A Deal is a Deal

You should look up to see if there’s a Black Walnut producer in your area or near you? They’ll buy them from you! Evidently there’s some people that really love eating them. Might be worth a trip to recoup some of your expenses on those trees.
 
longrangehunter said:
You should look up to see if there’s a Black Walnut producer in your area or near you? They’ll buy them from you! Evidently there’s some people that really love eating them. Might be worth a trip to recoup some of your expenses on those trees.
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Grew up selling black walnuts in KS. A black walnut milk shake from Braum's Dairy is a must any time we are back in KS. We bring a pkg of black walnuts for cookies and cakes here in Canada. They are an acquired taste, apparently.
 
Those kids should/could have bought a 22LR rifle with their walnut picking money, and some ammo to boot.
But then the little shysters...er, entrepreneurs, would be out for 5 cents a squirrel tail too! :LOL:
 
Blkram said:
Those kids should/could have bought a 22LR rifle with their walnut picking money, and some ammo to boot.
But then the little shysters...er, entrepreneurs, would be out for 5 cents a squirrel tail too! :LOL:
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Don't know if the offers still apply, but Mepps used to exchange their lures for squirrel tails. Collect the tails, salt them, and send them in for an exchange. Plus, squirrel (fox and grey) weren't bad eating.
 
Blkram said:
Those kids should/could have bought a 22LR rifle with their walnut picking money, and some ammo to boot.
But then the little shysters...er, entrepreneurs, would be out for 5 cents a squirrel tail too! :LOL:
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Believe it or not, but before Christmas, I think they pretty much just saved the money. I only heard of one purchase being made with the walnut money and that was for a Lego set. I figured that the kids might use some of it for buying Christmas gifts, but I never heard one way or the other. I suspect the parents will "help" them decide what to spend it on. My guess is that they still have most of it in their wallets.

Yes, I see Noah has a squirrel tail collection growing. But I hadn't thought to what end...
 
Well, it was walnut picking time again this year and, boy, did I get off easy. There were only just over 1800 walnuts from the 6-1/2 trees this year. The kids combined earnings were about 93 dollars.

I asked them what they did with the money from last year's windfall and the oldest (who earned the most) said that he saved some and the rest he used for Christmas. The two younger kids both said they used it for Christmas. So, for all of their hard work last year, they used their proceeds for gifts for others. They made me proud of them.
 
Ouch! I just got the total count of this year' walnuts that the neighbor children picked from my lawn. The three kids picked 10,582 walnuts. At $0.05 each that amounts to $529.10. I will have to go to the bank tomorrow and to get enough cash to pay the kids. :rolleyes:

I am starting think I should harvest the wood from the trees to make rifle stocks...
 
Busy kids!
Lucrative business!
Maybe I should be out there picking up walnuts! (Too bad we don't have many around here in NE BC ☹️ )
 
Blkram said:
Busy kids!
Lucrative business!
Maybe I should be out there picking up walnuts! (Too bad we don't have many around here in NE BC ☹️ )
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The two older boys, 14 and 12 y.o., have been very helpful this fall. They have been helping their dad and me with setting up blinds and stands, trimming shooting lanes, carrying equipment back and forth, etc. They are developing the understanding that hunting is a yearlong process of preparation for the actual shooting that takes place during the hunting season. They have seen the benefits of preparation and are eager to help our party's odds of success.

The younger boy already scored an 8 point during the weekend youth hunt. The older boy (who has 2 bucks and 2 does under his belt from previous years) is contemplating which small bucks he might pass on, and which bucks he might shoot at. Their Dad is really doing a great job of teaching them skills, patience, and ethics.
 
Good to see kids working hard and learning (and earning) a good work ethic. And that they are being grounded in nature and what it takes to gain knowledge and experience that will be transferable skills in all future walks of life! Whether that be by parents, friends and family, or helpful neighbours that also take pride in mentoring our youth.

Something that many parents today do not seem to be managing well, that results in far too many kids that believe they are entitled to be given anything they desire, without any effort expended to earn it. Or what it means in the self-satisfaction and pride of accomplishment. As the farmers leave the country for the convenience of life and access to the amenities of the cities, we are rapidly losing those farm kids that have grown up working to accomplish common goals of everyday farm and ranch family life that teaches them the value of the team efforts. Luckily, some of those kids still get that in participating in sports.
 
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