Recent content by sandbur

Just a bit off topic, but the Supreme Court recently ruled that District Judge rulings do not cover all parts of the country. Was it a District Court judge from California that put wolves back on the protected list in the Great Lakes States? If so, the next hurdle is a big one. Change in our...

I used to hunt the area west of Big Fork. There were a handful of good years and I can remember the heaviest buck that I have ever seen. I have friends with deer camps up there. Just a handful of old timers go to the camps. Not many youth. If youth hunt, they stay further south where there are...

I once had a sick beef cow that I just couldn’t quite come up with a diagnosis. She was a pet and followed the family around. Finally they told me that over the weekend they were cutting MJ out of their small pasture and she was right by them and eating. That story is probably 50 years old and...

One neighbor said hemp, one saidMJ.

I am not sure if hemp or MJ. I have not been up there for about 6 weeks. I no longer do any foodplotting up there and actually haven’t hunted there for about three years due to multiple reasons. Thanks, guys.

The irrigated field next to my 80 is planted to weed. Any experience with deer use? Go ahead and post your jokes as well, but this is a serious question. I can enjoy the jokes!

I have read of people using old flatbed trailers for snowmobile trail crossings of creeks.

I have removed three of those. The 4 th one will probably be removed next spring.

I was checking trees and labels today and I found one from a few years back. It is doing well. No fruit yet.

This spring I removed the exclosure fencing from this group of crab seedlings and plums. Two afternoons I drove by on the field road and a young basket buck got up and watched me drive by. I checked the area today and found his bed.Cool and shady with a breeze.

Tipped central leader on a dolgo rootstock from the wind. Ten foot piece of conduit and some old nylons from my wife do the trick.

I think wild crabs found locally are a good choice. I should specify apple crabs that you have watched for a few years. They should be about as low maintenance, no spray as you can get. Good advice! Deer did well for hundreds of years without apples. Producing every other year doesn’t...

Thanks for the kind words but others have done a whole lot more. I learned a lot from a former forum member. Kooch knows him. He is my go to person.

I have pretty much quit planting apple trees. I am past 70 and I don’t think I have the years left . I also can’t justify carrying water to newly planted trees. I did take out an Anty rootstock that died back every year for 3 plus winters and will probably replace it with some edible apple as...

Interesting discussion. Climate, soil quality, soil pH, rootstock under the tree are things to consider and far beyond what most of us can comprehend. There are lots of variables in location and weather/ climate. I have watched deer take a chestnut crab in their mouth and chew it up. Even 6...