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Hi ,my name is Don . My parents and I live in Lancaster County ,Pa. WE have 26 acres in Potter co.,Pa. Right near the NY state line . Owned since 1995. Been going to Potter since the mid the 1970`s. Only found this site only a few months ago , glad I did. nice website. I am a laborer from the Lancaster area and I am 52 y.o.
Welcome to the site.
 
Hey Everyone, glad I found this place. Started on deer hunter forum, great place. But seeing more SD, ND, MN, WI, IO geared info here.
Look forward to get the chance to speak with like minded individuals.
Was primarily drawn in for the habitat discussion, but also enjoy all aspects that come with it, primarily bow hunting.

Own a qrt. of ground that I have been helping manage since I was knee high to my father. 29 now..
Primarily native grassland with Switch, Big Blue, Indiangrass.
Sprinkled in with 7 acres of food plots, an roughly 30 acres of cattail sloughs
In that time thousands of trees have gone in( spent some long days hand weeding around yearling cedars, now over 15ft) and still going in to this day.

This yrs. spring planting include 10 apples (Mcintosh, Haralson, Prairie Magic), 50 sandbar willow in a low screening spot where my cedars drowned out. 5 hazelnuts as a test shrub, an 3 red oak an 3 swamp white with hopes of seeing an acorn by the time I turn 60.
Real interested in this American Chestnut that slated for public release sometime in 2022.

All ready planning for next yr. Have a big windbreak project planned as well as another 70-80 select assorted hand plants.

Hope we can get some fun discussion cultivated
Not to many people in my area are interested in this subject. So its nice to have other people to pinball ideas off of.
 
Not to many people in my area are interested in this subject. So its nice to have other people to pinball ideas off of.

Yea were an odd bunch.
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Hey Everyone,

I live 30 miles NW of Milwaukee. I bought a 33 acre property 7 years ago. It's adjacent to 60 acres of family land. Both the neighbor and I jointly entered a contract with the NRCS 5 years ago for brush removal (buckthorn), noxious weed control (garlic mustard), and tree establishment. We completed the contracts 2 years ago, but our properties still have lots of areas that need rehab, and the areas under contract still need attention and replanting. Adjacent to the neighbor's land is 120 acres that's under contract through the Wetland Reserve Program. There's about 650 acres in total that would be considered wild that our properties are adjacent to. Nearly all of the land is in the 100 year floodplain, so it will never be developed.

With that comes the challenge of managing some of the more aggressive invasives that do very well on our soils (neutral pH, calciferous, wet) such as buckthorn, reed canary grass, garlic mustard, honeysuckle, etc. Boxelder also thrives on our soils, whether or not that's invasive is a matter of perspective I suppose.

I came here for like minded habitat talk and advice. I started posting on the deer hunter forum earlier this year and met some friendly folks over there. Just looking for another source of information more focused on the upper Midwest.

Ideally I would like more property owners adjacent to me to get involved in habitat improvement. There is a 160 acre parcel owned by a hunting club adjacent to my property. I'm hoping some of those guys will catch on to what we're trying to achieve. That will help stave off the invasives.
 
Hey Everyone,

I live 30 miles NW of Milwaukee. I bought a 33 acre property 7 years ago. It's adjacent to 60 acres of family land. Both the neighbor and I jointly entered a contract with the NRCS 5 years ago for brush removal (buckthorn), noxious weed control (garlic mustard), and tree establishment. We completed the contracts 2 years ago, but our properties still have lots of areas that need rehab, and the areas under contract still need attention and replanting. Adjacent to the neighbor's land is 120 acres that's under contract through the Wetland Reserve Program. There's about 650 acres in total that would be considered wild that our properties are adjacent to. Nearly all of the land is in the 100 year floodplain, so it will never be developed.

With that comes the challenge of managing some of the more aggressive invasives that do very well on our soils (neutral pH, calciferous, wet) such as buckthorn, reed canary grass, garlic mustard, honeysuckle, etc. Boxelder also thrives on our soils, whether or not that's invasive is a matter of perspective I suppose.

I came here for like minded habitat talk and advice. I started posting on the deer hunter forum earlier this year and met some friendly folks over there. Just looking for another source of information more focused on the upper Midwest.

