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Mow, pull or weed whack it in late August to early September while the seeds are forming but before they mature. You DO NOT want to let this season’s seeds to get into the soil bank. Spot control with triclopyr and fluroxypyr (PastureGard) next season, and pull, whack or mow as needed each year...

Yes, you can plant via drilling or broadcasting in the fall (July through September), I usually drill 100# per acre and 120# broadcast (although 150 works fine).

You can always use an annual clover, such as Crimson. These will help fix nitrogen and provide great browse and protect your soil. An added advantage is that it is easy to terminate. Cereal Rye (not ryegrass), which is also called winter rye, is a grain, and is the most popular option, and is a...

July 26: Following the Deer Steward II class earlier this month in Oklahoma, a friend who just happens to be a deer biologist and land consultant helped work up a revised plan for our home property. The old adage, "Every great idea digresses to hard work" is evident in this plan, as it will...

July 24, 2025: The rains finally stopped avoiding us, and 2.7” has fallen in the past 24 hours. I had my first picture of a turkey hen with poults on the farm, which was an encouraging sign. This must have been a very late nesting bird. I’ve not seen as many coyotes and bobcats in the past two...

Our target bucks are Dangles, who is one tough deer; Eleven who is 5 1/2 and Curly, a deer that may be on the list but likely will be passed to let grow. Fawn recruitment is lower this year based on camera surveys. Therefore our doe harvest will be selective, and I am going to encourage...

Jordan, My son-in-law is a long-time employee at Tri-Star. Message me what the issue is and I’ll be happy to connect the two of you. My experience with Tri-Star has been they strive to provide great customer service and have real people at their North Kansas City, Missouri headquarters to talk...

2.5% Glyphosate. This is the treatment recommended by Craig Harper. I was expecting some cocktail of chemicals, but for Autumn Olive, this was his recommendation for the mid-to-late summer growing season.

I got three jobs done before it became too hot to enjoy the work. The first task was mowing most of the trails on the property. Depending on rain, these may or may not need to be mowed one more time before mid-September’s deer season opener. The second task was spraying autumn olives. I believe...

Most of Missouri is good. We received 0.6” of rain this week. Two miles south was 3” and two miles north was over 1”. The current drought map shows about 1% of our county is in a drought, and sure ‘nuf, our farm is in that 1%. We have had several “100% chance of rain” forecasts that produced a...

July 18, 2025 Update: The farm has been approved for CRP and another EQIP program. The current corn/soy rotation will be turned into 50 acres of CRP and 5 acres of food-plots. This will be a forb heavy CP2 blend with a burn rotation and optional grazing. The project will break the 55 acres into...

Thanks for sharing. I hope many of our forum members will give this episode a listening. The research Craig Harper has done (and will be publishing soon) supports the same conclusions for deer.

The studies on turkey and deer recruitment all indicate quality habitats and predator control is best supported by a burn rotation. Trapping and shooting coyotes and other predators is a piece of the puzzle, but burns are the foundation. I am actually surprised how little we discuss burns on...

You are making me feel behind in my work....I've got several stumps I need to grind out, but not enough motivation (at least today). Your front yard looks great.

Depending on the birth date, the fawns may still be in the staying away from deer other than their mothers. On our place, I'll see pictures of adult does similar to this one (minus the feeder) with no fawns. However, on the trail cameras I see fawns with their mother. I did notice a reduction...