My little hill. ("Invasive Acres")

[Feelslikefar.]

The universe is taunting me. While I'm sitting in the hospital today I get this picture.



One thing for sure though, were it gun season and were I there... I wouldn't have been sitting anywhere near there to see that. And certainly not at that time. About 60 yards behind that deer is the road. Trying to figure out where he would have been coming from to pop out there. He must have cross the road and the family yard to get there. Crazy for mid day unless he was chasing an unseen doe.

 

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The universe is taunting me. While I'm sitting in the hospital today I get this picture.

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One thing for sure though, were it gun season and were I there... I wouldn't have been sitting anywhere near there to see that. And certainly not at that time. About 60 yards behind that deer is the road. Trying to figure out where he would have been coming from to pop out there. He must have cross the road and the family yard to get there. Crazy for mid day unless he was chasing an unseen doe.

That's the mixed bag of cell cameras...I'm tagged out until November 15th, and all of the nice bucks are cruising by in daylight :-)
More importantly, I pray your recovery goes well and you can enjoy being back in the woods soon.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I hope you're back on your feet again soon as well, FLFar. Stinks being down - no matter the reason.

 

[Feelslikefar.]

Not me, my father.

 

[Feelslikefar.]

Not big for most of you. Real big for us.

So I’ll use this to ask a question i keep wondering about. My property is all woods, other than my tiny “hill top plot” and 300-350 yards of trail. Plus another 100 overgrown trail that could be mowed/sprayed and planted.

The tiny food plot is to grow things they can’t get in the neighbors grass field. Hopefully to draw them there for a shot.

But I keep thinking I could get something growing on the trails that’s more beneficial to the deer in general.

Conflicting thoughts:

Drawing them anywhere but to the “kill plot” is counter productive for me.

More food on the trails will be better for the deer herd in general and draw more of them to the property, which will in turn lead more of then to the plot.

The amount of “acreage” we’re talking about, the amount of additional food it would provide, is so small that its irrelevant mass bio wise, making it counterproductive since it's so spread out and not something you could effectively hunt.

???

 

[BenA]

What is he eating in that gif? I don't think you'd need to necessarily plant anything on the trails. Just daylighting them and going in a once or twice a year to spray for invasives and keep it from growing back up could up the browse and point the deer to your plot. Maybe throw some clover/wheat down the trails and extend the plot further out?

 

[Feelslikefar.]

No idea what he's eating, whatever it is it's native. I did sprinkle a little clover farther up the hill to get them to stop and pose for the other camera.

When I said "plant it", I just meant broadcasting in some other stuff into the grass, not treating it like it was a farm field.

The trail runs the length of the property and right past the plot, about 60 yards away and probably 30-50 feet lower in elevation, but it's closed canopy up that end gets little light. There's a second trail that leads right to the plot, but it's the same. Closed canopy, zero vegetation growth. I'd love to open it up, then put a blind up top overlooking the plot and 100ish yards of trail. But then I'd like to do a lot of things that likely won't happen. lol

The last owner did mow the main trail occasionally, about the only thing he did with the property. Since I don't have the means to do so, chemicals and the weed whacker will be it if/when it needs it. Honestly I think the deer must be doing a good job of maintaining it, it hasn't been mowed in two years now and the grass never got more than ankle high.