Recent content by Prairie Acres

Yes, I saw deer all weekend. I shot a doe on Saturday. I agree, this weekend looks good. The forecast is showing snow all day Saturday (3-5 inches). Windy and cold weather. I plan to hunt Thursday through Sunday. Most of the time I'll be sitting in heated blinds over my brassica plots. If I...

Thanks for the advice.

Bump. After years of searching I finally found a cultipacker for sale in my area! It's 4' with the heavy old cultipacker wheels. I only have 1.5 acres of food plots so the size should be fine. I'll pull it with my UTV. No more packing with just the UTV tires. Got it for $500.

Thanks Bill, that makes a lot of sense. What is your strategy when this happens?

Trail camera picture question...all summer and fall I've had doe/fawns on camera almost every morning and evening. Also, I've had mature bucks on camera (mostly at night). Starting about October 31st the doe/fawns and mature bucks have disappeared from my cameras. I occasionally get the same...

Same, I have a number of his post bookmarked. RIP.

An update to my brassica planting. I planted August 8th. 3-4 days later the plots received over 4 inches of rain. Unfortunately in the last 33 days they have only received about 0.10" of rain. Deer are in the plots almost every evening. Some pics...

Thanks for the tip!

It's possible deer are bedding in the CRP but they seem to prefer the thick wood/brush. I've got at least 8 different bucks on camera and many doe and fawns. I think it's just a good spot for movement. The blind would be placed with the prevailing wind in mind.

Bumping this 10 year old thread. I placed a trail camera on my land at a mowed UTV trail T-intersection. It's also where part of the UTV trail goes through an opening in a long fence line. I'm getting mature buck pictures in this spot both day and night. I'm thinking of putting a ground blind...

Sorry for your loss Brian. I enjoyed reading through this thread. Your property is awesome. You have put a lot of hard work into it. Please keep updating this thread.

I got one of my cheap 5-panel Outta Site blinds assembled and placed on a 5' tall platform. Assembly is easy with two people.

I agree with this. It's a very good video. I applaud Missouri for taking the steps they have to contain the spread.

My land in Wisconsin is in a county with a very high CWD infection rate. The township I'm in has an infection rate of about 29%. Despite the harvest dropping the last four years the deer population is not growing in my county. GPS collar studies are showing the decline is because of CWD, not EHD...

After reading all the responses in this thread I decided on about 6 pounds per acre. I ended up reducing my plots from 1.5 acres to 1.25 acres and added 5 pounds of red/white clover to the whole mix. I plant tomorrow with a good chance of rain Saturday and Sunday.