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I had to get the root cellar backfilled before the rain set in. Got the body mounts figured out on the bump side cummins. Brought in some new breeding stock for our fallow deer farm.
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00:00Robert and Shannon from Tri-Cities, Washington.
00:08You're initiated.
00:10Excellent.
01:18There are always a dozen different projects going on around here at Red Poppy Ranch, but
01:23at the moment we're anticipating quite a bit of rain coming in from this tropical storm,
01:28and I need to get the root cellar backfilled as much as I possibly can before that rain
01:33comes in and shuts things down.
01:57So last week I showed the process of putting four layers of the 6mm plastic on the root
02:02cellar, now I'm using these rocks that I always collect around here at Red Poppy Ranch for
02:07something useful, and that is to basically get the plastic in place before I start putting
02:12dirt on top of it.
02:39Now that the plastic is holding its general shape, it's safe to start moving.
02:43I'm going to start backfilling, but I want to seal everything up as much as I possibly can,
02:47so in the future when we do get moisture around the root cellar, I don't have to worry about
02:52it getting in all the wrong places.
03:16I put all these rocks basically along the edges so that when I start heaving dirt up on here,
03:23that it doesn't stretch the plastic, the plastic is already where it's supposed to be,
03:28and this is going to be fun.
03:31I'm going to work along the edges and get three or four feet packed in there,
03:36then I'm going to use the tamping bar and try and compact it, work my way up another three or
03:41four feet, try and compact it. I'm probably going to have to shovel all this across the back by hand,
03:48so I'm going to heave it up on top of the root cellar and then start putting it where it
03:55needs to go.
03:56I've got the vents taped off. Once I get all the dirt in place, I'm going to dig out the
04:03vents,
04:04glue a coupling and bring them up high enough to where once I establish where the dirt's going to sit,
04:12I'll get those vents in place. So I think we're ready. I've gone over everything that I can think of.
04:19I really don't want to damage the plastic. That's kind of the number one thing. I've got
04:23three layers of plastic and then I've got a fourth layer on the sides and I don't want to damage
04:29this.
04:31That's the one thing that's going to compromise the life of this root cellar is water getting into it.
04:36So I'm trying to do this in a way where we don't have that issue. So I'm going to grease
04:40the excavator
04:41up and we're going to get after it.
05:08One of the most enjoyable parts about my life
05:11is the simple fact that I get to try things that I've never done before. And this is one of
05:15those
05:16things. So using a little bit of common sense and some practical application, I've tried to think
05:21through every aspect of this root cellar to ensure that when I'm finished, I have a good usable root
05:26cellar that will last for many years to come. And I'm finally at the place where it's time to get
05:31it
05:31covered in dirt.
06:03So using my bobcat excavator, I put maybe 10 to 15 scoops of dirt along each side,
06:09and then I climb up and I try to compact the dirt as much as I possibly can, pushing the
06:14dirt back
06:14into the tight places that the excavator can't reach. But I can see that the higher the dirt goes,
06:20the more manual labor I'm going to have to do with the shovel to get the dirt back to the
06:24high point
06:25that I want to get it to. But the end result is I want the root cellar to look like
06:28it's been a part
06:29of this mountain for a very long time.
06:31I want the root cellar to look like it's been a part of this mountain for a very long time.
07:08It's a bit of a tedious process because I don't have a ton of room to work and I've got
07:13to get the excavator
07:13as far back as I possibly can with the dirt. But the more dirt I pile up, the more I
07:18have to move it back
07:19into the corner. So when the dirt settles again, it's going to look like it's been here for a very
07:23long time. But like I said in a previous video, once all the dirt's in place, I'm going to plant
07:28some grass on top of this.
08:17I'm going to plant some grass on top of this.
08:26So, I'll be right back.
08:28I'm going to plant some grass on top of this.
08:28The rains came in with a vengeance and if you look at the garage door in the corner of the
08:32shop, you can see that there's
08:33water coming in the garage door. So, it's still actively raining at the moment, which means I'm in the
08:38shop working on the bump side diesel trying to make progress.
08:54Okay, so this is the front cab mount that I just cut off this Super Duty frame. This is a
09:01brand new replacement
09:04cab mount bushing. I got a whole kit off of online for like 60 or 70 bucks.
09:12And I'm basically going to use the Super Duty mount, the Super Duty, the Super Duty bushing,
09:17and I'm going to hang it off the cab of the 1970 F-250 and get it in the location
09:22where I want it.
09:24And then I'm just going to tack it in place with my little 110 buzz box for now.
09:27And then once I get everything tacked in place, what I'm going to do is lift the cab back off
09:31and finish weld everything and kind of clean the frame up where I cut the mounts off and all that
09:37fun stuff.
09:37So, first things first, let's see how this thing fits.
09:47So again, this is another project that I've never done before and using a little bit of common sense, a
09:53plumb bob,
09:53a tape measure, and a few other things, I'm finally getting to a place where the body mounts are where
09:59they're supposed to be.
09:59So now it's time to get them tacked in place. Then I can pull the cabin bed.
