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    Electroculture gardening

    Anyone ever played around with electroculture? Interesting idea and has quite a bit of history to it. I stumbled across this last week when I saw some 12” “grounding stakes for trees” and have been poking around the topic. There are only a couple studies I found on it, most recent was 2012 and...
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    Full throttle rut

    Day 2 of my 2 week vacation, long drive there and time change f’d me up a little, so it was just cracking light walking to my stand. I’m halfway through my ninja straddle between strands of an electric fence and the thick brush to my right (hardwoods on the left) explodes, I see a bunch of...
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    Masks vs viruses

    I figured I would divert the debate away from Jack’s post and give us a new Covid thread. Hope that’s ok Bill, if not I won’t be offended if you remove this, I just think if you don’t dedicate a spot it spills over into other threads and should be discussed. When Covid hit and lockdowns...
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    The WTF buck

    I have both before and after pics of this buck, and will post them after I hear what people think. I walked up and checked the tracks after work that day to make sure that this wasn’t 2 different deer in the pics and can verify 1 track and all 3 pictures are the same buck. I wish this...
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    Broke the slump

    I was on a roll for roughly 10 years, usually taking a good buck with a bow and another during gun. Passed on many young bucks and a few up and comers but ultimately ate my buck tag the last 2 years. With prime season over I was headed into year 3 of tag soup (for bucks) I think I witnessed a...
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    A Cheezy Shot

    I found this video a few years ago and just wanted to share with you guys because damn, it is so inspiring that this guy never gave up and can shoot a compound better than I can with both my arms!
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    Just 1

    I am going to plant my first TnM food plot next month, it is only 1 acre, the first fall planting will only be WR, Clover and chicory, next year I want to plant brassicas in the fall. I don’t have a tractor, and can’t really justify buying one, so if you had to pick just 1 4-wheeler...
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    What is your favorite?

    I’m going to attempt to start my first food plot next year, it’s only about 3/4 of an acre but it’s a start. I’m curious what you guys would pick to plant around the edge (30-40’ deep between the plot and hardwoods) of the plot. I’m new to all this but I would imagine it should be browsable and...
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    Sewing Oaks :)

    I have a large quantity of various Oak and hybrid Oak acorns one of the members on here (that wants to remain anonymous) was generous enough to gift me for the cost of shipping. They also sent me 20 Northern Pecans :() I am very excited about Spring planting already!! I also bought 50 or so...
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    If you could pick one state to retire in

    I don't retire for another 10 years but it is never too early to start looking and planning. I plan on selling my house here in NY and keeping the property next door to visit and hunt when everything I planted has matured. Most of my life has been in NY with only Whitetails and Turkey to...
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    Daughters first deer!

    Proud Dad moment, my baby just turned 15. She is very much an animal lovers I wasn’t sure if she could pull the trigger, obviously she loves venison just a little more She was patient and waited for a broadside shot and what a strike she put on this doe!
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    What the...

    This has to be trick photography right?!?
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    Naked tree cover

    I have 2 treestands that are awesome pinch points and always produce great results during the rut in particular. The problem is by the time the rut hits the trees are barren of leaves and I stick out like a **** at a church picnic. I have gotten busted there so many times in the past I have...
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    Buy Acorns?

    I have looked several times to buy a variety of acorns but the only place I came across acorns for sale, other than Amazon and Etzy kind of places (yuk), was Tennessee Wholesale Nursery which gives a VERY long description of what acorns are... but never identifies what kind of Oaks it comes...
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    Doh

    This picture was the last week of muzzle loader season last year, I hunted this spot just to help this Doe out. I have no idea how this ended but I never saw her. I did contact the DEC and they didn’t seem interested to do anything because she could still eat, as a sportsman I do care about the...
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    Trouble's Land Tour

    I began my Habitat obsession at an early age, while my buddies were out day-drinking, my gears were grinding for new ways to become a more successful Deer Hunter. In my early 20's I heard about this thing called grafting and instantly had visions of making pears fall from wild apple trees around...
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    Effective bedding starter pack?

    This has most things I was looking to plant in an open area below my camper, I will definitely add a few things like Miscanthus-giganteus (if I spelled that right, its as hard to spell as it is to find at a reasonable price) and Egyptian Wheat for diversity, but this looks like a descent starter...
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    Blue Hill Nursery

    Just a friendly reminder that Blue Hill Nursery (in PA) opens up their fall tree sales tomorrow (September 1st) I'm ordering up a few Pears and Persimmons, anyone else ordering from Blue Hill this fall? https://bluehillwildlifenursery.com/
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    Landlocked Public Land?

    I ran across this yesterday, curious how many are aware of this? Or maybe not exactly what onX is suggesting? https://www.onxmaps.com/pdf/PublicLands_Report_2019.pdf
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    Switchgrass options

    I am planning for next years spring planting and I want to introduce something I have zero experience with and I know some of you have a plethora of experience with this topic. As I look online at the link below (I got the link from a comment somewhere on this site) it doesn't specify if any of...
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