Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I'm going to start another habitat thread on the property I acquired a couple of years ago. This is three pieces of land that totals roughly 21 acres. I may also have the opportunity to add more to the north and west someday, however, I can already hunt that land too. Here are a few facts:
Field view:
Down the bluff - taken from the ground about 50 yards behind the blind.
One of three shooting lanes cut today. Many more to come.
More to come soon. I cut trees for 9 hours today, so need a rest.
- The adjoining land to the east is hunted reasonably hard. But I only see one ladder stand about 60 yards off my property line.
- I have access to lots of family land to the north and west that is not hunted.
- I've been turkey hunting here for years but never deer hunted here. It is loaded with both turkey and deer. Some big deer have come from the area in the past.
- I'm building a tower blind at the moment. It will be a hybrid blind that I designed that will serve as both a hunting blind and cabin. It will be 12. x 12. with a 4' deck on three sides on the top level. There will be three levels with a poured floor. Foot height on the top level will be 16+'. It will have a shed roof.
- The edge of the little inset where the blind is being built is on a pinch point. From the edge of the field you have about 50 yards into the woods and then it drops off steeply to a creek below.
- When I cut shooting lanes today, it was a mess of deer manure, beds and rubs on the points.
- Even though there is a bluff directly behind the blind, I have one spot that gradually slops to the creek and an old road bed. With some dozer work a guy could drive to the creek. However, I likely won't do that. But it is an easy walk.
- The fields are in soybeans ever year.
- This property is very different than my other place. There are no sweetgums..
I have no place for an orchard - unless I do it in the farming fields - and I won't do that.
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Field view:
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Down the bluff - taken from the ground about 50 yards behind the blind.
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One of three shooting lanes cut today. Many more to come.
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More to come soon. I cut trees for 9 hours today, so need a rest.