10:15Now we'll be having a little bit of play together.
10:15We'll be at work every minute.
10:18Let's heat up!
10:25We have the fun давай, and do it.
10:28Let's work every minute.
10:29Let's do it.
10:29I'll be one...
10:30Let's do it!
10:32Cheers!
11:17So this is the rear cab mounts that I've got set in place and tacked.
11:22Now when I pull the cab off, I'll figure out how I'm really going to tie things in.
11:26So I've got all the cab mounts tacked in place.
11:30So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to get out here in the morning.
11:32I'm going to loosen all of the hand-tight bolts up, and I'm going to lift the cab and the
11:39bed out of the way.
11:40I'm going to finish well the cab mounts, and then I'm going to start the process of shortening this frame.
11:47I'm kind of looking forward to this.
11:49Come on, Rue.
11:56Here we go.
11:58I don't know.
12:50I don't know.
13:18That noise is the noise that the does make when they're trying to call their fawns to them
13:24and they've been watching the bucks up on the hill.
13:28And even though those bucks are mature bucks, most of those bucks, all but one of those bucks
13:33up there are the babies of the does.
13:35And so since I separated them a few days ago, they make that sound, which is the sound that
13:42they use to call their babies when they're first born.
13:45And so they don't like, although the does are getting a lot more food, but they don't
13:50like being separated from the bucks.
13:51But anyway, I bought this trailer over the weekend because I'm kind of at the crossroads
13:57with our fallow deer herd where I need to be able to transport deer.
14:02And this is probably the most complicated part of owning deer, specifically fallow deer, is
14:08not only the process of transporting them safely, but also legally taking the steps to make sure
14:14that, you know, whatever state you live in, that you're following the protocol for transport.
14:19And there's basically some paperwork that I have to do to be able to transport these deer
14:24where I have to register the ear tag numbers.
14:26I have to register the farm where the deer are going.
14:29I'm taking one of my two-year-old bucks and I'm trading one of my two-year-old bucks
14:33for a better breeder prospect for my deer.
14:37And I'm buying two other breeder bucks as well.
14:41About every two years, you should be cycling out your breeder buck if you're serious about
14:45this business.
14:46There's a lot of guys that just kind of let them inbreed.
14:48I'm trying not to do that.
14:50I'm trying to minimize how much of that that's happening by replacing the breeder buck every
14:56couple of years.
14:57So tomorrow morning, I'm going to load one of my deer into this trailer and then I'm going
15:02to drive six hours.
15:03This is the problem is I have to go six hours away to this other deer farm.
15:09There's just not very many deer farms left in the state of Idaho that are doing this.
15:15And on top of that, this is the time of year where most guys have already gotten rid of
15:18the bucks that they want to get rid of by this time of year.
15:22And so, and he has three bucks that I'm going to go pick up.
15:25So I'm taking one buck with me to drop off and I'm bringing three bucks back and we're probably
15:31going to have to dart some of the deer.
15:32And I'm going to try not to do that by simply using the trailer and this new little catch
15:37pin that I built and just try and hopefully force the deer into the trailer without any
15:43issues.
15:43But the one issue that you always have to take into consideration when you're moving
15:49bucks is the fact that they will hurt each other.
15:53They will, if they have the ability to get close enough to fight, they will fight.
15:58And you should never transport two bucks in the same, or three bucks in the same trailer
16:02without a divider.
16:04And so what I'm going to do today is I'm going to clean this trailer out real good.
16:08I'm going to swap the tires out.
16:09I don't like the tires that are on it.
16:10I'm going to put some other tires that I have that are better tires on it.
16:13I'm going to clean it out.
16:14I'm going to figure out how to build these dividers to where they'll hold up.
16:17And I'm going to just get ready, get everything ready to take off first thing in the morning
16:22and drive six hours to pick up some new deer.
16:24So.
16:47I've said this numerous times before, but if somebody had sat me down and explained
16:52to me how much effort it actually takes to be in the fallow deer farming business, I may
16:57have reconsidered and stuck with the goats that we had already.
17:25But that being said, I actually love being a deer farmer and I love the process that's
17:30required for me to be a deer farmer.
17:32But if I'm going to take it serious and do it right, getting a new stock trailer that
17:36I can move deer around safely is part of the process.
18:08Because I know almost nothing about this trailer, I need to make it safe enough to travel over
18:13800 miles to get the deer and bring them back here safely.
18:19Do it.
18:33I mean, I don't know.
18:47I might be sure to handle it.
18:47I can even throw up your temperature in the early months where dancing is where dancing
18:47is so popular now.
18:47I'm in the middle of the summer from the Milauic Gi representa.
