scott44
5 year old buck +
Got a decent kill on things so I can frost seed some switch next spring, need to hit the green stuff one more time.
Timed it right so I collected some bur acorns to start in RM's next spring or direct seed, probably both.
Plots are doing good.
Started hitting the brassicas a little early this year.
A few trail cam pics.
Timed it right so I collected some bur acorns to start in RM's next spring or direct seed, probably both.
Plots are doing good.
Started hitting the brassicas a little early this year.
A few trail cam pics.
scott44
5 year old buck +
Starting to change colors here, brassicas planted in a strip right up to my wife's blind and being used.
One thing you'll see in these pics is water, we are super wet here right now. Walking back to hunt last night and the water is flowing through the soys. My 57 acre food plot will be gone soon when it dries up.
Sitting there last night this fog started rolling across the plot, cool watching this roll in. Actually 2 does and 2 fawns out there.
A few trail cam pics.
Proud of his first set of antlers.
One thing you'll see in these pics is water, we are super wet here right now. Walking back to hunt last night and the water is flowing through the soys. My 57 acre food plot will be gone soon when it dries up.
Sitting there last night this fog started rolling across the plot, cool watching this roll in. Actually 2 does and 2 fawns out there.
A few trail cam pics.
Proud of his first set of antlers.
scott44
5 year old buck +
A few pics of going to and from stands, color hasn't been all that great this year.
One of our target bucks is all broke up, I think you'd have to tag him as a 3 pt. I was actually sitting back in the trees in back when he walked through.
Plots are still doing good, someone else likes the rye this time of year.
A new comer.
One of our target bucks is all broke up, I think you'd have to tag him as a 3 pt. I was actually sitting back in the trees in back when he walked through.
Plots are still doing good, someone else likes the rye this time of year.
A new comer.
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
That's an incredible turkey flock you've got going Scott.
Beautiful country also!
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Beautiful country also!
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scott44
5 year old buck +
We have a couple turkeys here all summer but this time the last couple years more have showed up, we must have more food than others.
scott44
5 year old buck +
Made it back and went through the switch field I planted the MG in yesterday, about what I expected for growth for the first year. I'd say there is probably 1 tassel for every 10 plants that didn't tassel.
Here's some MG that I have planted more for screening but no prep.
2 years growing
3 years growing
They have been using the trails I cut in the switch.
You can add Norway spruce and Eastern red cedars to the types of tree they like to rub.
Still some tops on the brassicas but not much, quite a bit of use.
Here's some MG that I have planted more for screening but no prep.
2 years growing
3 years growing
They have been using the trails I cut in the switch.
You can add Norway spruce and Eastern red cedars to the types of tree they like to rub.
Still some tops on the brassicas but not much, quite a bit of use.
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H20fwler
5 year old buck +
Looks good!
I've had the same thing with the rubbing on my spruces and pines...I slowed it down a bunch putting electric fence posts up close to them and spraying them with Plantskydd.
I need to find a couple rolls of old farm fence and cage the ones in the worst areas.
I've had the same thing with the rubbing on my spruces and pines...I slowed it down a bunch putting electric fence posts up close to them and spraying them with Plantskydd.
I need to find a couple rolls of old farm fence and cage the ones in the worst areas.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Your fall pictures are just beautiful.
That tree rubbing is frustrating. I had a buck to beat the welded wire cage down with its antlers enough to get to two white pine trees this year. I had never seen anything like that before. The wire looked like someone just beat it down from the top with a sledge hammer.
That tree rubbing is frustrating. I had a buck to beat the welded wire cage down with its antlers enough to get to two white pine trees this year. I had never seen anything like that before. The wire looked like someone just beat it down from the top with a sledge hammer.
scott44
5 year old buck +
I haven't done a lot of habitat work around here this year but I have some frost seeding of switch I want to do later and some more hinging. We haven't had that much snow this winter just a couple storms that have dropped a couple inches each than it melts and rains. Took a quad ride yesterday and pulled cards for the first time in awhile.
When I left the house I saw some deer in the back corner but couldn't tell what they were but the camera caught them a few minutes before me.
They are hitting the turnips pretty hard, not much left in this plot.
Sorghum mix has done it's job and it looks like there will be enough to do a T & M/roll here this coming year.
A few made it though nothing huge but it's seed.
When I left the house I saw some deer in the back corner but couldn't tell what they were but the camera caught them a few minutes before me.
They are hitting the turnips pretty hard, not much left in this plot.
Sorghum mix has done it's job and it looks like there will be enough to do a T & M/roll here this coming year.
A few made it though nothing huge but it's seed.
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buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
@scott44 was your deer movement over there as bad as it was here? We seen some in bow season (not successful I might add) but Nov 15th through Jan 1 it was like hitting the lotto to see a single deer. I know it got really cold and snowy right at the opener and a few days before. Stayed cold for a real long time but we had the same thaws here as well. We have nill snow on the ground to speak of but it's supposed to snow tonight. Freezing single digits are here this weekend I sure hope we have some sort of snow cover for that.
scott44
5 year old buck +
Movement here was pretty spotty, lots of rain later since the end of bow season. The farmer that had soys on my mom's didn't get them off until around Christmas. The last 3-4 years we've been hunting the first little bit of rifle season and then shutting it down and letting our place be more of a sanctuary.
scott44
5 year old buck +
Most of my trees came this week but I haven't had time to plant any plus the weather hasn't cooperated so late yesterday I made it out and got 50 planted and tubed 10 plus I overseeded a couple brasssica plots with red, crimson and ladino clover. Thursday I also tried my first shot at grafting 10 apple trees all on B118, 4 liberty, 4 Enterprise and 2 Arkansas blacks we'll see.
I planted all plugs yesterday, plugs are so easy to plant.
Things are just starting to bud out around here.
Maples
After 3yrs of planting on this hay field things are starting to grow above the grasses, they made a big jump last year.
With a couple casualties.
Through the years I've stuck quite a few ROD cuttings in this low spot and this year I'm finally seeing some results, patience is needed on a lot of these projects'
This throw and mow rye plot is the only green right now.
I broadcast the clovers into these spent brassica plots that were pretty bare.
Still quite a bit of thatch in these brassicas from the rolled down rye.
Plans for today are getting my MDC seedlings planted and trees fertilized it's supposed to be near 60 deg.
I planted all plugs yesterday, plugs are so easy to plant.
Things are just starting to bud out around here.
Maples
After 3yrs of planting on this hay field things are starting to grow above the grasses, they made a big jump last year.
With a couple casualties.
Through the years I've stuck quite a few ROD cuttings in this low spot and this year I'm finally seeing some results, patience is needed on a lot of these projects'
This throw and mow rye plot is the only green right now.
I broadcast the clovers into these spent brassica plots that were pretty bare.
Still quite a bit of thatch in these brassicas from the rolled down rye.
Plans for today are getting my MDC seedlings planted and trees fertilized it's supposed to be near 60 deg.
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