It took me 50 years to learn ...

[WTNUT]

I turned 50 this year and wonder why it took so long to learn the following, all of which seem rather obvious in hind sight.

1. When working at the farm stoping a little early each day to clean up the shop and getting your equipment ready for the next time out makes your next day at the farm so much more enjoyable.

2. Whether you own 40 or 4,000 acres, managing deer at any level will result in people hanging treestands within feet of your boundary line - don’t worry about it because you have unlimited access to all 40 or 4,000 acres and still have a hard time killing your biggest buck.

3. Getting down out of your treestand a 10-15 minutes before last legal shooting light on a super cold day is the best way to insure your chances of getting to the ground at less than 9.81 meters per second.

4. Planting fruit trees is something you should do the first year after buying your new farm (they grow slower than clover, corn, beans, brassicas and probably everything else you will ever plant there).

5. If you have enough time to do it twice, you had enough time to do it right the first time.

More to come later ....


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[sandbur]

Plant spruce that first year when you plant the apple trees. Then repeat every five years.

Forget planting pears.

Plant only oaks native to your area.

Do your very best to NEVER let turkeys take a hold on your land.

Enjoy your hunt and don’t worry about what your neighbor does or doesn’t shoot.

Don’t overlook your family and don’t get too tied up in Habitat work instead.

Remember, hunting and Habitat work are supposed to be fun!


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[WTNUT]

6. In late season when it is 2 degrees in the morning, the deer are bedded in the early morning hours waiting for the sun to warm things a bit, that is a good idea.

7. If the part does not seem to fit, it might be the wrong part.




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[QDMWRKS]

Just because a tree you planted isn't a preferred deer browse, doesn't mean they won't bite the terminal bud off and spit it out just to spite you.

 

[Bill]

If you invite family or friends to hunt on your land clearly state your goals and rules on that land. Then be prepared for said rules to be broken by 85% of them.

 

[Fall's Legend]

All of these are great, thanks.

Bill, I learned that one the hard way.

 

[kl9]

Plant spruce that first year when you plant the apple trees. Then repeat every five years.

Forget planting pears.

Plant only oaks native to your area.

Do your very best to NEVER let turkeys take a hold on your land.

Enjoy your hunt and don’t worry about what your neighbor does or doesn’t shoot.

Don’t overlook your family and don’t get too tied up in Habitat work instead.

Remember, hunting and Habitat work are supposed to be fun!


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Why the turkey one?


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[sandbur]

Why the turkey one?


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They are not native to our area and they interfere with the deer hunting. I suspect they keep pheasants out of the corn foodplot in the winter. I also hate to see them move into partridge (grouse) country.

 

[kl9]

Why the turkey one?


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They are not native to our area and they interfere with the deer hunting. I suspect they keep pheasants out of the corn foodplot in the winter. I also hate to see them move into partridge (grouse) country.

I see - makes sense. Do you hunt them?


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[Bowsnbucks]

Can't get rid of turkeys here, they're native. They have a real handy habit too - they are around all spring, summer & early fall, but when the fall turkey season opens - you can't find a one !!

A hard-learned point - If deer regularly enter a plot at a certain spot, and you place a stand there - they'll enter from a different spot going forward !!

 

[sandbur]

I see - makes sense. Do you hunt them?


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I don't hunt them.
I hope they do not expand further in our state.

 

[livinadream]

Plant spruce that first year when you plant the apple trees. Then repeat every five years.

Forget planting pears.

Plant only oaks native to your area.

Do your very best to NEVER let turkeys take a hold on your land.

Enjoy your hunt and don’t worry about what your neighbor does or doesn’t shoot.

Don’t overlook your family and don’t get too tied up in Habitat work instead.

Remember, hunting and Habitat work are supposed to be fun!


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Why the pear one?

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[H20fwler]

Walk down the hill and love them all................

 

[Bowsnbucks]

^^^^^^^ And there are HERDS of them waiting for us ............... right ???

 

[sandbur]

Plant spruce that first year when you plant the apple trees. Then repeat every five years.

Forget planting pears.

Plant only oaks native to your area.

Do your very best to NEVER let turkeys take a hold on your land.

Enjoy your hunt and don’t worry about what your neighbor does or doesn’t shoot.

Don’t overlook your family and don’t get too tied up in Habitat work instead.

Remember, hunting and Habitat work are supposed to be fun!


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Why the pear one?

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I find it is not worth the effort in my climate and with my soils.


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[Buckly]

If you invite family or friends to hunt on your land clearly state your goals and rules on that land. Then be prepared for said rules to be broken by 85% of them.

The 85% is true 100% of the time.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

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[WTNUT]

8. Don’t decided to save a few hundred dollars in July when you buy the new UTV and pass on the optional windshield because come December that windshield is priceless.

I went at least 13 years without a windshield in mine, bought a new one this year and got the windshield. WOW - for someone who has a little money, I can be very thrifty. That was not the place to cut corners!!!!! Love that windbreaker at 15 degrees!


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[g squared 23]

I have hunted properties with a tremendous turkey population and ones with next to zero turkeys. I prefer the turkeyless places. They eat my beans and corn, and they're just a little more fun to hunt than sitting on the couch.


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[j-bird]

All I have to say is when I hunt deer I find squirrels.....when I hunt squirrels all I seem to find is deer.....figures!

Only time I see a coyote is when I don't have a gun!

Best way to keep a ragged belt from breaking is go ahead and by the replacement and hang it on a nail in the barn right where you know where to find it. That damn thing will never break once you do that!