Recent content by Bearswamper

Now that is a concept. I have a proposed solar farm being planned across the road from my house about 800 yards away. Then adjacent our hunting lease a proposed warehouse project with the largest one 200 ft x 1500 ft. in what was originally zoned open space -wetlands with the proposed run-off...

Yes, just the brassicas. First year that we tried dwarf essex rape it came in pretty well - until the deer tasted it. Radish never gets bigger than thumb size and does not come in with any density -very few plants per sq ft. and the game cams do not show them browsing much on the radish leaves...

Thanks for the replies. I relied on the periodic soil tests to tell me what the soil needs and based on poor results with crops like radish and other brassicas ( stunted growth) I assumed that low K was the reason since the other elements were in sufficient supply. These are soil tests taken...

When we first started doing our plots ourselves (vs. having the FT farmer of the gang doing them) we were disappointed at why our crops didn't look like crops done by "real" farmers. But the number of deer using the forage was the same. It is a mindset that is hard to overcome. I now realize...

My field has always required periodic applications of 0-0-60 to bring up K levels. With the cost of ferilizers through the roof (or even unobtainable for a time) I have started applying wood ash (hardwoods only) as an alternative since several members of the club have outdoor wood stoves. I...

So, I am trying to read this thread from the beginning, but may have missed the answers to these questions: 1/ Once one starts employing the Throw and Mow method what parameter would dictate bringing out the disc again? I am thinking it would help reduce the bio-mass so that larger seed forages...

Just recently joined and been catching up by reading this thread. So far, it reconciles with much of what we have been doing at our camp. We have one small patch that had most of the topsoil stripped off ( to make dirt backstops for a shooting range leaving sand/ clay mix -mostly clay that would...

The late '80's, '90 's and early 2000's was the heyday of BR. Today- sadly not so much. But I am addicted to it. I got into it when the good Groundhog hunting areas became harder to find due to development. Yes , Panda actions and 6 PPC's rule. That's what I have. I'll ask around at matches if...

I have always opted to set my cams on still pics -mainly due to battery life and quicker to review. On occasion ( by accident) the few times I had the cam in video mode, I really didn't gain more info if the cam parameters were set up at their optimum settings for capture of pics. Am I missing...

Besides shooting short range BR competitively, I spend a lot of time researching on shooting websites. In my experience and based on what I have learned is I would not hesitate to buy a new Sightron or an older used Leupold - M8, VX-III series. A good place to find used scopes is...

Looking at the charts- grains, and legumes indeed are high K users. We have started to use more rye (grain not rye grass) than oats due to rye coming out of dormancy early and providing forage at a time when it is needed most -just prior to spring green-up. Add to that 0-0-60 was non-obtainium...

I started with old Wild Game Cams my son had been using. Ate batteries -the overly expensive "C" ones. Ants always had nests in them. A water-ways patrolman who used them for surveillance recommended Bushnell (10 years ago). Bought one, liked it. Ended up with 4 more. Then Bushnell changed...

For home use a '96 JD 345. For the hunting camp- a '42 Ford 2N.

Yes, We can still feed deer (other than CWD designated areas) if not with-in 30 days of any open season. We have been putting out sweetmix from a local mill at several sites during the critical period of mid Feb through mid April. We are concerned with CWD expanding closer, that we may stop the...

We try to trim the herd, but sometimes the herd doesn't cooperate. There is only so much you can do legally. With the swamps and thick scubs it is hard hunting. The conservancy land to our north is open to the public and they don't seem to be able to fill many tags either despite attracting a...