Beginnings of a southern land tour...

[Double Creek]

Not much to update on my farm. The plots are disked and harrowed. Just waiting on some rain to plant. Very little moisture in the 10 day. We have a long season though, so trying to be patient.


Nothing spectacular on the cameras, but there are a couple worthy of chasing with my longbow.

 

[Double Creek]

Water oaks are starting to drop and are getting some attention.

 

[bigbendmarine]

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The rain brought the rooters out of hiding. I’ll survey the damage this weekend. They are slick, they won’t come to my feeder and I rarely get a daytime pic.

Just my .02, but I'd HIGHLY recommend putting as big of hurting on the hogs as possible. They reproduce so darn quickly you can get quickly overrun with them, their rooting can make working your plots and land a much tougher challenge, and they'll spook deer off a field almost as quickly as predators.

Coming from someone who speaks from experience -- got so bad in 2022 that I trapped 75 off 100 acres in just the first half of the year. Can also share that trapping whole sounders is way more effective than sniping efforts.

 

[Double Creek]

Just my .02, but I'd HIGHLY recommend putting as big of hurting on the hogs as possible. They reproduce so darn quickly you can get quickly overrun with them, their rooting can make working your plots and land a much tougher challenge, and they'll spook deer off a field almost as quickly as predators.

Coming from someone who speaks from experience -- got so bad in 2022 that I trapped 75 off 100 acres in just the first half of the year. Can also share that trapping whole sounders is way more effective than sniping efforts.

It’s definitely on my to do list. Traps are pricey, so trying to get there! In particular trap recommendations?