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I think kaolin clay is used by orchards to keep fruit edible. It puts a thin film of clay (dry powder, I believe) to deter bugs from wanting to chew into fruit. I don't know the trade names of products that are basically kaolin clay-based. I've read it's used by commercial orchards because it's...

Our camp did away with corn too - for the costs & time involved - plus we have bears = waste of time. We now follow what the AG / farmer gents advised us on here, which is to plant a mix of clovers with grain (cereal) rye around Labor Day. Rye is the nurse crop until the clover gets established...

It's a shame that coons don't pay much anymore. My trapping cousin-buddy and I used to trap lots of them when they paid $30 to $40 for large ones. Why waste what nature provides - beautiful, thick, warm fur? Hope fur use comes back. Better than chemically-produced fake stuff, IMO. No toxic...

Congrats on that gobbler! Nice long-beard, too. What did he weigh? Strange you haven't heard any gobbling for years in Potter. That's a big-woods county ..... you'd think there'd be more turkeys around. Congrats again. Fun to get a last-minute trophy.

Nice finds. Should serve you well for years, KickapooKid!

Hey Newbie - Just a heads-up ....... the pipeline crews planted the pipelines around - and on - our camp property with requested seed mixes, including tons of clover. The pipelines across our local mountains got planted. But they won't maintain them. Once grasses and weeds overtake the clover...

Don't know if this helps with that particular property you indicated - but around here, when the ATV's start to motor around properties in September, the nicest bucks we've seen on cams all summer get really scarce. They go deeper into thick cover, or go nocturnal. Might be different in AG...

Yep - colder temps = tighter rings. I didn't know oaks grew that far north, as you indicated in northern Canada. Glad you have some there.

Psssst ....... Eleven is hiding out in an underground cave / bunker, like our biggest bucks do - only to come out at night, as your, and our cams also show. Good luck this coming season - your whole crew!

Lookin' good there, SwampCat. Plans for the plums?

Striped June? I didn't know they ripened that early. Great-looking tree.

How has the small Burnett (Delar?) done as a forage there? Get much attention? I always wondered about Burnett in a mixed plot.

Alsike clover grows well in soil that's less than ideal. Shade hasn't bothered Alsike or red clover at our camp in NC Pa. mountains. Cereal rye mixed into those 2 clovers would be where I'd start. Keeping at it every year, adding more seed - will help build your soil too. Rye roots burrow down...

🤔 ^ ^ ^ Years ago, before we started planting clover and other food plots at camp, deer would commonly come into the lawn of the cabin itself to eat the white Dutch clover that was in the lawn. Ever since we started planting food plots, the deer pretty much stay out of the lawn for foraging...

Nature IS a marvel. Sort of like Someone had a design in mind ...... Nice looking habitat, SwampCat. Pollinator heaven.