Ideally I would like more property owners adjacent to me to get involved in habitat improvement. There is a 160 acre parcel owned by a hunting club adjacent to my property. I'm hoping some of those guys will catch on to what we're trying to achieve. That will help stave off the invasives.
Welcome!

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Welcome almanac. I commend you for taking up the invasive species battle, many don't.
 
Welcome almanac. I commend you for taking up the invasive species battle, many don't.
Thanks. It's can feel daunting. It helps to have the neighbor involved.
 
Hey everyone

I'm from sw Michigan found this site when the other went down don't post
Much but lurk a lot love reading everyone's progress currently get to play around with my dad on his 40 and my grandparents 40 really hoping to have my own place in a few years but untill then we'll keep going as we have been


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Hey Everyone,

I live 30 miles NW of Milwaukee. I bought a 33 acre property 7 years ago. It's adjacent to 60 acres of family land. Both the neighbor and I jointly entered a contract with the NRCS 5 years ago for brush removal (buckthorn), noxious weed control (garlic mustard), and tree establishment. We completed the contracts 2 years ago, but our properties still have lots of areas that need rehab, and the areas under contract still need attention and replanting. Adjacent to the neighbor's land is 120 acres that's under contract through the Wetland Reserve Program. There's about 650 acres in total that would be considered wild that our properties are adjacent to. Nearly all of the land is in the 100 year floodplain, so it will never be developed.

With that comes the challenge of managing some of the more aggressive invasives that do very well on our soils (neutral pH, calciferous, wet) such as buckthorn, reed canary grass, garlic mustard, honeysuckle, etc. Boxelder also thrives on our soils, whether or not that's invasive is a matter of perspective I suppose.

I came here for like minded habitat talk and advice. I started posting on the deer hunter forum earlier this year and met some friendly folks over there. Just looking for another source of information more focused on the upper Midwest.

Ideally I would like more property owners adjacent to me to get involved in habitat improvement. There is a 160 acre parcel owned by a hunting club adjacent to my property. I'm hoping some of those guys will catch on to what we're trying to achieve. That will help stave off the invasives.


If you figure out how to eradicate reed canary grass please let me know. We entered a portion of our property into a conservation easement. It was sprayed and seeded with WSNG and wild flowers. IMO the project has been a complete failure and with the wet weather we have been having the reed canary grass has almost completely taken over. I hate the stuff.

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reed canary grass has almost completely taken over. I hate the stuff.

I'm with you. What a worthless plant. Tall and full until the 1st snow shows up. Then flatter than a pancake and chokes out anything else planted with it.

It has been used for decades by farmers for pastures around here, and takes over everything it sees. Hard to kill and the seed bank is worse!

-John
 
I have been able to mostly eradicate reed canary grass in spots. One of my bigger successes. It was tough. What I did was:
1) let it get some height and mow before it set seed - late June / early July If I recall
2) let it come back up and spray with gly
3) disc, this breaks up the roots and releases the regrowth from the rhizomes. I used one of those discs that you tow behind an atv. It had toothed discs, not smooth discs
4) spray with gly again
5) next year spray with gly in spring and early summer to exhaust the seed bank somewhat
6) disc, then plant a roundup ready crop to shade it out and compete.
7) maintain the roundup ready crop for two years with gly as needed.
 
If you figure out how to eradicate reed canary grass please let me know. We entered a portion of our property into a conservation easement. It was sprayed and seeded with WSNG and wild flowers. IMO the project has been a complete failure and with the wet weather we have been having the reed canary grass has almost completely taken over. I hate the stuff.

Welcome aboard.
I feel your pain. I have several hundred trees I put in the ground this spring that look Terrible. They're just drowning.
 
I feel your pain. I have several hundred trees I put in the ground this spring that look Terrible. They're just drowning.

Don't loose hope.

I have spruce and pines that were planted into RCG about 10 years ago. Fortunately I planted them heavy. They are winning the battle!
 
Don't loose hope.

