Beginnings of a southern land tour...

[Double Creek]

I think I finally got some poults on camera but they are bigger than I would have expected. Thoughts?

 

[T-Max]

I think I finally got some poults on camera but they are bigger than I would have expected. Thoughts?

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Yep, poults. Same size as a nice group I saw this morning. Great to see!


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[Double Creek]

Yep, poults. Same size as a nice group I saw this morning. Great to see!


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It is great to see! I have been getting tons of pics of hens with no poults and I was scared we had a bad hatch due to the tremendous rainfall we have had for the past month or more. I don't know where these have been hiding!

 

[Double Creek]

I’ve been waiting for a good rain to get my millet up. Hopefully this will do it.

 

[Double Creek]

Planted a small strip of Milo for screening and for the turkeys. Looks like they found it earlier than I hoped for.

 

[Double Creek]

Finally getting a pattern on this guy. I’m setting up on him soon. He has to go.

 

[KY wild]

He looks very large to me. Is he above average size?

 

[Double Creek]

He looks very large to me. Is he above average size?

He’s definitely a mature boar. I estimate 250-300 lbs. Here’s a pic of a young buck for perspective that is probably 120lbs or so.

 

[Double Creek]

A thankful sight! A nice batch of poults.

 

[Double Creek]

Went and checked the millet fields this weekend and two look very good with waist high, headed out millet. It’s honestly a little thicker than I expected. I may have to burn it to get some bare ground for the doves. The other field is headed out but the millet is only shin high. It’s a much pourer soil that I will have to work on. I forgot to get pics. I’ll get some next trip.

Spent several hours hack and squirting chinaberry trees, which quickly pop up in any old fields. Trying to eliminate all the mother trees first. I’m curious how many are sitting in the seed bed from over the years.

Privet will be my fall and winter project that will really take years to get under control.

 

[Double Creek]

I was feeling anxious so I went ahead and ordered my clover seed even though I probably won’t plant until mid October. I’m going to try several test plots of single varieties to see what grows well and what I like. All will be planted within a cereal grain nurse crop.

 

[Catscratch]

Nice variety! I sometimes do the same thing with test plots. Good luck!

 

[Kdog]

Not sure how I have missed this thread, but glad I found it. Wish you the best with your new place!

 

[Double Creek]

Finally got a picture of Bob. I’ve been hearing him a lot and I’ve seen him cross the road a couple times but this is the first confirmed pic. Pretty sure there is 2, maybe 3 in the pic. One of my priorities for this farm is to provide excellent quail habitat. I’m just thankful there is a population to work with.

 

[Double Creek]

Anyone want to guess what we named this one?

 

[Telemark]

Finally got a picture of Bob. I’ve been hearing him a lot and I’ve seen him cross the road a couple times but this is the first confirmed pic. Pretty sure there is 2, maybe 3 in the pic. One of my priorities for this farm is to provide excellent quail habitat. I’m just thankful there is a population to work with.View attachment 81394

Nice work. I wish we had quail in Ohio.

 

[Telemark]

Anyone want to guess what we named this one?

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Hippity Hop?
The Progenitor?
Ballsy McBigsack?

 

[Turkish]

Finally got a picture of Bob. I’ve been hearing him a lot and I’ve seen him cross the road a couple times but this is the first confirmed pic. Pretty sure there is 2, maybe 3 in the pic. One of my priorities for this farm is to provide excellent quail habitat. I’m just thankful there is a population to work with.View attachment 81394

Awesome. Quail are an objective for me too.

Question for you… have you tried uprooting any of that privet with your grapple? I’m a new landowner and am trying to get a few implements. I have a privet problem in places and felt like I could be a little self sufficient in clearing it with a grapple.

 

[Double Creek]

Awesome. Quail are an objective for me too.

Question for you… have you tried uprooting any of that privet with your grapple? I’m a new landowner and am trying to get a few implements. I have a privet problem in places and felt like I could be a little self sufficient in clearing it with a grapple.

I have not started dealing with the privet yet. Honestly hoping to get enrolled in CSP and have it mulched down to a level I can manage with herbicide. The grapple would probably handle the smaller patches, but some of it is as big around as my arm. I don’t think my tractor could uproot those, but you have given me another project to try

 

[Double Creek]

The future is bright!