Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I thought I would do a little update.
Last year I started working on some places to promote wild blackberry in areas that are easy for picking. These are areas at the edge of the oak planting where the land gets enough sunlight. They are also areas that I work food plots and mow some, so keeping trails cleared serve multiple purposes. On my land all you have to do is not mow the areas where you want the berries and cut back any trees and shrubs that come up near them. Mother Nature does the rest of the work.
My food plots are off to a good start. Some of them have grass coming in, but I will worry about that later. I have tons of clover and chicory.
The tall species in the background of the first pic is oats that were planted last fall. I'm going to let the mature for the birds.
Apples and pears both have taken a hit from our late freezes, but some trees are doing okay while others have failed crops.
Arrowwood Viburnum in bloom. This is the most heavily browsed shrub on my place - and it is spreading like crazy. I can't believe how many new ones I see popping up.
Male and Female bobcat on same camera. He is much bigger than her.
I've got us a deer to watch that is starting out with some good mass. Hope to have better pictures soon.
That's about it guys. I have my mowing finished and I'm hunting down thistles now in my spare time. Happy trails until the next update.
Edit - adding a better pic of the one above:
Last year I started working on some places to promote wild blackberry in areas that are easy for picking. These are areas at the edge of the oak planting where the land gets enough sunlight. They are also areas that I work food plots and mow some, so keeping trails cleared serve multiple purposes. On my land all you have to do is not mow the areas where you want the berries and cut back any trees and shrubs that come up near them. Mother Nature does the rest of the work.
My food plots are off to a good start. Some of them have grass coming in, but I will worry about that later. I have tons of clover and chicory.
The tall species in the background of the first pic is oats that were planted last fall. I'm going to let the mature for the birds.
Apples and pears both have taken a hit from our late freezes, but some trees are doing okay while others have failed crops.
Arrowwood Viburnum in bloom. This is the most heavily browsed shrub on my place - and it is spreading like crazy. I can't believe how many new ones I see popping up.
Male and Female bobcat on same camera. He is much bigger than her.
I've got us a deer to watch that is starting out with some good mass. Hope to have better pictures soon.
That's about it guys. I have my mowing finished and I'm hunting down thistles now in my spare time. Happy trails until the next update.
Edit - adding a better pic of the one above:
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