I have spruce and pines that were planted into RCG about 10 years ago. Fortunately I planted them heavy. They are winning the battle!
It's the water that's killing them. The planting is in the 100 year flood plain, and this year has been really wet compared to the past 7 years. We're up 7.5" of rain for the year. I planted flood tolerant species, but they're just too little to tolerate these conditions. There's still standing water in a lot of the local parks, and we're at the end of July.
 
I don't think I ever posted on this thread so here goes better late than never. I've enjoyed hunting and the outdoors my whole life and love passing on this love to my wife and kids. I grew up hunting in Waupaca county and then after college in Langlade county. Aftrr that I joined a lease with my neighbor in Vernon county. Down there I harvested many nice bucks buck my best memory was being next to my son when he was 10 and shot his first buck. I took a break from that lease this year as I wanted to spend more time hunting with my family. We purchased a cabin on 40 acres in northern Marinette county 3 years ago. My passion now has been improving that land with food plots, fruit trees, and water holes. my goals are for both my son and wife to get a buck, I don't care if I fill my tag. Family is #1 with me and I know nothing is certain. I have been a police officer for 19 years and during the past 5 years I have had 2 officer involved shootings and had one of my partners shot. I enjoy being a part of this site and hopefully post info that can help others.
 
I don't think I ever posted on this thread so here goes better late than never. I've enjoyed hunting and the outdoors my whole life and love passing on this love to my wife and kids. I grew up hunting in Waupaca county and then after college in Langlade county. Aftrr that I joined a lease with my neighbor in Vernon county. Down there I harvested many nice bucks buck my best memory was being next to my son when he was 10 and shot his first buck. I took a break from that lease this year as I wanted to spend more time hunting with my family. We purchased a cabin on 40 acres in northern Marinette county 3 years ago. My passion now has been improving that land with food plots, fruit trees, and water holes. my goals are for both my son and wife to get a buck, I don't care if I fill my tag. Family is #1 with me and I know nothing is certain. I have been a police officer for 19 years and during the past 5 years I have had 2 officer involved shootings and had one of my partners shot. I enjoy being a part of this site and hopefully post info that can help others.
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I don't think I ever posted on this thread so here goes better late than never. I've enjoyed hunting and the outdoors my whole life and love passing on this love to my wife and kids. I grew up hunting in Waupaca county and then after college in Langlade county. Aftrr that I joined a lease with my neighbor in Vernon county. Down there I harvested many nice bucks buck my best memory was being next to my son when he was 10 and shot his first buck. I took a break from that lease this year as I wanted to spend more time hunting with my family. We purchased a cabin on 40 acres in northern Marinette county 3 years ago. My passion now has been improving that land with food plots, fruit trees, and water holes. my goals are for both my son and wife to get a buck, I don't care if I fill my tag. Family is #1 with me and I know nothing is certain. I have been a police officer for 19 years and during the past 5 years I have had 2 officer involved shootings and had one of my partners shot. I enjoy being a part of this site and hopefully post info that can help others.

Thanks for the service! Lots of nut jobs out there today but don't believe the media. I think most Americans respect what you do. Unfortunately, you'd have to lock us up if we shot the other idiots out there......
 
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Hi...
Just signed up. A friend told me about this site. Lots of awesome info here. Just putting in my first Food Plot. Bit of a late start for this year, but looking forward to the results.
Next year should be even better. Thanks for the site!
 
Hi...
Just signed up. A friend told me about this site. Lots of awesome info here. Just putting in my first Food Plot. Bit of a late start for this year, but looking forward to the results.
Next year should be even better. Thanks for the site!

Welcome aboard!
 
Hello,
I'm just now getting around to answering this question.
I'm Terry, I live in Pennsylvanian, and have 50 acres in Ohio that we hunt.
In 2011 I retired from the Coast Guard after 27 of service.
I'm currently working for the Coast Guard again as an Inventory Manager for the 87' Patrol Boats.
My wife and I bought our Ohio property 5 years ago right after I retired. Since the purchase we have built a cabin and put in 3 food plots.

We have 2 boys who just love the great outdoors. The spend most of their day fishing or chasing something around the woods.
As a family we are very into Archery. My wife is currently rank #5 in the US. So we spend most of our free time at the range.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you guys and learning as much as I can.
 
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