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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 9:20:21 GMT -5
I was camped in the Big Horns and hunting gold a few years ago. When I came back into camp one day a herd of cows had arrived and were fighting over the ashes in the fire pit. They had trampled the things I had left out and scattered their shit so thick I could hardly get to the jeep without stepping in it. Chasing them away was futile because as soon as I quit they would come right back. Every one of them had a black nose from eating the charred wood. I couldn't keep them away and had to leave. I went to a different place, built a fire and it wasn't very long before there was a bunch of them fighting over my fire and trying to eat it while it was still burning.
I was up to the same place later that summer with my son and we found a place to camp away from all the established sites that were totally trashed by the cows. I was bedded down inside the Jeep and my son was on top of the Jeep. I heard him laughing and felt him shaking so I looked out the windshield and there was a cow shaking it's head with a red hot glowing coal from our fire stuck in it's nose. I just about died laughing. We ended up making sure the fire was out then moving because the cows were fighting and bumping into the Jeep.
I am not sure what is in charred wood that those cows needed but they were willing to stick their nose into a burning fire to get it.
There is a firewood guy here that has a home made cutter and splitter that all he has to do is drop the logs into a trough with his forklift and the machine cuts it, splits it then loads it into his truck. Crude but works pretty damn good.
Jim
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Post by jamesp on Feb 21, 2015 9:59:50 GMT -5
Salt and mineral blocks attract mammals like that @wampidy. Must be a shortage of potash that they are seeking. Gotta be. Sleeping outdoors and having cows coming thru the dark would cause heart attack ha. That would be totally disturbing. Would make a great zombie cow movie 'Attack of the Glowing Nosed Cows" |
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 21, 2015 10:09:47 GMT -5
I have seen turkey get all crazy in wood ashes also. First time I seen it, it blew me away seeing the dust fly off them when they flapped their wings. Then they'd dive right back in.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 21, 2015 13:04:30 GMT -5
I have seen turkey get all crazy in wood ashes also. First time I seen it, it blew me away seeing the dust fly off them when they flapped their wings. Then they'd dive right back in. Similar perhaps to a mud bath in Africa. Fleas and ticks do not like ash since it is abrasive. Maybe they know that. Brad, if you want the most exotic date, take her to a kaolin pit mine. Nothing like that clay. Bright blue white in color and the greasiest smoothest texture on earth. I will guarantee that she will be seduced by the immense pleasure(of the mud). Caribbean, Georgia style. Take her to the silt settlement in the foreground:  |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 22, 2015 7:29:01 GMT -5
I was camped in the Big Horns and hunting gold a few years ago. When I came back into camp one day a herd of cows had arrived and were fighting over the ashes in the fire pit. They had trampled the things I had left out and scattered their shit so thick I could hardly get to the jeep without stepping in it. Chasing them away was futile because as soon as I quit they would come right back. Every one of them had a black nose from eating the charred wood. I couldn't keep them away and had to leave. I went to a different place, built a fire and it wasn't very long before there was a bunch of them fighting over my fire and trying to eat it while it was still burning. I was up to the same place later that summer with my son and we found a place to camp away from all the established sites that were totally trashed by the cows. I was bedded down inside the Jeep and my son was on top of the Jeep. I heard him laughing and felt him shaking so I looked out the windshield and there was a cow shaking it's head with a red hot glowing coal from our fire stuck in it's nose. I just about died laughing. We ended up making sure the fire was out then moving because the cows were fighting and bumping into the Jeep. I am not sure what is in charred wood that those cows needed but they were willing to stick their nose into a burning fire to get it. There is a firewood guy here that has a home made cutter and splitter that all he has to do is drop the logs into a trough with his forklift and the machine cuts it, splits it then loads it into his truck. Crude but works pretty damn good. Jim Makes me think of the scene in Tremors "Stampede! Stampede Earl!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 13:22:49 GMT -5
Turkey dust bath in ashes may be their way to treat parasites. Prolly kills Lice and stuff....
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Post by jamesp on Feb 22, 2015 15:16:11 GMT -5
Turkey dust bath in ashes may be their way to treat parasites. Prolly kills Luce and stuff.... Yes, most parasites do not like ash. |
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 23, 2015 3:07:00 GMT -5
I have seen turkey get all crazy in wood ashes also. First time I seen it, it blew me away seeing the dust fly off them when they flapped their wings. Then they'd dive right back in. Similar perhaps to a mud bath in Africa. Fleas and ticks do not like ash since it is abrasive. Maybe they know that. Brad, if you want the most exotic date, take her to a kaolin pit mine. Nothing like that clay. Bright blue white in color and the greasiest smoothest texture on earth. I will guarantee that she will be seduced by the immense pleasure(of the mud). Caribbean, Georgia style. Take her to the silt settlement in the foreground: that spot does look unreal with the added blue. There are kaolin pit mines in Illinois but no ocean blue that I can rememeber. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 23, 2015 8:00:47 GMT -5
I have seen turkey get all crazy in wood ashes also. First time I seen it, it blew me away seeing the dust fly off them when they flapped their wings. Then they'd dive right back in. They used to let people roam freely in the mined out pits. Looked a bit like the Painted desert with all colors of clay. Pits are all posted now, but they allow people on the reclaimed land. Used to find sharks teeth in them. Some areas must be 50 miles across full of pits. |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 24, 2015 4:34:53 GMT -5
some of that clay must make high quality pottery..
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Post by jamesp on Feb 24, 2015 11:26:25 GMT -5
some of that clay must make high quality pottery.. Yes it does Deb. Low shrinkage too. Often called China clay, I think the kaolin word was derived from Chinese origin. The mines are massive. The biggest user is probably the colored paper coating industry. National Geographic magazine is heavy due to high kaolin content. Kaopectate is also made from kaolin. it is a high percentage felspar, eroded from or boring massive granite deposits. Chemistry variable, aluminum content high, Al2 O3 is a large part of it. As is aluminum silicates. PH 6-8 and makes great mud for skin, those ponds are essentially sterile and devoid of organic matter for long period of time. Interesting clay. Providence Canyon State Park GA, a natural occurrence  |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 24, 2015 13:36:41 GMT -5
wow, that's just beautiful!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 24, 2015 20:00:40 GMT -5
wow, that's just beautiful! The kaolin pits are naked and full of mind altering colors. They go as far as the eye can see in some areas. Ridges and slopes, ponds with crazy colors. Hottest most humid place. Best mud fights known to man. |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 25, 2015 5:52:54 GMT -5
"best mud fights known to man" tempting- its been years since I was in a good mud fight!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 25, 2015 8:32:46 GMT -5
"best mud fights known to man" tempting- its been years since I was in a good mud fight! I had to date tom boys Deb, just better for the both of us. I took 3 different dates to the kaolin pits. All three times ended up in the mud, all three times had requests to go back and do it again. A couple of the gals made me fill 5 gallon buckets to take home with them. Yes, I will rub it on you-ha. Do you have any idea how much I cherish those memories? My wife will pop me if I even mention kaolin. |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 25, 2015 18:11:05 GMT -5
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