Our blog friend John in Philly sent some video segments from his urban back yard. His herd of deer puts our little country herd to shame! I bet the nighttime driving is dangerous in John's neighborhood. We limit our driving after sunset ever since hitting a deer a few years ago. Thank You, John, for the video, and your permission! How on earth can you have a garden with this heavy load of hoofed herbivores?
Shooters seem to be obsessed with long range shots, and it is great to have an accurate rifle that can hit small targets at multiple hundreds of yards, but I like to think practically about hunting. This photo is one of our resident mother deer, with her two babies from last year, at 200 yards across our pond. There is less than 50 feet of woody vegetation between the deer and the pond's edge. It's an easy shot for a rifle with a trajectory of the 30-06 or 308. Sight it an inch and a half or two above the crosshairs at 100, and 200 yards will be right on. You just have to be steady and pick a shot that won't tag any branches. Any good marksman can make a heart shot with an off-the-shelf rifle and factory ammo if they are serious about their marksmanship and know their trajectory.
We all love big uns, Merle! Thank You!
I have heard many horror stories about using ether for startups, but I have used it, always with a bit of dread. When I was working for an oilwell service company, I had to start Waukesha 135s on cold mornings before the pulling units left the yard. They ran on LP, and had magneto ignition. The impulse on those mags did not always work when the motor oil was cold, and the tool pusher didn't want the crews to run batteries down and burn up starters, so the engines got the first start of the day before the crews arrived. My method was to hook the cooling system to a running pickup truck to warm up the antifreeze, then give a shot of gasoline and oil to the intake manifold, followed by a small shot of ether. The Waukeshas would fire up right away, in spite of the weak spark from a slow magneto with that combo.
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