Recent content by drycreek

My son and I were fishing once out of a flat bottomed boat in my 1.5 acre pond. A couple times I told him to cast out of the side of the boat, not the back, because I had heard his lure whistle pretty close a couple times already. Sure enough, his small boy attention span failed and I felt that...

Congrats Swamp, I had no idea you were into that. It must be quite a thrill to hang into an 800 lb. fish !

We had a three legged doe on a lease for a couple of years. Last time I saw her she was healthy and had a big fawn with her. They are tough !

Well, I give my dog one every month so if I had a big tick problem personally I might take it. It would depend on how much it has been researched. I’m like catscratch, but I aint got near as many years left as he has, so not having tick bites would be something I would consider.

I remember when it was colder. I was born in 1947. I also remember when it was hotter, then colder, then hotter again. The winters in the early to mid 80s had the ground frozen a foot deep in East Texas, that’s really cold for here. Last year and year before we had really hot summers, even for...

Congrats !

I can’t believe that in 77 years on this earth that’s one sound I’ve never heard.

I use an RCBS Chargemaster to throw my .280 Rem loads, it hits on the money every time. Full disclosure, it didn’t always. From the factory it was hit or miss but a guy on the Texas Hunting Forum was turning brass bushings for the “spout”, (for want of a better term”, and now it’s super...

Native, I’m gonna run right out and sell my new CVA Acurra after reading what you shoot ! That group was incredible ! I don’t know if Texas even allows smokeless muzzle loaders but it sure would uncomplicate cleaning and loading. Does the guy you linked to convert Accuras, or do you know ?

This is very low on my list of things to worry about.

Trying to emulate the ”buffalo method” with my home food plot. Planted Green Cover Warm Season Soil Builder in the spring, using my usual lightly disc, broadcast seed and fertilizer, then drag. It came in very well, got a couple of early summer rains and it looked great, except I think it had...

I keep the house pretty warm, that keeps the water running, that and the 250 watt heat lamp in the well house. I have never had pipes freeze, even when it got to 0* a couple years ago. A good red oak fire helps a lot !

Well, I’m 76 years old and have meat at least two meals per day. My wife and I will eat two deer per year by ourselves. I just got through eating a bowl of deer/vegetable stew. I had a doctor’s appointment just a few days ago and he said my cholesterol was great. I have had one heart attack, a...

Y’all have given me some food for thought and I appreciate it. I can get a custom mix from GC and I had thought about that before I posted this thread, I just didn’t know exactly what to replace the brassicas with. As I added rye to the mix before, I could just get them to leave the brassicas...

I looked at my last soil test, that was in 2022, and my phosphorus levels were great. Needed lime, but I’ve limed since then. I have planted brassicas before and deer just don’t eat them here like they do in the North. I think the plot in my last pic would have been much better if I had...