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I appreciate that with this forum there are some really smart folks using both prescribed burns to improved habitat as well as having experimented with biochar to varying degrees. Over the past decade, I've become a BIG fan of using biochar with potted plants, small garden spots, with fruit...

Definitely want SOUND UP for this one... a loud and lonely bobcat looking for love while on the prowl around our pond edge. The spot had been silently visited by a female just 3 or 4 hours earlier. 👍

Thought some forum members might enjoy this recent trail camera capture of a bobcat chasing a mature whitetail buck in North Florida, with decent audio of the buck sharing two warning calls. As for the bobcat, loved tracking its changes in the angle of attack depending on the direction the deer...

Recently discovered that a loquat tree I successfully grafted (subtropical fruiting tree I've discussed in another thread) had the trunk split in half, though at least for the moment the tree is still very much alive amd that's after months of the tree being split (suspect split in one of our...

Been running cameras on my place for 10 years now and each year I get several Florida black bear hits... but somehow always have been lucky with bears not tearing up my cameras. Kind of shocked when I was looking at a recent camera card pull and saw THIS. Actually feel I owe the bear thanks...

Had this thought after taking a pic of one of my chestnut trees this week... those who know, know! 😂

Splitting this thread out of the "It's Spring!" post where questions popped up about the cameras I use to take photos/videos of wildlife at long distances using two different cameras, a Canon SX60 (max optical zoom of 65x) costing approximately $600 and a Nikon P1000 (max optical zoom of 125x)...

On a "you might be a habitat guy" note, I often taste small portions of acorns and even leaves to test the flavor.. and... MAN, are red oak tender leaves SWEET. I'm talking saccharine sweet immediately after budding. Plucked a single leaf off a sprout out of curiosity during a walk in town...

Local electric company is trimming trees / tree limbs along power lines that run along the front of my property. Talked to the crew chief doing the work and asked if it would be any help for him to dump truckloads of chips in a big pile on my place and he said he was more than happy to do so...

The older I get, the more the memory cells are becoming a bit suspect so I'm using this thread to help me clearly remember the 2022-2023 season... only one to date where I've bent my general rule of only harvesting 2 bucks off my land, instead shooting 3. First two of the season were the only...

Guess I could have posted this in the mask thread, but felt it too important to be buried in the weeds on a thread already quite long. Data is just too compelling not to share. The Florida Surgeon General just released Florida's VAERS (adverse event) data. He started with a chart that showed...

Start by sharing that data analysis has been a big part of my 30+ year career... and being honest, as with MANY data studies involving small data sample sets evident patterns have to be taken with a grain of salt and more questions are typically generated than can be answered... With the above...

Few members might recall that some of my past compilation videos have included clips of a sow bear suffering from both a lame front foot and a rather sizable abdominal hernia. I don't get videos of her often, so each year I find myself wondering if she's still alive. Well, as of August 2022...

Few forum members may remember my "buried gut pile" share where it took visits over a 16-day period for the pile to be cleaned. Well, this video likely marks the closing chapter of recent hog trapping efforts. With the government actually providing assistance with trapping efforts, we've...

Day late sharing to the forum, but did post on YouTube yesterday! Definitely a "maternal" moment that speaks to the burdens Moms face.

Sure the answer varies a bit, but I was surprised by the answer I got... especially with North FL daytime temps hitting the mid-70s to 80s during the time period I captured the video. Won't ramble too much on the subject, as the intro portion of the video tells the tale. I'll just add three...

Appreciating many of y'all above the Mason Dixon line don't have to deal with feral hogs, I'll add one more reason to a very long list of reasons to be thankful for your fortune.... So I'm now suffering from "alopecia idiota" (idiotic hair loss), specifically with the vast majority of my right...

Actually have first frost in weeks on the ground this morning, but plenty of Christmas warmth inside thanks to our 12 year old! As the song title says, Christmas Time Is Here! Wishing all on the forum a wonderful Christmas and blessing-filled New Year ahead!

As a caveat to the thread title I can't say it is consistently a problem in our neck of the woods (North Florida), as I have seen some of our deer transitioning from 2.5 to 3.5 and 4.5 showing gains... but... In 2020 I happily gave this buck a few passes in hopes he'd gain tine height and /...

I'll start with the one which I have the least confidence. A local cemetery has these planted on both sides of their entrance. Before the visit to this cemetery I'd never seen this species. My guess based on bit of online research is "ring-cupped oak" or "blue Japanese oak" / Quercus glauca...