19:03because these bucks can be so dangerous if they're confined too tightly together i have two options
19:09i can either cut their antlers off of them or i can build some dividers with some existing panels
19:14that i already have and then cover the panels with plastic so the deer don't see each other and
19:19bang on the panels as i'm driving down the road and the second option is what i've chosen to do
19:24for this particular trip
19:47the truth is this old stock trailer is way too heavy duty for actually transporting deer that
19:53weigh about 175 to 200 pounds but it's big and that's what i need i need room for these bucks
19:59to not be pressured in any way and not feel like they have to protect themselves and bang against
20:05these panels as i'm driving down the road so again making a few little modifications here and there
20:10this old stock trailer will be perfect for the job
20:38when i get the deer back here to red poppy ranch i'll be able to remove the dividers and let
20:43the
20:43deer out through one of my gates so they can enter one of the pins without any issues at all
21:05well that's a good place to stop for tonight i am actually going to cover
21:10both of those panels with some six mil plastic just so the deer can't see each other
21:15if they see each other they'll bang against the the panels and i'm just going to zip tie it in
21:21there
21:21in the morning and then i'm going to hit the road
21:28this is one of my two-year-old bucks that i'm trying to load into the stock trailer naturally
21:32without darting and clearly it's not going well
22:01it's been said that these deer were first
22:02brought into north america by george washington nearly 250 years ago and as you can see they
22:09are still wild animals in every sense of the word so i had to give this guy a little bit
22:14of a tranquilizer to get them in the trailer
22:19oh
22:38so
22:49this is the noise that they make when the tranquilizer kicks in but I didn't give him
22:53very much so once we get moving down the road he's going to come back to life in no time
22:57at all
23:16I would guess that fallow deer buck weighs right around 200 pounds so he's maybe 20 pounds lighter
23:22than I am and there was no way I was going to get him into that horse trailer without tranquilizing
23:29him and what's interesting is fallow deer require more of the tranquilizer than an elk does matter
23:35of fact if you gave the same amount of tranquilizer to an elk you would kill an elk they're just
23:41wild
23:41they're really tough animals and I it took way longer than I thought it was going to take to
23:47get that deer loaded but we're on the road now so the next step is I'm going to stop and
23:51get some fuel
23:53and then I got a lot of driving in front of me
24:02you know every time I do something significant with a with one of my deer whether it's separating
24:08them or isolating them or loading them in a in my trailer I'm reminded why people don't don't mess
24:15around with them anymore I'm reminded why everybody's frankly getting out of it those fallow deer I don't
24:20know how many generations away they are from being wild but it's got to be hundreds probably of
24:26generations and when they're pressured they act like a wild deer and matter of fact uh the amount
24:33of tranquilizer you have to give to a fallow deer if you gave it to a bull elk you would
24:38kill the bull
24:38elk they take a ridiculous amount of tranquilizer to calm down and they fight it the whole time and so
24:45I got him in the horse trailer he's going to spend the rest of the day sobering up and I
24:51just need to
24:51get where I'm going now and hopefully I don't have any more challenges uh hopefully the trailer hopefully
24:56I I just get where I'm going get him unloaded get the other three bucks loaded up and then get
25:01back
25:15one of my favorite parts about living in Idaho is as I get to travel across the state the diversity
25:22that you get to see is second to none the mountains the mountains the mountains I've said it a million
25:28times before it's all about the mountains and as you'll see here shortly I'm going to climb up into
25:33the mountains and reach about 5,000 feet in elevation the rivers that run along the sides of the mountains
25:40again is one of the favorite things about living in Idaho but it's a long drive to where I'm going
25:53six hours later I made it to my destination and this buck right here is the future of red poppy
26:00ranch
26:00and the truth is this is what a wild fallow deer buck looks like the pattern that he has is
26:07the closest
26:08you're going to see to a wild buck that I've seen he's beautiful but he's also pretty wild
26:20well I came out here hoping to get three bucks mostly because it's a six hour drive but I spent
26:30the
26:30whole morning chasing deer around and I ended up getting two loaded but I got the big buck that I
26:35was
26:35really hoping to get he's beautiful he's what I call a more natural looking fallow buck the fallow
26:41buck that run wild and in the European countries that still have them like like Sweden Denmark where
26:49else I think Bulgaria has a big herd they look more like this buck and so I'm really excited to
26:56get him
26:56he had a third buck I really wanted to get also but he was just a little bit too wild
27:01and so I think I'm
27:02going to come back in the spring and possibly get some does as well but next step is I got
27:08to drive
27:08six hours back home and get these bucks delivered to our front yard without any issues so that is my
27:15focus for the next six hours but it's sure pretty country up here first time I've ever been to this
27:19part of Idaho
27:33I believe this river that I've been driving alongside of for the last hour and a half or so is
27:39called the
27:39Payette River north of Boise up in the mountains it's beautiful country
28:03five years ago when I got my first group of fallow deer back here to red poppy ranch they
28:08were just as wild as these guys are because they didn't get a whole lot of interaction from humans so
28:14I'm now going to spend however long it takes for these two bucks to get to know me better and
28:19specifically my main breeder buck here the big one my goal is to have him eating out of my hand
28:24within a few months but at the moment he is as wild as can be
28:48so
28:53I'm
29:10so
29:12I'm
29:29I don't know.
29:45I don't know.
30:18I don't know.