SmallChunk
5 year old buck +
I've been meaning to post one of these ever since the site started. Loved getting feedback from everyone when I posted on the "other" site. I took pictures all summer of the things I was doing, but never got around to posting. Now that I have the initial post done, hopefully I will just hop on and post some pictures (probably mainly what I will be doing since I am zero help when it comes to these habitat enhancements, just like screwing around)!
I hunt two different spots in my area. One is a 112 acre piece that gets pounded during the rifle season, but they let me and my brother out there to bowhunt. I am unable to do any habitat projects out there(hoping to get a plot in this coming year tho) so I wont be showing anything from that spot. This thread will deal solely with my "SmallChunk". It is my grandparents old farm with my grandmother still living there.
Details of the "SmallChunk":
22 acres
2 small apple orchards with 7 trees remaining from the 60's and the rest I have planted
Sandy ground by the buildings and slowly turning to peat as the terrain drops to the river
Neighbors hunt hard to the east, fairly hard to the west
I have very little equipment to work on things
North end butts up to thousands of acres of public land
I only Bowhunt it, cousin bowhunts it occasionally and uncle muzzloads it occasionally (none last year)
The last two years have been brutal for deer numbers in this area
Saw only 7 deer on stand all year
Shot one coyote while hunting
Looking to improve:
Winter Cover
In need of a sancuary-Will the state land work? No hunting allowed
Doe bedding areas
Access
More screening along west fence
Better plots in my sand
Earlier deer movement up by buildings
ANY INPUT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!
The Land:
Green-Plots
Blue-Orchards
Red-Stands
Tan-Attempted screening
Blue Line-Freshwater Streams
Lime Green Line-Trail through the woods
Close-up by buildings:
Far away shot to show the area:
I hunt two different spots in my area. One is a 112 acre piece that gets pounded during the rifle season, but they let me and my brother out there to bowhunt. I am unable to do any habitat projects out there(hoping to get a plot in this coming year tho) so I wont be showing anything from that spot. This thread will deal solely with my "SmallChunk". It is my grandparents old farm with my grandmother still living there.
Details of the "SmallChunk":
22 acres
2 small apple orchards with 7 trees remaining from the 60's and the rest I have planted
Sandy ground by the buildings and slowly turning to peat as the terrain drops to the river
Neighbors hunt hard to the east, fairly hard to the west
I have very little equipment to work on things
North end butts up to thousands of acres of public land
I only Bowhunt it, cousin bowhunts it occasionally and uncle muzzloads it occasionally (none last year)
The last two years have been brutal for deer numbers in this area
Saw only 7 deer on stand all year
Shot one coyote while hunting
Looking to improve:
Winter Cover
In need of a sancuary-Will the state land work? No hunting allowed
Doe bedding areas
Access
More screening along west fence
Better plots in my sand
Earlier deer movement up by buildings
ANY INPUT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!
The Land:
Green-Plots
Blue-Orchards
Red-Stands
Tan-Attempted screening
Blue Line-Freshwater Streams
Lime Green Line-Trail through the woods
Close-up by buildings:
Far away shot to show the area: