Foggy's Deertopia Proving Grounds - Happenings

[matinc]

Foggy I see 2 inches in the rain gange. Awesome job on your plots.

 

[Foggy47]

Foggy I see 2 inches in the rain gange. Awesome job on your plots.

Got another 3/4" since drilling my seed yesterday. Seems I cannot lose lately.....but seen the other side of good weather too. Mother Nature is a strange relative. You never know what she will throw at 'ya. Grin.

I have never had such a great buffet as my land offers the deer this year. I had to get some new stuff off my truck at my land late this afternoon. After getting this stuff off and unboxed I decided to crack a beer and make a cruise through my land with the UTV.

What a trip! Saw multiple deer in my plots and scurrying away in front of my rig. None went far....as they had no need to do so....due to the good cover they could find adjacent to my plots. Also had rabbits, squirrels, and turkeys making way for me. They all know my rig.....so nobody is panicking.....rather they make way for me to pass. Gratifying.

 

[matinc]

Foggy that's awesome your hard work is paying off. So glad your switchgrass finally took off. Please keep us posted ty

 

[Bill]

That was a good ride around the place.

Head to my place later this week. I don’t plan on having such a good story. But like my neighbor says. This isn’t our year anyway. Next year we will be back on track. Mother Nature willing…

 

[Foggy47]

Checked my plots on Sunday as I finally replaced batteries in all my cameras....which were all dead or dying. Plots are looking outstanding....and now rye and new clover are growing too. :).

 

[omicron1792]

Looks great Fog

 

[Native Hunter]

My grandson took a bear. He has an interesting way to compare the size of this bear. He killed it with the 20 Gauge Savage rifled slug gun I gave him some years back. He is quite skilled in hunting....and always seems to be on his game. Good hunter / conservationist. Great young man....about to be a dad. He is 6 feet tall and about 200+ lbs. How big is this bear? View attachment 82441View attachment 82442

I love that picture.

 

[Foggy47]

I love that picture.

Yeah....me too! I do not think I've ever seen this done before. He is pretty ingenious sometimes. Great young man.

 

[Foggy47]

Looks great Fog

Notice the switch I planted in front of the blind in the pic above? it's only about 30" high right now....but it should provide the means to better conceal the bond and provide somewhat of a screen for entry/exit next year. I did this on several blinds.