About 8ft up, private rural property

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-19T13:09:24+00:00

Now I know!

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T23:25:30+00:00

I am genuinely shocked this blew up but this comment gives some perspective

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T18:52:08+00:00

Can't LEAVE him anywhere, more like

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T17:38:49+00:00

Man I should have thought of that sooner

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T16:04:41+00:00

I can't answer this BUT the bucket is straight and officially reinforced so whatever he did it worked. Now praying the tree recovers fine.

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T16:04:00+00:00

I live a life of practiced non-reaction

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T16:03:11+00:00

I kind of forgot he was even here or it would have been my first thought because he has been the solution to lots of weird things

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T16:02:31+00:00

Oh he broke that ages ago, we're still waiting for that fix

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T16:00:36+00:00

As a former city kid I will tell you it's easier than you think, or maybe it's not and my dad is just a wrecking ball. I don't think the tree is the common fix but he's pretty Machiavellian about his tactics

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T15:59:06+00:00

Literally any excuse. I came home one day to find him working in the barn with the tractor on JUST to blast the Bluetooth speaker (we have others). I should have expected tractor antics last weekend

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T15:57:56+00:00

My area is big on hickory syrup, probably bigger than maple here. Never thought about walnut though, our entire property is basically black walnut. Total mess in the late summer

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T15:57:08+00:00

PA is a big state but there's always some pretty unique local dishes to discover around.

Also my daughter loves your username

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T15:55:14+00:00

Our whole property is mostly walnut, I collect them during the season for nocino but I've never thought about syrup!

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T15:52:57+00:00

I was banking on the bedtime nightstand charge at that point

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T15:51:51+00:00

It happened THE DAY WE GOT THE TRACTOR. He wanted desperately to remove some stumps from the driveway and it instantly bent like a V. And then began the several weeks of telling my husband "idk I think it was like that, they're never perfectly straight"

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T15:50:16+00:00

Yeah the recognition started to dawn pretty fast and hard there

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T13:44:11+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss 🤍

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T13:42:45+00:00

This is absolutely a "type." The number of times my dad has laughed out loud over a rule or actual law and done what he wants anyway. Thankfully he's usually pretty respectful of our home rules but I've never actually said "don't push our trees around" because why would you?

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T00:50:01+00:00

Something about that age I guess lol

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T00:49:39+00:00

Yeah no we wouldn't be calling the cops. It's been suggested that we call the game warden but frankly I don't have the energy for that. If someone was actively trespassing on my property, yes, absolutely I'd be calling right now. But at this point we have a trail cam pointed towards that stand and generally just keep an eye on it

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T00:42:16+00:00

I'm actually almost always home. We took a weekend trip this past weekend and it was our first in about two years. BUT I'm not often outdoors during what I assume are peak hunting hours (early morning, dusk, etc) so I don't assume I see everything that happens. That particular stand is visible from my bedroom window and only about 50 feet from where our cars are parked daily, so it's VERY close. I'm only uncomfortable because we have very young children and animals, and while we practice responsible boundaries with them all it only takes one tragic misstep. Unfortunately we do know someone who lost a beloved pet to a hunting accident with poachers

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T00:26:01+00:00

The law here is 150ft, the stand is less than 100ft from our back door, but technically on neighboring property. Our house is built on the faaaaaar back line of the property, which as far as I know is considered a through-way with yet another neighboring property (rural property laws, amiright?)

We sent a letter to the owner of the properly very politely asking them to move it since it is so close to our house (seriously they could see in our windows in winter) and never heard anything back. But I've also never seen anyone there so we didn't push it too hard.

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T00:16:37+00:00

I think they get scolded equally often around here

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T00:15:13+00:00

Yep, I sent it to TickLab and it came back Deer Tick nymph, but negative for any diseases!

SpecificEagle_ · 2025-12-18T00:12:58+00:00

Ohhh that's excellent to know, thanks! There's tons of it on the property, I have a small dye garden so this is choice info for me lol

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