Recent content by Native Hunter

Yes, exactly what I thought.

Everyone zoom in to the right side of the bobcat's mouth in post #726 and tell me if you see anything.

They are not a problem if you choose CAR resistant varieties. But, if you don’t they are a real problem. For instance, Goldrush is eat up with CAR here, but apples like Priscilla and Enterprise are totally unaffected.

Sounds like a WEED smoking event. 😱

Another overlooked habitat feature that quail use is large cedar trees. I'm talking trees that are at least 14 inches in diameter, but the bigger the better. Individual birds will set up in those trees and whistle like they own the world. You can walk around the trees looking, but you will...

I think the disking needs to be light, and you also must have a seedbank built up with the species that you desire. If the desirable species don't have enough time to build up in the seedbank, you won't get the results you are looking for. In the early years I spent some time driving a pickup...

I read about that but I haven’t experienced it. I have seen some less aggressive forbs diminish but the tough ones hang in there. Look at some of the pics in my “Take a walk with me through the prairie” thread. PS - you can always disturb the ground (like disking) and bring back forbs.

I will this year and probably will continue to do so. Wild blackberry will take over if I don't. Mowing once a year doesn't hurt the briers, but it does slow them from spreading. However, with all of the wide fence rows, ditches, tree plantings and woods that I have, the quail will have...

Two days ago I mowed about 1/3 (roughly 20 acres) of my NWSGs and will finish the rest before fawning begins. I jumped 8 rabbits, one jacksnipe and two coveys of quail. I would say both coveys had around 20 birds each.

What size cage did you have on that tree? How tall and what diameter?

Don't leave at 9:30 AM like most people do. McDonald's can wait.

Four minutes too late

MM111 has them too, and it has been an incredible rootstock for me. I always just cover with dirt and have never had a single issue. I would rather have burr knots than a tree falling over the hill and/or going down in a wind storm.

With apples and pears, 4 degrees can make the difference between a 10% and a 90% blossom kill. That's why a frost pocket can be so devastating.

This is the roots on the seedling persimmons.