31 outside this AM, heading to low 50's. Rain is expected tomorrow. Good thing too. Pretty bad drought here.
Yesterday while I was at the corner of my property the neighbor started shooting again. Pretty loud when you can hear it over a chainsaw. Estimate I was half mile away. Since I do walk my trails and we had that episode of a ricochet I figured I'd go introduce myself. My side of the story is it got contentious. I introduced myself to someone at his house, who was rather nonchalant about my inquiry. I think I waited a whole five minutes before he drove up. Again introducing myself asking to see what he was shooting at. Noticing other family members are on their phones. At first he says he is only shooting a .22. I tell him, I am not hearing a .22. Then it comes out he is also shooting a 9mm. He starts stating nothing is getting through his stops. Nothing. We proceed to go behind his stops, by now he is adamant on nothing is going through. And asks me to inspect his backstop to confirm that. I of course am telling him of the ricochet, he is telling me of the backstop. It's not going well. I clearly see my front fence over his backstop. Probably three quarters of a mile away. I don't think his backstop is wide or tall enough for the direction or caliber he is shooting. My opinion. Seeing my property, my trails, and well the fence line is bothersome. By now there is stress and well, nothing I can do or say to keep it from becoming more stressful. Upon returning to the house, another family member approaches me and I inquire as to if there is a problem. Now I find out it is this guys sisters house, and after some conversation it was stated that the person shooting should only be firing .22's. I tell this person I am not hearing .22's. He said he would have talk about that. We were cordial and I left. Around thirty minutes later I hear the 9mm emptying extended mags again.
I returned to cutting more firewood on a different part of the property. I managed to get my log splitter into the woods near a really big oak. I split two full loads of RTV sized wood. I ran out of gas, left the splitter in the woods and will return this AM to pick it up and split some more. The oak looks to be about five more RTV trips. I do like splitting in place. LOL.
It's almost the holiday. I am debating serving one of the few turkeys on the property or heading to the store. Probably heading to the store, today, later as a matter of fact. Maybe one day I will serve a wild turkey again, but for some reason....
Hope all have a great day, a good start to the work week, and healing is in progress.
