We made a flying trip today

gja1000 · 10-10-2009, 03:55 PM

Not in an airplane - but in the car. We drove down to the deer lease (the old one that is 2 1/2 hours away) to fill up the feeders. All went well till we got to the last of 3 feeders.

The lid had blown off and so the feeder was full of wet, moldy, rotten, stinky corn. Oh, and the feeder is a 55 gallon drum, on legs, so the top is about 10 feet off the ground. So here I am, standing on the TOP of a ladder, with a 1 lb. coffee can, scooping 200 lbs of wet, moldy, rotten, stinky - and sometimes hard as concrete, corn. As you can imagine, that was not a fun nor easy job! I got it out almost down to the bottom, but then I couldn't reach the bottom (I'm only 5'2" tall), so Gary had to scoop out the last little bit. Some of it was so hard that I had to chop it with an axe - so much fun!

We thought the timer and battery would be ruined because water had run down through the barrel and into the box that held them, but they were OK - so we filled it back up with non-rotten corn and hopefully, the lid will not blow off again. Gary said that had only happened to him one other time in the past 20 years!

After 4 hours of FUN, we got in the truck and drove home again! WHEW! I'm GLAD to be home!!!

paula1961 · 10-10-2009, 04:05 PM

Wow Gayle! Sounds like you had an interesting day

Here is a pic of some deer in our front yard just a couple of months ago.

Blueyes · 10-10-2009, 04:11 PM

Paula..those deer are huge and beautiful! I don't know how anybody could shoot one...my husband included!

Gayle... I have this image of you on top of a ladder, bent over in to a deer feeder, scooping out rotten corn....

I don't know what our men would do without us

gja1000 · 10-10-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueyes

Paula..those deer are huge and beautiful! I don't know how anybody could shoot one...my husband included!

Oh Paula, your front yard is gorgeous!!! My hubby would just love to live where he could look at the deer like that in his yard!

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Gayle... I have this image of you on top of a ladder, bent over in to a deer feeder, scooping out rotten corn....

I don't know what our men would do without us

Yes, and I'm sure there was plenty of plumbers crack showing too!

Or maybe that's "bent over the feeder" crack

paula1961 · 10-10-2009, 07:08 PM

Thank you Gayle. I looked out the kitchen window that morning and there they were. They are so pretty. There are a bunch of them that live in the hills around here. I have seen some of the prettiest fawns around the curve from me. As soon as I get the chance, I'll take pictures, they are fast lil buggers

gja1000 · 10-10-2009, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by paula1961

Thank you Gayle. I looked out the kitchen window that morning and there they were. They are so pretty. There are a bunch of them that live in the hills around here. I have seen some of the prettiest fawns around the curve from me. As soon as I get the chance, I'll take pictures, they are fast lil buggers

Oh that would be wonderful, Paula! I'd love to see the pix

10-10-2009, 03:55 PM	#1
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	We made a flying trip today Not in an airplane - but in the car. We drove down to the deer lease (the old one that is 2 1/2 hours away) to fill up the feeders. All went well till we got to the last of 3 feeders. The lid had blown off and so the feeder was full of wet, moldy, rotten, stinky corn. Oh, and the feeder is a 55 gallon drum, on legs, so the top is about 10 feet off the ground. So here I am, standing on the TOP of a ladder, with a 1 lb. coffee can, scooping 200 lbs of wet, moldy, rotten, stinky - and sometimes hard as concrete, corn. As you can imagine, that was not a fun nor easy job! I got it out almost down to the bottom, but then I couldn't reach the bottom (I'm only 5'2" tall), so Gary had to scoop out the last little bit. Some of it was so hard that I had to chop it with an axe - so much fun! We thought the timer and battery would be ruined because water had run down through the barrel and into the box that held them, but they were OK - so we filled it back up with non-rotten corn and hopefully, the lid will not blow off again. Gary said that had only happened to him one other time in the past 20 years! After 4 hours of FUN, we got in the truck and drove home again! WHEW! I'm GLAD to be home!!! __________________ Gayle

10-10-2009, 04:11 PM	#3
Blueyes Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,119	Paula..those deer are huge and beautiful! I don't know how anybody could shoot one...my husband included! Gayle... I have this image of you on top of a ladder, bent over in to a deer feeder, scooping out rotten corn.... I don't know what our men would do without us __________________ Betsi

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10-10-2009, 07:08 PM	#5
paula1961 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,383	Thank you Gayle. I looked out the kitchen window that morning and there they were. They are so pretty. There are a bunch of them that live in the hills around here. I have seen some of the prettiest fawns around the curve from me. As soon as I get the chance, I'll take pictures, they are fast lil buggers

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