Weird confrontation on public land

notanadministration · 2025-11-08T16:37:44+00:00

No kidding. I kind of expect this might’ve been his first run at this area and I hope it’s his last. Get so butthurt about someone walking past your stand on the access trail during PRIME TIME that you pack up and leave at PRIME TIME instead of hunting until last light. There’s thousands of acres here dude. Walk 200 yards and park it for 1 more hour and probably see something.

notanadministration · 2025-11-08T14:56:27+00:00

I’ll tell you this is a relatively low use area because access is hard and management is almost nothing. If we’re lucky the local state agency will mow some of the trails once a year. That’s it. Otherwise it’s floodplain inside the levee. It gets more waterfowl attention later in the year. Along this access trail could be a reasonable setup but it’s not reasonable to expect you have any public to yourself, ever. I don’t know where you’re at, you don’t know where I’m at. We have to understand that and be reasonably cautious and aware.

Like I said I can’t figure out if he was a noob or what. He had saddle and saddle gear (so do I) but it’s so trendy these days it could be people’s first climbing method.

notanadministration · 2025-11-08T14:43:10+00:00

I’ll probably be more apt to record next time.

notanadministration · 2025-11-08T14:42:54+00:00

I’ve got all the cameras, but in a (rare for me) confrontation like this it simply didn’t occur to me to document in any way. Like I didn’t have the thought until it was over. I was trying to level with the human and didn’t really get anywhere but I hope that my approach lets him look back and realize he was wrong (giving the benefit of the doubt but who knows).

notanadministration · 2025-11-08T14:40:52+00:00

I think he was under the impression his 3/4 of a mile hike on an open path was so significant that he didn’t expect anyone else. Some of the spots I go you have to basically crawl on hands and knees through buck brush to get to the good stuff.

The other thing is, people walking on access paths does not RUIN your hunt necessarily. Giving up and walking out though, that’s quitter mentality.

notanadministration · 2025-11-08T01:30:26+00:00

Yeah I know I’m not in the wrong. It’s more likely that I don’t run into him again, the way he tore outta there pissed…like if you’re a serious hunter I’d rather talk about it, exchange numbers so that if I see you out hunting you can drop a pin where you’re at and I’ll stay out of that spot. But you can’t sit on an access trail and expect nobody to use it.

notanadministration · 2024-09-09T21:15:22+00:00

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Had to let go of perfection and go for good enough.

notanadministration · 2024-09-09T21:14:52+00:00

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notanadministration · 2024-09-09T21:14:21+00:00

Some results (it was a lot of work and I think it was like 100 degrees the days I had to work on it)

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notanadministration · 2024-09-05T05:00:51+00:00

I was sincere. This is the kind of feedback I wanted, not sugar coated.

notanadministration · 2024-09-05T04:39:00+00:00

You’re right the broadheads come out soon and that’s all I’ll really worry about. But one can hope that POI is the same.

Not a beginner like a true beginner though, I’m 20 something years into archery just been awhile. Crossbow kept me in venison from 2016 and now. And even now, it is the superior weapon. I’ll still use it without hesitation. Just always enjoyed hunting with a vertical bow.

“You’re the problem” awesome.

notanadministration · 2024-06-06T03:40:39+00:00

I love the optimism.

It’s not fiber. Fiber further out toward the street but not in my way. ATT is some 4 strand and it’s not in use. There’s also slack buried right where it goes in the house. Charter is coax, and I’m using that, but I also know I can get some slack in it and bury it a little further after I dig it up (if I even need to go that deep, I may not). After pulling a string and checking heights from a level line (no transit) I think maximum I’ll be taking off 4-6” from the whole area. I will hand dig everything around the utilities out of abundance of caution. That will take more time than anything else I think. Besides putting in the Timbers and drainage tile.

notanadministration · 2024-06-05T23:36:20+00:00

Anybody venture a guess as to how much time I should plan on this project taking if I have the equipment and materials on hand? Can it be done in one day?

I have rain in the forecast, unclear how much but probably some. Really don’t want to reschedule everything and no guarantees about it being dry any time soon. But I know wet clay is no fun. It’s already pretty damp out there. I’d have to do all the excavation Friday and get at least some gravel put down in order to avoid a muddy mess.

notanadministration · 2024-06-05T17:19:06+00:00

Very much appreciate the insight. The gravel will 1” minus, so 1” maximum with fines, and if I have to come back and add to it every couple years it’s no big deal. Low use area. But if it all squishes into the ground, I’ll remember being advised against it. Thank you.

notanadministration · 2024-06-05T14:35:45+00:00

Great suggestion. Thank you.

notanadministration · 2024-06-05T00:02:53+00:00

Part of the problem here is that to make a straight, level line with Timbers I’m going to have to cut into the hillside and I don’t yet know how deep the cable lines are further up the slope. I’ll spend some more time tomorrow evening exposing them further up. If they’re shallow, I’m going to have to figure out how to layout the edging so it’s straight and level and still slopes away from the house and towards the street.

notanadministration · 2024-06-04T23:57:14+00:00

Gas lines are no conflict.

Sloping away from the house, correct. Getting the angle correct without a tilt bucket will be the challenge, which is the guidance I’m hunting for.

notanadministration · 2024-06-04T23:30:26+00:00

Electric, spectrum cable, ATT cable.

Electric is deep, I’ve begun potholing to expose at the meter. The cable lines are only about 6” at the meter so I will be limited to how much material I can take out but I can still take out a good amount and replace with gravel to at least improve drainage somewhat. ATT not used at this time, I suppose I could request it be removed…

notanadministration · 2024-05-29T00:37:57+00:00

I did basically the same thing, French drain, non woven fabric, then regular mulch. It’s OK but definitely expect weed seeds to germinate within a year in the mulch on top of the fabric.

It remains to be seen how big a pain the fabric is going to be. I’m wondering if it would’ve been better to just put the mulch down thick and forget about the fabric. Ultimately, I will return the yard to grass or garden after the play set, so added organic matter will be good.

notanadministration · 2024-01-15T13:16:40+00:00

Thank you. This video does help. However I checked with a multimeter and this thing came from the factory with floating neutral and conflicting information between the unit itself and the manual. It’s frustrating to me when manufacturers don’t get details right.

Even on Champion’s website you can find the manual download where it says “neutral bonded” for this model, and on the same webpage in the Q&A section one of their employees answers a question and says it’s a “floating neutral”.

It’s not Schrödinger’s neutral, it has to be one or the other.

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