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This was my sons Christmas present. He put a couple of coats of paint on it, and we ordered bees. And we're just waiting for them to arrive.

For the last week or so I have been feeding the hawks up and getting them fat. Their main food has been (believe it or not) squirrel. The main point is I want them to have plenty to eat, and never be hungry. Apparently, food gets them in the mood. We'll see. I fed them both a whole chicken ...

There has been much talk about how fat Americans are and what we should do about it. It seems obvious to me, stop eating so much. But, I realize that is a lot to ask. Nature has a way with dealing with animals that are too fat - predators. ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2010) — Some Canadian ...

Squirrel season for me ends at the end of February. With spring it becomes harder and harder to find legal game to hunt. If I could keep the birds out and car hawk, we could hunt sparrows and starlings from the car, but they are being fed up in hopes that they will be struck with the mood for ...

Went out with the birds - and something was different. The birds weight was in an acceptable range and I went to a spot where I knew there would be plenty of squirrels. I was out early but the day was quickly warming up. There had been a soaking rain the night before and everything was moist, ...

I've said it before. The single best thing an outdoorsmen, hunter, fisherman, can do to further the cause of outdoor recreation in today's society is to educate the masses. Get out and talk about your sport in a positive light. It is really important for the public to be able to see real ...

Not for the faint of heart.

Sharp shin flies across my wife's van as I followed behind. It landed in a small tree right next to where I was sitting. It held a small bird, limp, in its talons as it flew (maybe a finch). It started plucking where it landed at the corner of a middle school parking lot. We edged the car ...

It reminds me of the old Rush song.... I spent the day today working the old growth hardwood bottoms. It was great habitat for squirrels. There was food-o-plenty. Pig nut hickory nuts literally littered the ground from where they were discarded by years of squirrels. the problem with the old ...

The squirrels are coming harder than ever. This weekend was a classic example. The wind was blowing again and the snow was spitting off and on out of the low gray clouds. I hadn't hunted this area since earlier on in the season when I got my only rabbit of the season. I hoped the squirrels ...

A hard fought squirrel. Two to go.

Big gains today - work was canceled due to flooding and high winds. But everything calmed down by late morning and the whole day was stretching ahead of me with no plans. Hmmmm..... What to do. Hawks were at weight. I hooked up with some folks that wanted to see the birds fly and the whole ...

If we look back in history, it has already been done. The extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs changed the world at the time, but there were other smaller creatures living on the surface of the earth at the time. Mammels were somehow able to survive. What lessons can we learn from them? It ...