the locals but anything above freezing feels like a heat wave to a northerner. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post RIW 130 Posted January 25, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Went to Rickey’s today and got my cross tie lumber. I really didn’t need it but its a little curly. Only 125 bdft .. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 Coop what’s the word on the Martin Bird House’s? Did you build them a big motel or a tiny house? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7447 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 She’s still in progress. Just gotta paint some separate pieces. It’s made in two halves to be assembled around the pole. I plan on setting the pole next weekend. I was going to raise the rent to to the sq. ft. of each unit but I just discovered that there are a pair of big ass hawks building a nest down the street and they’re scoping out their new diner. This is one of the older houses. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I may need to send you my bad pellet gun. It will roll the hawk off the top of the house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7447 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I sure wish it wasn’t illegal. Bad enough having to deal with sparrows and starlings. I may just have to buy a couple of chickens a day at Kroger to feed these mothers to keep them away from my birds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom King 3747 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I just pushed down the pole holding a Martin house, at my Mother's house, a few weeks ago. My Dad and I had built it in the early '60's. It had wooden shingles on it made out of some thin Honduras Mahogany we had left over from repairing a boat hull. The house wasn't in terrible shape, but the creosoted telephone pole is was on was rotten in the ground. I was worried about which way it would fall, so made that decision myself. I thought about trying to save that birdhouse, but the to-do list was just too long. I have a single shot, break action strong pellet gun for bird pests. I like the open sights better than a scope. When you sneak around a corner to get a bead on a Flicker, you don't have much time to get a bead on it. If that won't do it, an 1100 will. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7447 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I just looked and it’s up to a $15,000 fine to shot a hawk and I have about $400 in this house including pole and winch. As much as I hate to say it, may the best bird win. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichardA 5017 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, Coop said: I just looked and it’s up to a $15,000 fine to shot a hawk and I have about $400 in this house including pole and winch. As much as I hate to say it, may the best bird win. Ah, life in action. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chestnut 5480 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I'd rather have the hawk in my yard. At least hawks get rid of pests like squirrels and rabbits as well as the unfortunate bird. I have a few fur piles in my backyard right now from my neighborhood hawk grabbing a few rabbits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B1rdhunter 261 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I have a 25 caliber Grizzley single shot air rifle if you change your mind. I could use some warm weather and a little less snow. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 It cost alittle more to live in the big city. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7447 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, Chestnut said: I'd rather have the hawk in my yard. At least hawks get rid of pests like squirrels and rabbits as well as the unfortunate bird. I have a few fur piles in my backyard right now from my neighborhood hawk grabbing a few rabbits. Next to sex, family, Woodworking, friends and gardening, ( don’t commit me to the importance order) purple martins are a big enjoyment in my life. Give me your zip code and I will send them your way! (The hawks) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spanky 1223 Posted January 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 You can get sawdust in your blood and can’t get it out. Purple Martin’s are the same way, just build one martin house and you will build more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom King 3747 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 HIre some Crows. They'll chase the Hawk. We used to have a Crow that would come eat cat food out of the bowl with the cat. The Crow still comes around, but the old cat finally passed on, so we don't have cat food out any more. When the cat was around, and the bowl was empty, that Crow would sit on the edge of the shop roof, bend his head down over the edge at me, and call for me to go put some damn food in that bowl. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7447 Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I really like crows but they are few and far between around here. Dried cat food here only draws possums and my wife hates those critters. We have quiet a few mockingbirds that will chase hawks but only when they are in the mood. And the mockingbirds eat my tomatoes. Damned if I do and damned if I don’t. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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