As many of you know, Alan and Becky are attending SUNY Cobleskill. She is studying anthropology. He is entering the field of fisheries and wildlife. (Liz is staying home, having graduated, and partnering us in the farm operation...that translates into making my life immeasurably easier!)
This week in lab he and his classmates made tiger trout. These are a cross between male brook trout and female brown trout. I will leave it to your imagination how they get that crossing done. Alan was lucky enough to be assigned the job of mopping water up off the fish so he avoided some of the messier aspects of the tiger trout production project.
I have a great time every other Thursday when he comes home from lab and tells me about what they did. I am learning so much! Sunday he is going deer lockering with an fish and wildlife technician from the DEC.Can't wait to hear the story of that day!
Right now he is sitting with a sandwich waiting for it to be time to head out to his tree stand for opening day. Wish he got up this easily all the time. Opening day is so darned scary with all the fools out in the woods. We post our land, but as my dad always says, that only keeps the honest people out.
Here's to a successful AND safe opening day!
ReplyDeletejust visting here and find your posts very interesting. i love the pictures of the cats in your header:)
ReplyDeleteNita, thanks, he saw several, but passed up what he considered to be unsafe shots and some does.
ReplyDeleteMarites, thanks! Stop by again if you have the chance. Those kitties are getting big now.
We have 'no trespassing signs' up too, but it doesn't matter. I've given permission to my stepfather and Mr. Brian only to hunt here. I also get the llamas out of the back pasture and have them all down here because I worry someone (who shouldn't be here) will mistake one for a deer. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteTeri, so many people pay no attention to them, just walk right by. Or tear them down. Or shoot them. It means a lot of extra vigilance in the fall.
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