tynimiller
5 year old buck +
Finally decided to slap up a property thread of my own, as I love following and reading so many of others here!
As some of you know I purchased a chunk of ground somewhat near to my home (20-30 minutes away) in the spring of 2016...that will serve as not only hunting ground but also a big habitat manipulation project!!! **Now there is a slight chance this property will be used to turn for a profit in an attempt to buy a portion of the farm I currently hunt (MUCH BETTER LOCATION) but if not this little chunk is gonna be killer!
Brief Description of Property:
Acreage: 22.27 Acres Total
Layout/Terrain:
Fairly flat for the most part with only small grade changes (never more severe than 10degrees).
It is for the most part a North/South Rectangle with a 2.2 acre wooded square attached on the NE corner of it. The main rectangle has a nearly 1000 foot long pond (about 10 to 30 feet wide varying spots) that is placed basically smack dab in the middle of it like a key hole.
On each side of the pond are two fallow fields which at one time were both farmed. The one on the West side has sat fallow the longest and about 2/3 of it not seen a plow or farm equipment long enough to have cedar trees taller than me (I'm just shy of 6ft.). The East side was farmed as recent as 4 years ago and is predominately overcome by multi-flora rose/blackberries and other thick briar variations as well as sycamore saplings scattered everywhere.
Mature trees are located circling the pond, the woods, some along the borders and some in the southern forest as well.
OVERALL AREA DESCRIPTION:
Rural most definitely. There is a large 100+ acre ag field to the SE and some woods to the south, but beyond those to the SW, S and SE are housing developments and further yet a river and commercial buildings. To the West are homes immediately. To the East is a large open field and creek bottom, which than butts up to an industrial complex (about 40 acres...my father and I hope to buy sometime). To the NE is a blueberry patch of about 24 acres, to the direct N and NW are houses or businesses. But N of the Blueberry patch (across a road) is another section of woods and ag fields probably in the 200 acre or so size. For a total of about 450-550 acres of "contiguous" woods/ag fields.
Further N is the toll road, which I know deer cross some, and if they do they then hit immediate large scale ag fields and woods (thousands of acres).
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I have quite a few youtube videos posted with tours and work done over the past year and a half, but won't share here as some construe that as advertising. I'll however start slapping some aerials in the coming posts to illustrate the property and continue with still shots from the videos of things we've done so far and hopefully will get it caught up and can just start updating semi-live here on the forum.
Few pictures at least for now are attached...first one is just an overview from a couple years back...
2nd one is after some initial brush hogging on both the East side and the N side of the West side as well...
3rd is the section where the first year cereal grains were planted then overseeded with clover/chicory and is now a lush clover/chicory plot (this is also where apple/pear trees have been planted and will discuss that in another post) I also labeled the arteries I cleared in this bedding by it this past 2017 March/April as this area was too thick for use, I cleared the whole area of lower branches and made the bedding a real option...use skyrocketed this year!
...4th is the E side (main food area) with plots roughly marked out, the black spots are sections with Norway Spruces shoved in the ground for long term sight and plot break ups, the yellow section is a spot I did plant cereal grains in last year and this year planted clover/chicory but I plan on planting a ton of Miscanthus here as the area to the north of this the deer love to bed in and to the south of it as well...
5th is back to the West side of the property and shows two areas I have brush hogged in the past, the yellow areas are spots I'll be shoving MG in and the tanner section is a spot I am going to frost seed RealWorld Bedding in a Bag this winter. This is the largest dedicated bedding/sanctuary area on this side of the property.
Will share more through coming days and weeks to get it all up to date.
As some of you know I purchased a chunk of ground somewhat near to my home (20-30 minutes away) in the spring of 2016...that will serve as not only hunting ground but also a big habitat manipulation project!!! **Now there is a slight chance this property will be used to turn for a profit in an attempt to buy a portion of the farm I currently hunt (MUCH BETTER LOCATION) but if not this little chunk is gonna be killer!
Brief Description of Property:
Acreage: 22.27 Acres Total
Layout/Terrain:
Fairly flat for the most part with only small grade changes (never more severe than 10degrees).
It is for the most part a North/South Rectangle with a 2.2 acre wooded square attached on the NE corner of it. The main rectangle has a nearly 1000 foot long pond (about 10 to 30 feet wide varying spots) that is placed basically smack dab in the middle of it like a key hole.
On each side of the pond are two fallow fields which at one time were both farmed. The one on the West side has sat fallow the longest and about 2/3 of it not seen a plow or farm equipment long enough to have cedar trees taller than me (I'm just shy of 6ft.). The East side was farmed as recent as 4 years ago and is predominately overcome by multi-flora rose/blackberries and other thick briar variations as well as sycamore saplings scattered everywhere.
Mature trees are located circling the pond, the woods, some along the borders and some in the southern forest as well.
OVERALL AREA DESCRIPTION:
Rural most definitely. There is a large 100+ acre ag field to the SE and some woods to the south, but beyond those to the SW, S and SE are housing developments and further yet a river and commercial buildings. To the West are homes immediately. To the East is a large open field and creek bottom, which than butts up to an industrial complex (about 40 acres...my father and I hope to buy sometime). To the NE is a blueberry patch of about 24 acres, to the direct N and NW are houses or businesses. But N of the Blueberry patch (across a road) is another section of woods and ag fields probably in the 200 acre or so size. For a total of about 450-550 acres of "contiguous" woods/ag fields.
Further N is the toll road, which I know deer cross some, and if they do they then hit immediate large scale ag fields and woods (thousands of acres).
--------------------
I have quite a few youtube videos posted with tours and work done over the past year and a half, but won't share here as some construe that as advertising. I'll however start slapping some aerials in the coming posts to illustrate the property and continue with still shots from the videos of things we've done so far and hopefully will get it caught up and can just start updating semi-live here on the forum.
Few pictures at least for now are attached...first one is just an overview from a couple years back...
2nd one is after some initial brush hogging on both the East side and the N side of the West side as well...
3rd is the section where the first year cereal grains were planted then overseeded with clover/chicory and is now a lush clover/chicory plot (this is also where apple/pear trees have been planted and will discuss that in another post) I also labeled the arteries I cleared in this bedding by it this past 2017 March/April as this area was too thick for use, I cleared the whole area of lower branches and made the bedding a real option...use skyrocketed this year!
...4th is the E side (main food area) with plots roughly marked out, the black spots are sections with Norway Spruces shoved in the ground for long term sight and plot break ups, the yellow section is a spot I did plant cereal grains in last year and this year planted clover/chicory but I plan on planting a ton of Miscanthus here as the area to the north of this the deer love to bed in and to the south of it as well...
5th is back to the West side of the property and shows two areas I have brush hogged in the past, the yellow areas are spots I'll be shoving MG in and the tanner section is a spot I am going to frost seed RealWorld Bedding in a Bag this winter. This is the largest dedicated bedding/sanctuary area on this side of the property.
Will share more through coming days and weeks to get it all up to date.