Farm and Ranch life

[Baker]

Nice! And glad to hear from you after the light winds that just blew through....

Good to be back after 3 hurricanes a throat surgery and moving 3 times over the last year as we remodeled our home I'm looking forward to some stability

 

[Baker]

Been a challenging year but was finally able to get out. Here is a short clip from my first day hunt on the farm.

 

[Baker]

Shut down the season in mexico this weekend. Got some crazy good video which I'll start working on once wife lets me think about something other than all I have neglected over the last few months. Mean time bucks are starting to shed here and found this one. Circumferance on G2 is 7"

 

[Mortenson]

Dayumn. Did u set it on the kitchen scale yet? Better match him up.

 

[Bill]

Hey Baker,
I missed that video in November.
I’ve got the “mini me” version of the palmated buck at the end of your video.

My neighbor asked if we could agree “not” to shoot him this year. We signed right up for that. Everyone saw him from stand and he made it through the season.

He won’t make it to the size of your buck because I don’t think everyone will agree next year.

 

[Baker]

Didn't get much video from the farm this year cause of hurricane damage, mosquitoes and cruddy weather, but here is a glimpse

 

[Chainsaw]

I enjoyed your video. If I was aging the first deer and the last and ignored the antlers I would have put them at 3 1/2 years old. Of course that would be far off as you know each of the deer and their ages. Conversely if I were aging them by their antlers I would be off in the other direction. They are almost a different animal than what grows here in northern New York.

 

[Baker]

I enjoyed your video. If I was aging the first deer and the last and ignored the antlers I would have put them at 3 1/2 years old. Of course that would be far off as you know each of the deer and their ages. Conversely if I were aging them by their antlers I would be off in the other direction. They are almost a different animal than what grows here in northern New York.

Aging deer is much trickier than many think . Body characteristics change so much depending on time of year.Deer from different geographies and sub species can look so different. Unless one knows individual deer I think at best we can divide them into 3 or 4 categories from young to old. Thats why it is so important to know your herd before making any mgt decisions on bucks. Wait till I get my video from the ranch done. I have 12 and 13 yr old bucks that most would call 5.Antlers are the least reliable indicator. We had a 6 or 7 yr old buck last year than was a mainframe 8 pt with a couple kickers. 16 " wide. Got great video of him scoring 155-160. My buddy shot him standing in the footsteps of where we filmed him last year. 211" --Biggest jump I have ever seen

 

[Tree Spud]

Didn't get much video from the farm this year cause of hurricane damage, mosquitoes and cruddy weather, but here is a glimpse

I am formally asking mgmt here to ban you from posting these videos during normal working hours ...

 

[Baker]

Here's a bit of a buck fight for your Super Bowl Sunday

 

[Tree Spud]

Here's a bit of a buck fight for your Super Bowl Sunday

Your voice over and those bucks remind me of a Jurassic Park movie

Amazing how brutal these fights can be and how one bit of leverage and a lock can lead to dominating the fight.

 

[Baker]

Part 1 from the ranch. Weather has us under house arrest so put this clip together. Best is yet to come

 

[Baker]

Part 2 from the ranch with a few thoughts on management

 

[Telemark]

Your deer look amazing.

But your coyotes are tiny compared to those we have in the Great lakes region.

 

[Baker]

Your deer look amazing.

But your coyotes are tiny compared to those we have in the Great lakes region.

Thats something I have learned in these forum discussions on coyotes. Northern yotes are bigger and could be more problematic for mature deer especially in the snow. We don't have a problem with them . Lions...thats another issue

 

[IkemanTx]

Baker, I’m excited to see what you have in store this year! Between the transition to a more mixed use regenerative farm, and recovering from last year’s storms, you will definitely have your hands full!


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[Baker]

Baker, I’m excited to see what you have in store this year! Between the transition to a more mixed use regenerative farm, and recovering from last year’s storms, you will definitely have your hands full!


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I'm attending a soil health academy next week put on by Understanding Ag with Gabe Brown, Dr. Allen Williams et al. Super excited about this as I had the privilege of visiting BDA Farms a few weeks ago and was blown away. 4200 acres managed regeneratively for many years.As. beautiful a farm property as I've ever seen managed by Dr. Williams. The economics were mind blowing!

Corrals are being built now, 125 Kiko goats are reserved and Dr. Williams will be back on the farm to assess cattle and sheep numbers shortly. I'm all in and flood gates are open.


BTW, I'm in the market for a farm manager to run my regenerative operation. If anybody knows anybody, would love to explore opportunity. Deer hunting could be one of the perks :)

 

[Telemark]

BTW, I'm in the market for a farm manager to run my regenerative operation. If anybody knows anybody, would love to explore opportunity. Deer hunting could be one of the perks

Oh man I would definitely come have a chat with you if I was in the States. I just left a job as a farm manager.

 

[DavidHunter2001]

Has rained over 7 " the last 24 hours, so time for a new video

Those are some good sheds. How many acres are you managing, and how much is food plots? How long have you been managing the plots? Thanks for the videos. I do really enjoy the food plot management videos.

 

[IkemanTx]

I'm attending a soil health academy next week put on by Understanding Ag with Gabe Brown, Dr. Allen Williams et al. Super excited about this as I had the privilege of visiting BDA Farms a few weeks ago and was blown away. 4200 acres managed regeneratively for many years.As. beautiful a farm property as I've ever seen managed by Dr. Williams. The economics were mind blowing!

Corrals are being built now, 125 Kiko goats are reserved and Dr. Williams will be back on the farm to assess cattle and sheep numbers shortly. I'm all in and flood gates are open.


BTW, I'm in the market for a farm manager to run my regenerative operation. If anybody knows anybody, would love to explore opportunity. Deer hunting could be one of the perks :)

If it were about 6 years later, I would probably drop everything and try to get the job!!!!! Haha!
But we gotta get our son out of the house before I hop out of a career or my wife would kill me!


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