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Deer hunting can be an interesting experience especially when you have no experience. I know before my trip I knew next to nothing about deer hunting.

After going on my trip I knew a little bit more, but had some memories and experiences to learn from. I’ll just say the trip had some cold moments, and moments where I had to question what I was doing.

In this episode I walk through my days of hunting, and some of the experiences I took away from it. It wasn’t the greatest of trips, but I definitely learned a few things.

You tend to do a lot of projects working with wood as a DIYer. To be honest I never thought about the joinery that I might use doing those projects.

I never thought about the strength of the joints. Nor did I think about how to cut the joints, or even that you can do joinery that looks nice.

However, as I do more and more “furniture” building I find myself bringing those same skills into my homestead projects, and wanting them to look nicer and last longer.

So in this episode I decided to talk about 3 types of joinery, plus a bonus one, that I think all DIYers should learn and have in their pocket.

Do you know how your tools work? And is it hurting your ability to do better work?

Over the last year I have come to realize when I don’t understand how my tools work, or how to set them up I don’t always get good results.

I also tend to wonder if I am bad at whatever the task is I am doing. I think being able to clean, maintain, and restore tools is a skill everyone should develop so they can get maximum effectiveness and life out of their tools.

Sometimes the family gets sick with a novel virus, that sounds fun. This last week my family got sick with Covid-19. So I decided to talk a little bit about it.

I also had some extra time on my hands so I went ahead and tore apart my jointer. I finally have it dialed in properly, and I learned a lot along the way. I talk a little about my experience with that, and some of the reasons that lead to me working on it.

Finally, my failure of the week has to do with my chickens again. So if this episode sounds interesting to you click play below.

Also don’t forget I release content on other social media platforms

1. Odysee
2. Parler
3. YouTube
4. Instagram

Making the decision to learn how to deer hunt, and actually going hunting are two different things.

I decided a couple of years ago that I wanted to go hunting. However, learning about it and actually getting to go has proved to be more difficult. There is/was a wide knowledge gap between wanting to go and going.

Fortunately, I am finally getting to go and I talk about how I am preparing, and they why I even want to go hunting. It is going to be an interesting experience I can’t wait to go through.

Are you prepared for the first freeze and/or a potentially hard winter?

I don’t know why, but it seems like winter always just sneaks up on me almost every year. I think it is because I am so busy I don’t pay much attention to long term forecast. Then boom freeze.

However, we all still need to prepare for winter. So in this episode I go over about 75 things that are possible things you can do to prepare for winter.

Some of the tasks are short, some take more effort. There are even some tasks you don’t need to do at all depending on where you live.

The goal is to give ideas and jog memories, and maybe save you from freezing your butt off this winter fixing a problem.

Links

• Mr Heater Big Buddy Indoor/Outdoor Portable Heater
• Fire Extinguishers
• Maglite LED 3-Cell D Flashlight
• Anker PowerCore 26800 Portable Charger, 26800mAh External Battery
• Anker PowerCore 10000 Portable Charger

The wrong clothes can lead to a very bad time. The right clothes can lead to not even noticing something is wrong.

Since winter is coming on I wanted to run through some of the clothing I wear. Clothing that helps me stay warm in the winter and comfortable year round.

Hopefully this will help give others ideas so when you are out working on projects you can be comfortable instead of hot, cold or sticky.

Clothing

Year Round

• Muck Boots – Edgewater
• Blue Jeans
• Cowboy Boots
• Work Boots
• Boxer Briefs

Winter

• Carhartt Beanie
• Carhartt Quilt Lined Bib
• Carhartt Men’s Quilted Flannel Lined Duck Active Jacket
• Insulated Gloves
• Insulated Flannel Shirt
• Fleece Lined Pants

Summer

• Fishing Shirt
• Hiking Pants
• Polyester Socks
• Polyester T-Shirt

Spring Fall

• Long Sleeve T-Shirt
• Gym Shorts
• T-Shirts

Quote of the week

Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. ~ George Herbert

Have you ever wondered if you should build or buy something?

Well that question is not always easy to figure out. However, if you apply a series of questions you can generally figure it out.

In this episode I go over my general series of 10 questions to help me determine whether to build or buy something.

Links

• FastEdge Banding
• FastEdge Tool Kit

This last week we had a bit of an accident that really cost us some money. It was not a fun experience, and I learned a lot more about propane tanks.

However, we were able to get through it with minimal stress and burden compared to what it could have been.

In this episode I go through what happened, how we became debt free and some of the freedom it has allowed us. Also discuss how to become debt free, and some resources to help others along their journey.

Links

• My total money make over
• The Millionaire Next Door
• Everyday Millionaires

It is never fun to create projects, and they just look bad. It is also frustrating to try and make projects, and they never seem to come together correctly.

One of the things I am learning is if I concentrate on my skills, and work to upgrade my tools to better tools I can do both. Not only can things work better and look better, but I can also get projects done faster.

In this episode I talk about some of the tools I have purchased or upgraded to that is helping me to do better work over basic tools, or no tool.