Newbie Land Tour

[Bowsnbucks]

Congrats on your new field boss!!! He'll keep you straightened out.
Fields look good. Last year's plot coming in great. If you want to speed up the Norways' growth, sprinkle some 10-10-10 around them next year once they've established their root systems a bit more. I did that at our camp from year 2 through 6 and they shot up pretty well. At year 6 in the ground, they were 7' to 8' tall. Then I topped the leaders a bit so the spruce got thicker branching. It worked well for us. Hope you have great luck with your plantings! You've made a great start.

 

[Newbie]

Norway I planted this spring (mid-March) seem to be taking okay. I'd say 95% success rate so far (2 of those were at the mercy of my wife on the lawn mower). Overall, happy with the way they're looking so far.


Despite quite a good bit of forage on the food plots I haven't seem much deer activity on any of the plots. I'm sure that's likely due to the fact that there's a ton of food options this time of year in this area. Hopefully, it grants some of the young clover and chicory the opportunity establish before getting mowed down by the deer.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I'll bet once the does drop fawns, those does will fill themselves in your plots. Gotta eat well to make milk! Spruce look good - new flush of growth on 'em. That's a good sign.

 

[Newbie]

Boys being boys. Ladies look entirely unimpressed as usual.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

You got all bucks in that pic Newbie. Good to see you have deer movement!

 

[Newbie]

You got all bucks in that pic Newbie. Good to see you have deer movement!

Ha! Well that’s an embarrassing mistake I looked at the two upright on far right and didn’t even look close at the two in the foreground.

Deer movement has picked up on that plot for sure. I’ve got a few pictures of some deep neck potbelly buck in velvet. Fingers crossed that a few decent deer have made it through.