Recent content by Mike Bolin

"Don't do anything until you plan out your access with multiple wind directions in mind and always take into consideration the direction of travel from bed to food for the deer" Thanks for bringing this up as I failed to mention access. The property is for the most part "landlocked". I have...

The property I hunt/manage (brother inn law's property) is roughly 50 acres once you factor out the powerline and cleared areas near the neighboring properties. It consists of mostly ridges running to a creek bottom on the neighboring property to the southwest. There is approximately 5 acres of...

I'm sure there are counties/states that have padded the numbers of deaths. In my county in Indiana there have been 9 deaths. One was a good friend, a firefighter who was 41 years old. Both of his parents contracted it as well and even with both of them having pre-existing conditions, pulled...

Thanks for the feedback gentlemen! Bill, I am in west central Indiana so broadcasting the rye in September should work out fine. Thanks again!

Last winter I opened up a 1/4 acre for an additional food plot. I had some forage oats left over from last year so I planted them this spring primarily as a cover crop. The oats have died off now and the smartweed was starting to take over, so I mowed the plot and the sprayed it with glyphosate...

Truly appreciate the feedback. Picked up the seed this after noon and will broadcast, then cultipack tomorrow afternoon. Rain moving in late tomorrow night so it should work out. Thanks again!

Thanks for the feedback. I am in zone 5B in west central Indiana.

Last Fall I planted a 1/3 acre woods plot in a white clover/forage oat mix. The oats were hit hard and ate down to bare dirt by mid November. I frost seeded a white clover mix in mid March but got poor germination...first time this has happened but probably not the last time!. I am thinking of...

I picked up 2# of Frosty Berseem and a local place for $8.00. I have a few bare spots in one lot that I am going to hit this weekend. For $8 it's worth a shot.

Thanks for the replies. Started cutting the honeysuckle and treating the stumps yesterday.

Indiana gets my vote. 16 day firearm season that takes in at least the tail end of the rut as the starting date varies from year to year. (Firearm begins the Saturday after Veterans Day). Then 5 days of bow only followed by a 16 Muzzleloader season. They did go to one buck only (not counting...

Thanks to all for the replies. Some sections of the property are just a mess with this stuff. I am going to try cutting some of the bigger stuff and treating the stumps this winter. Worst case scenario is that I have to go back and spray again early spring. I much prefer working with temps in...

I hunt and maintain my brother in law's property the he recently enrolled in a management program through the IDNR. I have divided the property into 5 acre sections and I have made decent progress, but I haven't done any work since deer season started on October 1st. With our deer season coming...

Thank you for the input!

Last year I had a small (1/8 acre or a bit more) clover plot that was over run with smartweed and Japanese stilt grass. I was unable to get to the property from late July until the 3rd week of August and the invasives just smothered out the clover. I mowed it, but I was just too late. Like much...