livinadream
Yearling... With promise
Hey fellas, and ladies, the names Chase. Not so much a new guy, just hang around in the shadows for the most part. Avid outdoorsman, ate up with just about all things hunting and fishing related. I am for the most part bow only, but not opposed to rifle hunting, just like to get as close as I can to them. I've dreamed all my life of owning my own land that I could hunt. Not so much a large ranch, but something manageable. I've been eyeballing a piece of land for several years that butts up to my dad's place, it came available this year, and now between the 2 of us we have a bit shy of 200 acres. Ive never even thought of naming the place, but for a title for this thread, lets call it JLA's playground. I have 5 kids and all of their initials are JLA. Dad lives on the southeast corner of the property, and my wife, 5 kids, and I will build on the northeast corner. Mine is about 23 acres of pasture and 32ish mature woods. The woods are a mix of pine/wateroak/swamp chestnut oak/and a mix of trash. (Sweet gum, magnolia, talla etc.) There is about a 2-3 acre low spot that floods in the wet season (winter) and I think should hold some wood ducks. Dad's land is mostly wooded with about 12 acres cleared. 20ish acres of 12-15 yr old growth, and the rest mature. Same mix as mine.
Shortly after getting the property I stumbled across a guy that overbought whiteoaks and I bought 50 bare roots from him for $25. I had I think 23 swamp chestnuts in 1 gallon pots that I previously planned on putting in some national forest but with the newly acquired property they had a new destination. So this spring I put about 75 trees in the ground out there. I lost a few to drought, and a few to hogs, but for the most part they're doing well. I have also planted about a 2 acre food plot and with timely rains its looking pretty good. My overall plan is to make it as desirable to deer and small game (rabbits, squirrels, and hopefully some quial) as possible. Work will probably be pretty slow this next year due to the house build (if current house sells) but plan for it to be a lifelong project.
I've got about 500 seeds in the fridge right now that I'll plant this spring to be moved out there in the fall. (Chestnuts, persimmon-local and store bought, burr oak, and swamp chestnut oaks)
I made my first sit last Wednesday out there on a transition between the mature woods and the above mentioned low spot and shot a respectable for the area 9 pt that had busted a brow and 3. We have fairly low deer numbers and my plan is to take no more than 1 a year off the place, at least for a few years. Anyhow, I think that pretty well gets us to current status. I hope to keep this thread updated for years to come. I'll try also to get some pictures , right now I don't really have much to show.
First picture shows dad's property, u shaped around another guy's property. He's a good guy to have around. My property is the next strip to the north of dad's.
Second picture is the deer I thought I shot, ended up being a different deer, but similar looking.
3rd is the food plot when I planted it, don't have a picture of it since it broke ground.
Next is just a deer I've got a few pics of.
One of the kids with a set of sheds my cousin found about 30 yards from where I shot my buck.
The buck I shot
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Shortly after getting the property I stumbled across a guy that overbought whiteoaks and I bought 50 bare roots from him for $25. I had I think 23 swamp chestnuts in 1 gallon pots that I previously planned on putting in some national forest but with the newly acquired property they had a new destination. So this spring I put about 75 trees in the ground out there. I lost a few to drought, and a few to hogs, but for the most part they're doing well. I have also planted about a 2 acre food plot and with timely rains its looking pretty good. My overall plan is to make it as desirable to deer and small game (rabbits, squirrels, and hopefully some quial) as possible. Work will probably be pretty slow this next year due to the house build (if current house sells) but plan for it to be a lifelong project.
I've got about 500 seeds in the fridge right now that I'll plant this spring to be moved out there in the fall. (Chestnuts, persimmon-local and store bought, burr oak, and swamp chestnut oaks)
I made my first sit last Wednesday out there on a transition between the mature woods and the above mentioned low spot and shot a respectable for the area 9 pt that had busted a brow and 3. We have fairly low deer numbers and my plan is to take no more than 1 a year off the place, at least for a few years. Anyhow, I think that pretty well gets us to current status. I hope to keep this thread updated for years to come. I'll try also to get some pictures , right now I don't really have much to show.
First picture shows dad's property, u shaped around another guy's property. He's a good guy to have around. My property is the next strip to the north of dad's.
Second picture is the deer I thought I shot, ended up being a different deer, but similar looking.
3rd is the food plot when I planted it, don't have a picture of it since it broke ground.
Next is just a deer I've got a few pics of.
One of the kids with a set of sheds my cousin found about 30 yards from where I shot my buck.
The buck I shot
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I've done very little of any of it so far. I did go catch a few crappie a little over a week ago, have planted 400+ swamp chestnut oaks, 102 sawtooth oaks, 300+ persimmon, 10ish wild peach, and 14 chestnuts. These will be planted in the ground this fall, what I don't plant, I'll try to sell. Found 1 shed on a quick walk about, and scouted a few frog holes. I need to be cutting, hack/squirting some trees out at the land, but might not ever get to it before it thickens up too much this year. Also have plans on getting a mulcher in the woods to open up my little duck hole a little bit. I made a quick trip to the land yesterday to check on the trees I planted last year. Think better than 90% have made it. We had a bad drought last year and I was a bit worried about them. Anyhow, super busy time of year, and it's my favorite. Need to do a little pig Killin, they're trying to take over. I just taught my 15 year Olds boyfriend to shoot a little bit, might let him bloody up some critters.
