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Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: 'Pitlock, Maine
This is only 6.0 related because that is the truck I would use if I went hunting, which I no longer do...but if I did I would like to try this guys method. Since it's deer season here in Maine it came to mind.It's a rather lengthy read but worth the time IMHO, you hunters my enjoy this I know I found it amusing.
corn feed deer
its hunting season..
The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home.
I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope.
The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it.
After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up — 3 of them. I picked out.. ..a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw.. ..my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me.
I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation.
I took a step towards it…took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and then received an education.
The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope.
That deer EXPLODED.
The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity.
A deer– no chance.
That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined.
The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals.
A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature
off the end of that rope.
I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere.
At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing, and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual.
Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer’s momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in, so I didn’t want the deer to have it suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder – a little trap I had set before hand…kind of like a squeeze chute.
I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could get my rope back.
Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist.
Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head –almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts.
The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective.
It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds.
I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now) tricked it.
While I kept it busy tearing the bejesus out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day.
Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp.
I learned a long time ago that, when an animal — like a horse — strikes at you with their hooves and you can’t get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape.
This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy.
I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run.
The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head.
Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down.
Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head.
I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away.
So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring a rifle with a scope so that they can be somewhat equal to the prey.
corn feed deer
its hunting season..
The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home.
I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope.
The cattle, having seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it.
After about 20 minutes, my deer showed up — 3 of them. I picked out.. ..a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of the feeder, and threw.. ..my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me.
I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation.
I took a step towards it…took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and then received an education.
The first thing that I learned is that, while a deer may just stand there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope.
That deer EXPLODED.
The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope and with some dignity.
A deer– no chance.
That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it. As it jerked me off my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I had originally imagined.
The only upside is that they do not have as much stamina as many other animals.
A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head. At that point, I had lost my taste for corn-fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature
off the end of that rope.
I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere.
At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing, and I would venture a guess that the feeling was mutual.
Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer’s momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount of responsibility for the situation we were in, so I didn’t want the deer to have it suffer a slow death, so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder – a little trap I had set before hand…kind of like a squeeze chute.
I got it to back in there and I started moving up so I could get my rope back.
Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody, so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist.
Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you and shakes its head –almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts.
The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective.
It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds.
I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now) tricked it.
While I kept it busy tearing the bejesus out of my right arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose. That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day.
Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp.
I learned a long time ago that, when an animal — like a horse — strikes at you with their hooves and you can’t get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them to back down a bit so you can escape.
This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously, such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy.
I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run.
The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head.
Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and 3 times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the head and knocked me down.
Now, when a deer paws at you and knocks you down, it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head.
I finally managed to crawl under the truck and the deer went away.
So now I know why when people go deer hunting they bring a rifle with a scope so that they can be somewhat equal to the prey.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,330
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From: 'Pitlock, Maine
Yeah, I'm a copy/paste guy myself...cool cat story though. I like cats...but the wife doesn't so we don't have any of our own but the neighborhood cats come around so I treat em like they were my own.
Laughing Gas
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From: Shreveport, LA
They recommended a 1K dollar softener.
Lead Driver
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From: So. Jersey
I've been disappointed with my water since we moved. It's got A LOT of iron in it, still got an above ground pump etc. Had it tested awhile back and it came back .5 for iron (don't know what that means), Ph 7.5 and hardness is 5 grains per gallon.
They recommended a 1K dollar softener.
They recommended a 1K dollar softener.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: Shreveport, LA
Do you know anything about the figures he gave me?
I don't really want to spend a thousand bucks on an old well. But, it looks like a good deal compared to 7 thousand which is what I've been told a new complete turn key well would be.
I don't really want to spend a thousand bucks on an old well. But, it looks like a good deal compared to 7 thousand which is what I've been told a new complete turn key well would be.
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From: Millersburg, OH
Here is my test from back in January. It lists both ppm and grains for hardness. It was taken a few weeks after my old softener died.
I went to a company I found on Amazon and gave them the numbers from my test. They recommended a system that was $600 and gave me a link through their store on Amazon. It was a 48k grain system that contained an upgraded media that addressed the iron level I had. I asked about a few other things to address my iron and manganese but they said my levels didn’t warrant spending money on them.
I have been very happy with the purchase. Our water is clear, clean tasting and soft. No signs of iron, manganese once things cleared out from not having a softener for over a month. Since installation I’ve only used around 320 pounds of salt. I was going through that in half the time with my old softener.
There are solutions for much cheaper if you can do the research and installation yourself. A local company wanted over double the price I paid for a similar system but of course it included “free” installation. I like giving local owned and run companies my business as much as possible but sometimes I can’t justify it to my wallet.
I went to a company I found on Amazon and gave them the numbers from my test. They recommended a system that was $600 and gave me a link through their store on Amazon. It was a 48k grain system that contained an upgraded media that addressed the iron level I had. I asked about a few other things to address my iron and manganese but they said my levels didn’t warrant spending money on them.
I have been very happy with the purchase. Our water is clear, clean tasting and soft. No signs of iron, manganese once things cleared out from not having a softener for over a month. Since installation I’ve only used around 320 pounds of salt. I was going through that in half the time with my old softener.
There are solutions for much cheaper if you can do the research and installation yourself. A local company wanted over double the price I paid for a similar system but of course it included “free” installation. I like giving local owned and run companies my business as much as possible but sometimes I can’t justify it to my wallet.
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From: Millersburg, OH
I've been disappointed with my water since we moved. It's got A LOT of iron in it, still got an above ground pump etc. Had it tested awhile back and it came back .5 for iron (don't know what that means), Ph 7.5 and hardness is 5 grains per gallon.
They recommended a 1K dollar softener.
They recommended a 1K dollar softener.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: Shreveport, LA
Anyway, thanks for the advice.
Lead Driver
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From: Foothills, CA
Looking at your results it seems mine isn't that bad (the .5 compared to your .68 for iron). I didn't have a reference point. It's just that it tastes terrible of metal (I know that's the iron). I talked to another well service that told me there were different types of iron. I think I have the type that comes out clear, then turns things orange (rust colored) when it's exposed to air.
Anyway, thanks for the advice.
Anyway, thanks for the advice.
but we got 
A couple ideas based on what a friend with heavy iron has done:
He put on a fine whole-house filter before any other water conditioning he has. He says that filter did wonders for removing iron. Then he too did a home-brew system to adjust the pH and then soften the water. I think you can save yourself some money too...
Oh yes: and on our system we put in a reverse osmosis filter under our kitchen sink - it is plumbed to a dispenser at the sink and also to our refer for clean cold water and ice. The RO removes the salt and anything else still in the water...
Scott
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From: Spanaway
So I see the Randy is going to "slip" into a tree stand. Does that
mean that is is really flying the wing suit or used the balloon and
lawn-chair and extension cord approach?
mean that is is really flying the wing suit or used the balloon and
lawn-chair and extension cord approach?
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Shasta County, CA
Originally Posted by Yahiko
So I see the Randy is going to "slip" into a tree stand. Does that
mean that is is really flying the wing suit or used the balloon and
lawn-chair and extension cord approach?
mean that is is really flying the wing suit or used the balloon and
lawn-chair and extension cord approach?