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[gunfun13]

You like Franklin gunfun?

End sucks. Had it here 2022. Herd is about 75% back already.

Son shot a buck with messed up hoops. Was gonna preserve them, but he did t bring them back.

I had about given up on the Franklin and considered top working, but last year it put out a real nice crop that trickled down into February. I'd plant more.

 

[Native Hunter]

I have been told that you can bury a graft union deep and get roots to form above the graft. I don't do this as a general rule, but I did do it on about four cheap trees I got on unknown rootstocks. That was about 5 years or so ago. All of those trees look fine today and are well anchored. Please don't ask me to dig them up and check the roots......

 

[Dantana]

Went through it in 2012 on a lease. Never saw deformed hooves but we only killed 1 deer in the 3 years we had the lease following the outbreak.

I only did two sits on my property last year and those were really just to get a feel for the herd condition. I had a weapon, but wasn't really hunting.

Are these 80 trees concentrated to certain area or are they scattered around the property?

 

[gunfun13]

Are these 80 trees concentrated to certain area or are they scattered around the property?

Pretty Scattered. This is my layout of what I expect to be this years producers. Red=apple/crabs, yellow=pears, orange=peaches, pink=cherries. Everything near the right edge is for family consumption, not deer, but they certainly benefit from those trees as well.