What do you do for work/profession?

[cornchuck]

1. Job/Profession: Work on a 4,000 grain farm. Wanted to be a farmer since I was in the fifth grade about 40 yrs ago. Never owned a farm and never will have the money to own one. The price ag ground goes for, someone that doesn't have a family farm can not get into it.

2. Do I enjoy it? Use to. For the last 5-6 years, I have been really losing interest in it. Been trying to find something more like a 9-5 job.

3. How much time do I have to hunt? I like hunting whitetail deer. But i never got into bow hunting because I am too busy in the fall. The only time I can hunt deer is during our deer gun week the Monday after Thanksgiving. I would love to make it out west to do some hunting.

4. Does the job hurt my hunting? Yes

Jason

 

[huntnful]

1. Pipe Welder.
2. I do enjoy it overall, but not as much as I used to. Now it's just a means to afford my life and hunting. But I still don't mind it.
3. I normally take off most of Sept-Nov. and try to do 60-100 days in the field between scouting and hunting.
4. The job helps with being able to hunt more.

Every 6 months I have to re-test on a 12” pipe. Picture of the last test (I have to do 3). Get to keep my job for 6 more months. This is my 32nd re-qualification.

 

[IdahoBeav]

Every 6 months I have to re-test on a 12” pipe. Picture of the last test (I have to do 3). Get to keep my job for 6 more months. This is my 32nd re-qualification.

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Looks pretty good! Is that 6010 on an open root followed by 7018? What position do they make you test in?

 

[huntnful]

Looks pretty good! Is that 6010 on an open root followed by 7018? What position do they make you test in?

That’s .035 hard wire, all downhill. I wish my 7018 looked like that lol. 6010/7018 is another test, as well as 6010/7010. All 5G open roots on 12” .375.

 

[IdahoBeav]

That’s .035 hard wire, all downhill. I wish my 7018 looked like that lol. 6010/7018 is another test, as well as 6010/7010. All 5G open roots on 12” .375.

Huh, I didn't know mig is used on pipelines. That's interesting. It's been a while since I was a welder, and I didn't do pipe. I ran a lot of flux core dual shield for structural beam fabrication. I also had a gig doing nuclear fabrication for a while. The documentation and inspections were pretty intense. We had to pull the wire from the machine at the end of each day. At the beginning of the day we had to have it issued to us from a locked climate controlled storage unit. I also ran a lot of 1/16" alloy core. It's pretty cool, all the penetration and strength of a flux cored wire but without the slag.

 

[huntnful]

Huh, I didn't know mig is used on pipelines. That's interesting. It's been a while since I was a welder, and I didn't do pipe. I ran a lot of flux core dual shield for structural beam fabrication. I also had a gig doing nuclear fabrication for a while. The documentation and inspections were pretty intense. We had to pull the wire from the machine at the end of each day. At the beginning of the day we had to have it issued to us from a locked climate controlled storage unit. I also ran a lot of 1/16" alloy core. It's pretty cool, all the penetration and strength of a flux cored wire but without the slag.

Very nice!! Sounds pretty intense. I only know my small little work world honestly. I tested out on downhand pipeline when I was 19 and that’s all I’ve ever done since. It’s treated me great. 0 regrets at all.

 

[Falon]

Civil Engineer working for a public entity.

But spent 10 years as a structural Ironworker, welding and steel erection before going back to get my degree.

 

[Lowell]

Farrier. Self employed, so I can take as much time off as I want, but PTO isn't a thing.

I really enjoy it, most of the time.

How many nails do you typically use. Sorry off topic.

 

[Hoosier Shooter90]

I work at Honda Manufacturing Indiana Paint-Quality I’m only able to hunt couple days a year due to more about where I live rather than work tho I do work a lot.

 

[Bannedinshortorder!]

How many nails do you typically use. Sorry off topic.

Better not be a 3 nailer.

 

[Tobe_B]

Better not be a 3 nailer.

Nothing wrong with 3 nails a side when the trim is done right.

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

How many nails do you typically use. Sorry off topic.

per shoe?

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

Nothing wrong with 3 nails a side when the trim is done right.

I rarely do any more than 3 nails per branch. On a lot of hind feet with clips, I'll drive 2 nails per branch (4 total).

 

[Lowell]

I rarely do any more than 3 nails per branch. On a lot of hind feet with clips, I'll drive 2 nails per branch (4 total).

 

[bucksnbirds]

Derrickhand on a drilling rig. Been in the patch for 5 years. Work 7 days on, 7 days off. I take a week of work off for September and get 21 days to hunt. Other than that I have all the time in the world for turkey, deer, family vacations, etc. The pay is pretty great for no college degree and work is pretty easy most days, but can get hectic. If it wasn't for the time off, it'd be a tough job. And to boot, my rig has been within 30 minutes if my house for 4 years now, so home every night.

The up and down in the oil market is a big drawback. Currently laid off until April 15th, but its the middle of the walleye spawn in Oklahoma so no complaints from me.

 

[JohnB]

Fish Biologist/Project Manager

I work on habitat restoration projects for salmon and steelhead. Work typically is about 8 months of computer time and 4 months of field work including working as a PM with construction contractors. It's enjoyable but the computer times of the year suck.

The last few years my big projects have been in the fall which has put a real crimp in my hunting but at least gives me some extra time to ski after hunting season.

 

[Bannedinshortorder!]

Nothing wrong with 3 nails a side when the trim is done right.

There is a good reason why shoes have 4 a side and it isn't to leave them empty.
On a positive note they always come off easier.

 

[Tobe_B]

There is a good reason why shoes have 4 a side and it isn't to leave them empty.
On a positive note they always come off easier.

I keep a few sets of Vulcan shoes on hand, they have six nail holes on a side. Does that mean I should put 12 nails per shoe? That logic is flawed. Keg shoes come that way so a farrier has options in where to place nails. That said, for certain situations there’s nothing wrong with four a side, but it’s not as often as most horse owners think it is.

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

There is a good reason why shoes have 4 a side and it isn't to leave them empty.
On a positive note they always come off easier.

More nails isn't how to keep horse shoes on better. Most guys i see that drive 4 nails per side also drive the nails like half an inch high, and the shoes don't fit. If you fit the shoe and spike your nails, 4-6 nails is plenty. The less holes I can poke in the foot, the less I compromise the integrity of the hoof capsule, and the less damage is done if a shoe does get pulled. Every time I see a horse pull a shoe that had 8 low nails, they absolutely wreck the foot. But what do I know, I've only got 150-200 horses in shoes in the Rocky mountains year round. Are you a farrier?

The feet below had previously been shod by a guy who drove 8-10 nails, some of which were so low the clinches touched the shoe. He couldn't keep shoes on this horse, because his trim and shoe fit was poor. This picture was taken the first time I shod the horse, obviously before I clinched and finished. The horse has never pulled a shoe for me. Why do horses pull shoes?

 

[mattflipper]

I’m a CPA and I get to hunt a lot. From July through the first week of January I take fridays off and hunt nearly every weekend from September 1st through the second weekend of January (we have a long season). Get to go out of town a couple weeks a year to hunt but I end up working wherever I am. The job is okay in that I can make my own schedule and keep the wheels of progress rolling from most anywhere but I’m constantly attached to my job with nearly never a moment that I’m getting bothered with phone calls, texts and emails. You’d think that my job doesn’t have emergencies to deal with but it seems like it’s an everyday thing.