Recent content by gunfun13

Unfortunately I feel like I'm just getting started lol. A year or so ago I would have said I'm tapped for space, all my plots are pretty much surrounded and a lot or acreage is enrolled in CRP so I cannot plant there. Now I've planted all my plots into perennials and intend to fill them in with...

Pretty Scattered. This is my layout of what I expect to be this years producers. Red=apple/crabs, yellow=pears, orange=peaches, pink=cherries. Everything near the right edge is for family consumption, not deer, but they certainly benefit from those trees as well.

I had about given up on the Franklin and considered top working, but last year it put out a real nice crop that trickled down into February. I'd plant more.

No crabs that drop particularly heavy that time of year, but many have extended drop times that trickle down for several months that'll keep deer visiting then. Droptine, 30-06 and Franklin Cider are examples. I do have a ditch pear I grafted that drops Thanksgiving thru New Year. It's golf...

Went through it in 2012 on a lease. Never saw deformed hooves but we only killed 1 deer in the 3 years we had the lease following the outbreak. I only did two sits on my property last year and those were really just to get a feel for the herd condition. I had a weapon, but wasn't really hunting.

To date, my deer density has been too high and fruit yield too low for them to exhibit any preference. All that's mattered has been drop time as all available fruit is gobbled up in short order. That could be changing very soon as yield is growing exponentially (expecting decent crops on 80 or...

Most my crabs are in full bloom, a few just past. Back row L-R Morse double red seedlings, 30-06, 10 Point Droptine L-R Franklin, Big Dog, Wolverine (own find), Big Dog Transcendent and Trailman Nova Scotia

I wouldn't even the open box, just stick it in a cooler shaded spot. Highly doubt persimmons are showing signs of life yet.

Tough to say, I only pass these trees during season when hunting on an east wind and the camera only captures a fraction of the deer that visit. If you look close there is about a 10" diameter 4' fence around the trunks for rub protection.

BLR, found this close up of my 10 Point crop September 2024.

Supposed to be, with a cereal grain nurse crop. Very poor moisture after planting last year, and clover is not coming in well. Did frost seed some additional seed this spring, so we'll see. Might have to be redone this year.

It's not. It's been useful to have a trail cam there for discussions on WC varieties.

Yes, planted mine in 2017. Nice producer for size, drops late September to early November for me in Southern Michigan. Naturally dwarf tree however. Tree on left is Droptine and right is 10 Point. There is a 30-06 to right out of the frame that is same size as DT, all planted same time. I...

I paid 3400/acre in 2017. Selling for 10,000/acre around me currently. SE Michigan

Same, my pears have bloomed. Apples are a little bit out. Southern Michigan