bueller's blotter

[bueller]

This camera is set on a ditch crossing on one of my borders. Sometimes the deer go down for a drink and come right back up. This guy was still sporting headgear as of 02/22.

 

[wiscwhip]

Wow! He will be a dandy next fall bueller! Now the hard part is keeping him around! Don't want him wandering off to your trigger happy neighbor.

 

[bueller]

Wow! He will be a dandy next fall bueller! Now the hard part is keeping him around! Don't want him wandering off to your trigger happy neighbor.

Yes, now I just have to graduate from taking photos of bucks like this to actually harvesting one :confused:. Hunting pressure is pretty low during the bow season season around here so hopefully I can put myself in the right place at the right time to at least have an opportunity.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Nice pix and good cam location Bueller !! He'll def. be worth bow hunting for come fall !! I hope you get a whack at him.

 

[bueller]

Nice pix and good cam location Bueller !! He'll def. be worth bow hunting for come fall !! I hope you get a whack at him.

Thanks. I don't have as much time to hunt as I would like so running cams and checking the cards helps satisfy my appetite. :D

 

[sandbur]

Nice buck!

 

[scott44]

Great pics! Good luck with him next year.

 

[buckvelvet]

I agree, nice buck for sure.

 

[bueller]

I found an old spike harrow on craigslist for $100. Even better it was only a 25 minute drive from my property, and less than a mile from the coop where I get my lime :). So I hooked up the "lime hauler" and prayed it would hold together for another run :eek:. Picked up the spike harrow without any problems and went to the coop. Guy tells me the lime pile is still frozen but he will give it a try. He uses the bucket on the front loader to bust it up some and loads up the lime hauler with frozen lime, some pieces the size of those trophy rock mineral licks. First bulk ag lime customer of the year! Safely made the 25 minute ride back with 940 lbs of lime and a spike harrow in the quite possibly overloaded lime hauler :D.

 

[bueller]

Pictures of my soon to be powerline food plot. We do our best with the minimal light equipment at our disposal. I was hoping the spike harrow would help prepare this area some by ripping up the grass, leaves, sticks, and light brush. It did not disappoint :D. I'll probably drag this area another time or two if I get the chance before the grass and weeds green up. Once that happens I'll be spraying gly before planting oats and buckwheat.

Before


After

 

[bueller]

After, from the inherited tower stand I'm rebuilding.

 

[bueller]

As for the 940 lbs of lime. I use the shovel and throw method. Took me less than 30 minutes to spread it, and another 20 or so mixing it in with the spike drag.

 

[bueller]

Finished product, for now at least ;)

 

[scott44]

Good find on the drag, looks like you have a good start on that plot.

 

[wiscwhip]

bueller, tell me you are not pulling that drag with a minivan?!?o_O

 

[phil@thesidehill]

I used to drag a section or cattle panel around using my truck.....on 1/3 of an acre...lol. I also once drug a small spike tooth harrow around a 5000 sq ft plot....by hand. I think a minivan is doing it int style!

 

[bueller]

Good find on the drag, looks like you have a good start on that plot.

I'm sure they can be had cheaper directly from a farmer but this one was priced much cheaper than the others on craigslist and it was the closest one by far. The lack of snow this winter gave me the opportunity to work this plot over much earlier than anticipated.

 

[bueller]

bueller, tell me you are not pulling that drag with a minivan?!?o_O

Hey, my 2 stroke air cooled ATV can only handle so much pulling :cool:

So I opted for the 300 horse Envoy Denali :p:D. But I do have a minivan that may at some point find its way onto that plot ;).

 

[scott44]

I'm sure they can be had cheaper directly from a farmer but this one was priced much cheaper than the others on craigslist and it was the closest one by far. The lack of snow this winter gave me the opportunity to work this plot over much earlier than anticipated.

It was starting to dry out here in MI but woke to 3" of snow today, it hit 45deg so it all melted but it's a little wet now. It's still early tho.

 

[bueller]

Got the results back from my soil test. This is from the plot pictured above, property I just purchased last fall. To my knowledge no lime or fertilizer has previously been applied. I've got nowhere to go but up from here :).