My entire academic and professional career has also centered around the collection and analysis of research data. We will have to agree to disagree on the value of subjective data. Subjective data introduces untold variability which can not be quantified resulting in "Messy Data". Can surveys...
Nice idea, but you're assuming everyone will tell the truth. Everyone has an agenda. Trophy hunters want age so they prefer to say LOTS, ie TO MANY of deer were taken, lower the numbers to increase the population. Meaning more deer will get older. Meat hunters want LOTS of deer to maximize...
I'd kind of like to see how the youngsters did. I know some of them can use their tag during the regular season, but it would still be nice to know how they did.
I guess I do mine a bit differently. I season 24 hours before and put in the fridge. On smoke day I get the smokehouse warmed up to 175 -180 BEFORE putting meat in. Then put the meat in for about 20 minutes to get the outside warmed up and juicy. Then I add the smoke and hold for about 3...
I've done this twice. Once on purpose, once not. Both times were less than enjoyable. The morning dew drenched everything so I had a boat full of wet sleeping bags, clothes, and me. The bugs came in waves. The boat lights attracted everything from mosquitoes to moths to water bugs to...
Excellent project! If someone would like to make a list of tackle and other equipment they would like for the youngins and post it up here, I'll dig around and put together some stuff I know I can part with to help out. I'll keep checking this thread for more info such as drop points, points...
I'm like you, I hate owing someone. As far as whose more at risk....I'm going to go with Romans 13 vs 8: "Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." Debt makes one a Slave to the debt holder, which can lead to all kinds of additional...
Did you buy that wet blanket or knit it yourself?? (Grin) Nice try, but you'll have to do better than that to rain on this parade. Been a damn tough haul to get debt free and I hope everyone gets to cross that finish line one day. Debt SUCKS!! Good to hear from you fj. Hope all is well.
Debt Free!!!! Paid off the mortgage today and the Wife and I are FINALLY FREE!!!!!!!!!! Took 25 years, but WE DID IT!!!! It's surreal to say the least. NO DEBT!!!!! NONE!! NADA!! I feel kind of punch drunk right now. Not sure if I want to celebrate or just sit and process the whole...
There seems to be a trend in today's society to create the worst possible scenario of what COULD happen, be terrified of what COULD happen, and then let this FEAR of what COULD happen dictate a course of action. The Yellowstone cauldron COULD blow up next week, should we evacuate Wyoming...
Insurance policies are irrelevant to my point. My point is that keeping the poultry flocks completely susceptible to bird flu by killing entire flocks doesn't seem to be a good long term strategy when dealing with a recurring disease that we can not control. Does in not make sense to at least...
Have you ever seen a flock of snow geese sitting on the ground. They are packed in like cord wood. Same for wild birds at every bird feeder ever put up. I don't think proximity of domestic birds is much different than the proximity of wild birds. My point is that it is the wild birds that...
I find it interesting that the ONLY solution the govt. folks have is to kill every bird in the flock, but then they all ask for people that see birds behaving strangely in their own flocks to call them so they can test the flock. WHY would any chicken owner willingly call when the only solution...
Wow, I'm so moved by your feelings Bubba. Thank you for being so brave and powerful. I can now leave my safe space due to your strength of character and emotional positivity. I feel refreshed!! Oh and you were AWESOME in Deliverance.
Go around Canadastan. Lots of ships going from Seattle to Anchorage. If they can ship garbage to Washington on a big slow boat, you should be able to ship guns to Alaska on a big slow boat.