Recent content by andrew bullard

Updates coming soon, headed for the hills to spend a little time in a tree.

I haven't messed with cell cams yet, one day but my life is busy enough without text messages from wildlife. I've used Covert for a long time and never had an issue that wasn't immediately handled by them. I leave cameras out all year and get 4+ years out of them. Not bad for a relatively...

Doe September 2020. And buck September 2020.

First turkey I killed on our land.

NW North Carolina. Peak breeding varies a lot in NC. The state agency started a study a few years ago, my counties peak breeding is November 22 according to their study. Our corner of the state is all pretty late even drifting into early December in parts of the mountains.

I've planted 75+ apple, pear, crabapple and chestnut trees from Northern Whitetail crab, The Wildlife Group, and St. Lawrence nurseries. This apple from NWC was planted in May 2018, picture taken October 2020.

Another small plot that was put in March 2019.

My original September 2018 planting during the spring turkey season 2019. No chemicals were used on this plot until September 2020.

Another plot goes in March 2019. Flat land is not plentiful on our property.

An early chestnut planting, first leaf after it went in the ground.

Early food plot construction, September 2018.

Most of our improvements over the past few years have involved repairing logging roads, adding access roads, planting trees and roughing in a few food plots. I've been stationed 4600 miles away most of that time so it's been slow going but extra fun when I'm on the property. My crews first visit...

I've been on this site for several years, it's probably about time to start a land tour thread. We purchased our first ~102 acres in NW North Carolina in 2017. Since then we've added to it twice for a total of ~172 acres. We're in zone 6b with an elevation between 2600' and 3400'. Our County has...

Warm all week followed by low pressure and rain next week. I don't plan on hunting until the 14th (peak breeding is late November in my area), hopefully we'll get a cold front then.

Very cool! Root cellars are very popular around my property in western NC, can't wait to build one myself.