Recent content by Joe7296

Sorry I didn’t word that right - the cuttings are ROD, the hazelnut are bareroot. I pot them for a season so they don’t have to be protected in the woods for as long, plus I can guarantee good conditions for the plants when they’re young

On that note - I did some edge feathering yesterday into that brushy wet strip and I have 50 of both ROD and hazelnut cuttings potted up right now to go in there as well

That's good to hear - I haven't really seen bedding set up as layers very much, but I thought that I might just be because I was doing things wrong.. Every place I've ever hunted seems to have bedding based off of pressure and wind/terrain features. I've jumped bucks in weird spots, though I...

I’ve been reading and watching some videos that mention depth of cover being important to bucks, and how a food source resets that. I was wondering if folks find this to be generally true, and if there’s an amount of food that holds a doe group and resets the depth of cover? I’m trying to...

I don’t think there is much pressure to the East - it’s about 3/4 of a mile until a house in that direction. Also I know the trails don’t have to be food but I was leaning that way because 3 or 4 fingers each 15yds x 100yds of food makes the total go from 2 acres (circle plot) to about 3.5 acres...

Also, I'm not sure if I explained the elevation properly. It drops down from the main body to the tentacles. So if there was a thermal it wouldn't be a problem when entering in the afternoon as it would be going opposite of the tentacles (exiting might be a problem if deer havent made it up to...

There isn't much elevation change except for a small 10-20 foot drop where the main 2 acres would meet the tentacles. Either side of that is flat - maybe 10ft drop per 100 yards. A 20ft topo map only shows one line on the entire area I want to turn into a plot. So, I'm not sure if I will get...

Yea I was planning to rent a dozer for a while this summer to make trails, level some plots, pull out some timber, etc.. so I’ll make sure things are in order 👍

haha yes, I'll try to make it tractor friendly (i have a 30hp ford), but some spots might just get clover if I can't easily get grain or brassicas

Has anybody had experience with a squid or octopus shaped food plot (circlular body with squiggly legs radiating off)? I have a ~2 acre brushy field that is already screened in willow brush. I wanted to add a kill type plot off that and more potential food acreage. So, I was thinking of...

It is a closed canopy of mostly white pine. I’m planning to do tsi everywhere but that area so it’s less attractive. I like the v idea, I just didn’t want to make a thick patch that they would use there

Barbed wire is relatively cheap so I might see how it goes. I wasn’t sure if the food plot fencing setups I was referring to only work if energized (I.e the deer gets shocked before it can size up the fence to jump it)

I have seen pics of people running double fences on food plots to take advantage of depth perception challenges that deer vision has. Kind of a wierd thought, but has anyone ever tried a double barbed wire or high tensile fence for directing movement.. same concept, just not protecting food in...

Sorry forgot, I’m in central NY and I’d rather not wait a decade haha. I’m happy to wait that long for fruit and nuts but I was hoping for a quicker solution here. The area I want to fence hasn’t been an area deer frequent but pushing them would open up a wider window of error on the wind. I...

Well this has been very informative.. I’ll definitely have habitat improvements at either end to promote movement there. I also didn’t realize how robust this may potentially need to be. Maybe I’ll put in a fence with tighter spacing at deer level and add strands vertically if the standard fence...