Recent content by Jethro21

I am a beekeeper and do occasional removals. If there is one group that has stronger opinions and argues more than shooters, it’s beekeepers. Depending on how long they’ve been there the process of getting them out may be daunting. In terms of hive size, in the winter their numbers will be...

Some of the coolest things I’ve seen in the mountains has been while hunting alone, closest I’ve felt to the land and the animals. As much as I’ve enjoyed it, I had often wished someone was there with me to see it too. I still enjoy hunting alone, but hunting with my boys (ages 8-16) has become...

Wow, 10 year necro thread, not sure if that’s a record. For those interested, I’ve been a firefighter for many years, you couldn’t pay me enough to go back to that life.

Is it Fry’s/Kroger? My brother in law worked there in Phoenix starting at 16 and still does (now moved back east but still Kroger) 20 years later. Not sure what their union actually does except they had a strike a few years ago for wages and my brother in law was told he couldn’t work (he is...

I’ve kept bees for many years, have gone from max of 13 hives down to 6 this year (will be doing splits in a few weeks so I’ll have more). If you are a beekeeper, you know there are plenty of opinions, but in my experience along with many beekeeping friends, modern inventions like the Flowhive...

Force Science has some pretty extensive and interesting research on split second decision making- once the brain makes the decision to take action it is very hard to reverse that decision. I assume he is pretty proficient in firearms handling, which means he went from seeing what he perceived as...

I liked the movie. For me and probably a lot of veterans and youthful hell raisers, it connected with the feeling of missing what you used to excel at but now have to hide as if it never happened. The bus scene and when he left the Russian mobster’s place was an awesome depiction of that.

In order to acknowledge evil, logic implies you must also acknowledge that there is good. It is our nature to see the negative- we read and write reviews of bad experiences, we point out flaws in nearly every product around, we can easily lay out the negatives about most everyone around us. It’s...

a buddy of mine gave me his Aimpoint comp m2, he had broken the brightness/power knob, put it away to address later and forgot about it for years. He no longer needs it so he gave it to me. He tells me he got it sometime in the early to mid 2000’s and it is out of warranty. Before I take the...

This is true about native bees but, lots of native bees don’t pollinate the crops that we consume, also most native bees don’t exist in numbers sufficient enough to pollinate the crops we grow. There are several native bees that live in Arizona, many are solitary or have small hive numbers and...

Been a beekeeper for almost 5 years, also had bees growing up. Pesticides aren’t the biggest issue killing bees (although I did lose 3 colonies to pesticides this year). Varroa mites are thought to be primarily responsible for colonies collapsing. Reduction in forage is an issue, although in a...

The AP has called it for Hobbs here in Az…

Republicans, democrats…someone posted something once about both parties driving us toward a cliff, one faster than the other, but the same destination. Power is addicting, but for mankind, impossible to wield. The perception of having it and the pursuit of it is what drives both parties to this...

I have a theory. Here in Az, we have had continual population growth, much from California. You can sell your house in Cali and buy just about anywhere here with money left over. We’ve had a huge influx. I assume they vote. And voting democrat here is pretty much equivalent to voting republican...

I know this isn’t the point of this thread but… To throw in on homeschooling: we’ve homeschooled all 4 of our kids. My wife is a teacher, when we had our first kid we decided she would stay home because her salary would basically give us $100 after paying for childcare. Homeschooling is hard...