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Participant@near horse 27873 wrote:
Hi Kristi,
I’ve not had that happen either but also don’t have a “heart drop”. How small is the ring on it? I’m a cheap SOB and end up using an old snaffle bit (rings are pretty big so I don’t see it ever getting caught on the buckle as you saw).
Just thinking – you might be able to rig one of those slobber discs to go on your lines near the buckle.
Hope you’re still up for the playday – now being advertised as “Moonshadow’s Mule Madness and Mayhem”, although other draft animals are also welcome.:eek:
Now if we can just find a span of oxen to come along….
ParticipantI rode w/ DDD in my first parade a couple of weeks ago…she does a lot of them, including one this weekend; I think she’s in like 4 or 5 this year? The two I know she’s in (last one and this weekend) are in small towns and Luc is so, so steady of a sweetheart that between the two of them, I think they’ve already handled just about anything you’re likely to run across – including having been driven over the route at least several times. I’m not even sure how many he’s been in…I think he was even at Bishop. She’s not afraid to pull them, either, if the situation is not right. The 3 abreast we’re working on I think is going to be awesome! I’d like to someday be ready to put my donks in a parade somehow showing the versatility of the farm work they can do. {Perhaps modify a manure spreader to fling candy, instead? :p}. But I will keep mindful of what she and many here have pointed out: how the animals react to it.
ParticipantKinda makes me want to break down and buy a tv…and satellite…
ParticipantJen ~ I think the hole in the floor might be meant as a place to deposit any unruly kids that hit you w/ candy! :p
ParticipantGeoff ~ You’re too funny! Good way to start the day – laughing! Thanks! Makes me wonder just how they go about getting the critter to pee in those little bottles?!? 😮
Mitch ~ Sure – in fact around here, it’s not known as deer hunting. However, where my gardens are located are along the Salmon river, and now that the heat is here, within 2 weeks, the only thing green will be lawns and gardens…and mine are conveniently located next to water = can you say “deer buffet”? So, after fighting them all season, my motto for deer hunting is: ‘I feed them all summer…now they can feed me all winter!’ParticipantFound a better deal on urine {something I never thought I’d say…}
Bear urine = 16 oz. for $8 + S & H.
http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=NWS001&Product_Code=NWSBEAR&Category_Code=
Have shot them an email to find out what they mean by “economy” and “standard” shipping (besides a big difference in cost).
The deer here are finally getting used to the cougar urine, and are starting to ignore it….time to switch to bear. One fat doe, and of course, she topped my brandwine tomatoes (bypassing 4 other types – must prefer the heritage strains to the hybrids).ParticipantLStone; He looks marvelous!
ParticipantI’d like to see photos, if/when you do!
ParticipantI’ve used ‘commercial’ models of these w/ my landscape company. I found that a higher speed was best for kicking up the heavier stuff and wet leaves, while a slower speed was best for picking up the smaller stuff that a higher speed tended to leave behind. The sturdier {and heavier} models I had weighed 50-75 lbs., but the home-owners models were only 35-50 lbs. The two things to avoid at all costs were doggie donuts and bubblegum. I know this personally, but you don’t need the details…just get rid of the thing & buy new.
ParticipantCarl – I was just watching the vid (again!) and noticed that the britchen straps on your horses cross; I’ve never seen that before – is that a common thing w/ d-ring harness? Are they sewn together where they cross or what holds them from slipping backwards? Maybe I’m not seeing enough to be able to figure it out..
ParticipantThat’s cool!
ParticipantI log in and it keeps showing I need to log in, and keeps on, and keeps on…until out of frustration, I just hit “forum” and… it shows me I’m logged in, been logged in. Guess ya gotta step through the front door to actually get inside, huh? :rolleyes::p:D:D
I’m such a doofus!!!
teeheeheehee.ParticipantThanks, George…in that case, the measurement for J-M is bumped up from 22″ to at least 24″…*donkey belly*
:rolleyes:
ParticipantThanks, Geoff; I already checked that one…it doesn’t discuss how to judge the singletree much. I’ll keep digging. DDD dug one up that I’ve compared to my girls; judging by Jenny-Mae’s girth, I need about 22″, although I’m unsure if I should judge by that or her hip width.
ParticipantDl – I agree w/ Tim (not that I’m any kind of expert) – it takes time, plain and simple. One of my gardens is on an old mill site; mostly sawdust that’s been rotting for 20+ years, on sandy ground. On this site, I brought in 10.5 tons (14 p/u loads, loaded down ’til the springs were flat) of cow manure. It made the sandy soil kinda clay-ey, which is what I wanted to help hold moisture this year. I then planted heavy nitrogen feeders on it. If you can get goat manure, say from a dairy, it’d go on just fine the way it is: rabbit and goat won’t burn the plant.
If not cougar, the coyote or bear urine might work…and the cougar might work, anyways; I suspect it’s recognizable as a large predator.- AuthorPosts