4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
I figured I would start my land tour. I will add to it as I have time. I have a little under 25 acres in NW Wisconsin now. I started off with just 5.5, but I bought the land next to it a year and a half a go. With just the 5.5, there just wasnt enough land to do anything as in food plots, or modifications to draw in deer. Luckily my land is somewhat of a travel route between a huge swampy bog the deer usually use as a bedding area, and the areas only ag field within miles. Last spring I cut down a couple 3/4 acre areas, and cleaned the stumps out. One of the areas I planted 10 apple trees, and planted brassicas in, the other still needs some work opening the plot up more to get more sunlight into it, but winter rye, winter wheat, and oats grow pretty good in there, so I have put that on the back burner. I have one more plot that is an old campsite area on the original land, and it is planted in clover and winter rye this year, and I hope to keep it clover for a few years. I just have small equipment, an ATV, hand spreaders, a home made disc, a drag, and a back pack sprayer, and a weed whip to keep things trimmed. I have a small creek to the north of me that doesnt actually enter my land, but does border it slightly. My land is in the middle of the big forest area, with minimal ag around me.
My land is about 200 miles from home, so I dont get to have unlimited time to work here, but I try to get there about every other weekend during the non frozen months. My goals with the land are to try to draw deer onto the land with food plots, and thicken up my land to make them feel more comfortable to want to hang out there a little bit. I need to try to figure out better ways to hunt my land, because the deer are in the back half, and the only way back there is to cut through my land. Unfortunately for the deer, they do need to share the land with me, and my family at times. We do go there to unwind, and relax as a family. But almost ever time I go there, I sneak in some plotting, or cutting, or some sort of land improvements. I will add some pictures to try to add some visuals.
My land is about 200 miles from home, so I dont get to have unlimited time to work here, but I try to get there about every other weekend during the non frozen months. My goals with the land are to try to draw deer onto the land with food plots, and thicken up my land to make them feel more comfortable to want to hang out there a little bit. I need to try to figure out better ways to hunt my land, because the deer are in the back half, and the only way back there is to cut through my land. Unfortunately for the deer, they do need to share the land with me, and my family at times. We do go there to unwind, and relax as a family. But almost ever time I go there, I sneak in some plotting, or cutting, or some sort of land improvements. I will add some pictures to try to add some visuals.