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The flow in the creek behind my house increased rapidly Monday and peaked sometime Tuesday night. All the snow in my neighborhood is gone so the flow has backed down to almost what it was Monday. I've lived in MN my whole 60+ years and have never seen that much snow melt so fast.

Today, gonna take a drive down to Shakopee/Chaska to get a look at the MN River.

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The lake I walked out on on Friday April 7th opened up yesterday. 🤯

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yea this rain we are getting has to be doing some serious damage to the ice. becker lake by Richmond was open in the east and west end.........and the ice in the main body looked pretty scary.  i didnt have my rain gauge out but i put some 5 gallon pails out for rain water.........there full........that means we had at least 3/4 of an inch so far!!!

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Anyone doing anything in the great outdoors lately? I was planning on turkey hunting but caught covid again. I am doing better now just did not feel up sitting in the blind in the cold today . I have been playing fetch pups and they sure love it. 

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8 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

Anyone doing anything in the great outdoors lately? I was planning on turkey hunting but caught covid again. I am doing better now just did not feel up sitting in the blind in the cold today . I have been playing fetch pups and they sure love it. 

Sorry to hear about the COVID!  Glad you’re doing better!
 

My turkey tag is filled and I’m helping a friend try to get his.  His best luck for seeing birds has been in the wet or snowy weather.

 

I’ve been up to the Crosslake area a couple times this past week and the ice is finally starting to open along some shorelines.

 

Thinking about heading up to the Pine River nets to watch the DNR do some egg stripping this morning.  They just put the nets in a couple days ago.  The fisheries manager, Mark, said it might be best next weekend but I’d like to see it anyway.  Reeds Gun Fair is next weekend at Rice Creek so I’d like to head over there then.

 

Starting the annual tree cutting around the house today.  Every year we trim some and remove some.

 

Been nice to do stuff outside but tired of having to wear knee boots to do it!

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get better moose...........been fortune to not had that yet!!!!!!!!

 

i watched them strip eggs once..pretty impressive........and man some big mammas too!!!!!!!!

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I have season C for spring turkey so I'll be hunting starting Wednesday morning.  It at least looks a little warmer out this week.

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On 4/23/2023 at 5:58 AM, Wanderer said:


My turkey tag is filled and I’m helping a friend try to get his.  

Well, you still didn't tell me which day to come up!!  :huh:

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On 4/22/2023 at 9:29 PM, monstermoose78 said:

Anyone doing anything in the great outdoors lately? I was planning on turkey hunting but caught covid again. I am doing better now just did not feel up sitting in the blind in the cold today . I have been playing fetch pups and they sure love it. 

Covid, is that even a thing anymore?  I hear of no one getting it anymore, well but you!  :unsure:

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2 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Well, you still didn't tell me which day to come up!!  :huh:

Cold days with rain and snow, I mean slush.  Didn’t figger you’d be interested! 😉

 

The flock has dispersed anyway.  I got it done in a nick of time.  They’re not very predictable anymore.

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39 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

Cold days with rain and snow, I mean slush.  Didn’t figger you’d be interested! 😉

 

The flock has dispersed anyway.  I got it done in a nick of time.  They’re not very predictable anymore.

kinda nice way to telling him buzz off huh!!!!!!!!!😅😅

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2 hours ago, smurfy said:

kinda nice way to telling him buzz off huh!!!!!!!!!😅😅

aw come on, he's just living up to user name!!!!!  🤣

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7 hours ago, smurfy said:

kinda nice way to telling him buzz off huh!!!!!!!!!😅😅

Well…. I hope it’s a little nice anyway…. 😆

 

My buddy that’s huntin has become my regla fishin bud over the winter.  Plus he wrangled me some help with cutting trees on Sunday.  And that buddy is taking all the wood so I don’t have to deal with that either.

 

Busted azz yesterday to get rid of 7 big trees.  Only about 6 more to go and they’ll be here for those too.  
 

Kinda gotta give him preference.

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7 hours ago, Mike89 said:

aw come on, he's just living up to user name!!!!!  🤣

Wow, Mike.  I'm used to Smurfy being a Diicck, but now you!  <_<

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7 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Wow, Mike.  I'm used to Smurfy being a Diicck, but now you!  <_<

just repeating what you once said about your user name is all!!!   

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Congrats gimruis. Way to change it up when what you were doing wasn't working. Interesting behavior on the surviving tom.  

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congrats.......👍

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8 hours ago, gimruis said:

After I shot the tom, the other tom pecked, spurred, and kicked dirt on the dead one for 15 minutes before finally walking off.  The behavior of these birds is bizarre sometimes.

 

 

They DO like to kick a brutha when he’s down.

 

Congrats!  Pretty sweet to close a 5 day hunt with success.

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Congratulations nice bird!!

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15 hours ago, Wanderer said:

They DO like to kick a brutha when he’s down.

 

I've seen this before a couple times, but this was more extreme and went on for much longer.  The other times I've seen it, it just happens for a few minutes and the other tom walks off.  This went on for a full 15 minutes before the other tom left.

 

I think the fact that it was super windy out may have played a role.  Every time a gust of wind would occur, some of the feathers on the dead one would "fluff up" and that other tom would recognize that and then get aggressive again.  There was 5 jakes also with the hens and 2 toms when they initially walked out of the timber, and whenever a jake would get too close to a hen, one of those toms would chase it off.

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Some turkeys showed up at my dads. Sneaky buggers.

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Going without decoys today. Its a light rain and I am hoping that will push these birds into the field

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A hen cane by but no body with her. There was a jake earlier but out of range.

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6 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

Going without decoys today. Its a light rain and I am hoping that will push these birds into the field

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Good call for a rainy day.

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Strawberries are ready around here. They are like candy so good

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Well I am hearing of a weedline walleye bite is on at a few of the local lakes. It is a sunset or after bite. Slow trolling with raps or anchoring and tossing slip bobbers with leeches or minnows. If you are fishing the rum and can stand the bugs you will have a blast. 

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On 6/24/2023 at 3:42 PM, monstermoose78 said:

If you are fishing the rum and can stand the bugs you will have a blast. 

How's the water level?  I know we finally received some good rain over the weekend but before that it was parched and dry for over a month.  The level was alarmingly low for mid June.

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On 6/27/2023 at 8:15 AM, gimruis said:

How's the water level?  I know we finally received some good rain over the weekend but before that it was parched and dry for over a month.  The level was alarmingly low for mid June.

The water is low but it concentrates the fish.

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11 hours ago, monstermoose78 said:

The water is low but it concentrates the fish.

This is when canoes and kayaks shine.  Maybe can get away with a small boat too.

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