Occasional one up around lake conway - mid state along AR River
G&H Farms
- Thread starter SwampCat
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I have a lot of work left to do - mostly planting. You go from a drought, to hoping it doesnt get too wet, too quick
planted a ton of wheat today along with a little clover. Got down to where I was going to plant and a new $180 bag of ladino clover happen to have a hole the size of my thumbnail and about half of it had spilled out by the time I got where it was going. Salvaged some and planted a long trail of clover getting there.
a big doe wasnt too disturbed with me circling the food plots
Got back to the house right at dark and first thing I saw was a rattlesnake in edge of yard. Aint gonna lie - picked up the first stick I could find - rotten - and tried to put a hurting on him. Stick turned into sawdust when I tried to hit him and my safety glasses fell off my head onto the snake. Of course, snake got away at edge of yard. I got my glasses back, and get to worry about the dogs getting on the snake now.
T-Max
5 year old buck +
planted a ton of wheat today along with a little clover. Got down to where I was going to plant and a new $180 bag of ladino clover happen to have a hole the size of my thumbnail and about half of it had spilled out by the time I got where it was going. Salvaged some and planted a long trail of clover getting there.
a big doe wasnt too disturbed with me circling the food plots
Got back to the house right at dark and first thing I saw was a rattlesnake in edge of yard. Aint gonna lie - picked up the first stick I could find - rotten - and tried to put a hurting on him. Stick turned into sawdust when I tried to hit him and my safety glasses fell off my head onto the snake. Of course, snake got away at edge of yard. I got my glasses back, and get to worry about the dogs getting on the snake now.
I created a visual of this snake encounter in my head and it was hilarious! I wonder how it compared to the real events?
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It was probably pretty accurate. I didnt mention in the heat of the moment, I had brain cramp and actually tried to grab him by the tail and jerk him back out in the open as he left out. Probably fortunate that didnt work.I created a visual of this snake encounter in my head and it was hilarious! I wonder how it compared to the real events?
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Probably going to get some 4 or 5 inches of rain today. Wont be able to get a tractor in the bottoms until June unless the drought shows back up.
Crazy rain!First pig in awhile. Bumper pecan crop and they cant stay away. 122 yards and dropped in her tracks is a pretty decent shot for an old Rem 597 .22 mag. Got a couple more grillers - had to quick turn scope down from 9 to 3 to find them running by at 15 yards. Was about 20 of them. A few pigs have showed back up - and the coyotes with them.
This is a four acre plot around my pond. It is top sown wheat that was spread on disked ground two weeks before dove season. Also some volunteer browntop millet that has gone to seed. It and the johnson grass are not long for the world with the cold nights. Also contains a healthy crop of annual ryegrass that showed up in all my plots a few years ago. I dont like it, but the deer do eat it. Thinking about planting sunflowers in this field next year so I can kill the ryegrass before it flowers and goes to seed
My favorite food plot - clover and wheat. Seven acres in a natural native pecan grove. A little slow to come in this year. The combination of wheat, clover, and native pecans make this a popular spot for wildlife. Crows, hogs, deer, turkeys, coons, squirrels, skunks - and ducks when it floods. My son killed a 148” deer here last year. We see a ton of deer here - but it is surprisingly not a good big buck spot. The deer my son killed last year is the only decent buck we have ever seen here.
