Capt ST

re: Doves

Posted by Capt ST on 8/16/26 at 10:39 pm to TFLEX

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Seeing lots of birds around town though.

Town is covered up with them, a lot of white wings too. We don’t kill many of them in the field.

re: Have any of you had the pleasure of doing physical labor with your dad, grandpa and great,

Posted by Capt ST on 8/16/26 at 10:34 pm to loogaroo

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As much as we argued…I wouldn’t change it for the world

You were allowed to speak?

Not with my great, but my grandfather and dad plenty. Pretty funny looking back on it. They would argue for ever on how to cut a tree. Papa had cut timber his entire life, you could put a can out there and he’d drop tree on it, dad not so much. He would just quit and let dad make cut, sometimes he’d save him from screwing up, other times he’d let her eat. When they’d fall wrong there was plenty of entertainment. “Son, we are trying to keep the beetles away from the good trees, not place them on them”.

re: Doves

Posted by Capt ST on 8/16/26 at 8:50 pm to Koolazzkat

Saw quite a few more this afternoon. Plenty of doves too. Must be this cool front, wind has shifted out the N and it only got to 98 today. :lol:

re: Monday 3 day weekends > Friday 3 day weekends

Posted by Capt ST on 8/16/26 at 1:14 pm to WaydownSouth

I’m about to get back on my Monday’s off schedule. Hopefully wife is able to as well. We loved Sunday afternoons on grand isle watching the masses leave.

re: Doves

Posted by Capt ST on 8/16/26 at 1:00 pm to Koolazzkat

Not to hijack thread, but I’ve seen teal the last 2 mornings.

re: Doves

Posted by Capt ST on 8/15/26 at 6:16 am to Koolazzkat

I’m seeing more than I did last year at this time in TX panhandle. And I’m hearing the same from others in the area. There’s a frick ton NE of us in KS. I was speaking with a buddy about the birds in LA vs here and how the birds move. They really don’t bail until we get a good cold front and then it’s only a week at most that they are replaced by the migrators.

I’m about to go check out another spot shortly.

re: GMT

Posted by Capt ST on 8/13/26 at 5:09 am to dyslexiateechur

Morning everyone, just got back from watching the meteor shower. Time for a nap.

re: LDWF allowing "permits" for bull reds

Posted by Capt ST on 8/9/26 at 11:48 am to ChatGPT of LA

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Recreational fishermen have ZERO chance of ever hurting the population EVER

lol, you better start checking on what’s happening on lakes north of LA. Live scopers have decimated the crappie population.

re: Blue Bell flavor

Posted by Capt ST on 8/6/26 at 3:51 am to Napoleon

Wife is addicted to Braum’s lava cake dessert, so we’ve been searching for the blue bell. Finally found it yesterday, she took a bite and basically went meh.

Food and Drink

-1

re: Continuing on my work theme…how many people have you had to fire/lay off in your career?

Posted by Capt ST on 8/5/26 at 10:26 pm to sidewalkside

More than enough, but most did it to themselves. The only ones that really bothered me was during Covid.

re: Boat Living - Dock Life Slip Life House Boat Anyone currently doing this?

Posted by Capt ST on 8/1/26 at 8:04 am to Sunnyvale

I lived on one in the marsh from Sept thru Feb for a decade. Usually came home on Sunday to wash clothes, get groceries, etc and returned Monday. I wanted to sell everything and build one to live on permanently, but I couldn’t talk wife into it. Down here you need to be able to push it out if storm moves into gulf. That’s the biggest concern down here. Find a place to dock it with vehicle access and enough room to build storage shed. It’s very peaceful for the most part. Not fun when squall line comes through.

re: new duck property

Posted by Capt ST on 7/29/26 at 3:42 pm to GREENHEAD22

Triple 13 would probably be your best bet with no soil tests. I’d apply some liquid nitrogen at planting. UREA or DEF fluid, whatever you can get the cheapest. It will take on mud, but would be better if you could go over it and get good seed to soil contact.