The Land of Milk and Honey

[BenA]

Awesome! She's going to eat good, especially after the struggles. Congrats!

 

[cbw]

Congrats! Looks like great eating!


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[T-Max]

Thoughts? I know this isn't the best pic, but looks like it could be the first mature deer I have seen all fall. Just has that look.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

I’d say without a doubt

 

[Catscratch]

I'd say he's mature. I'm no good at aging deer after their first couple of years. I've had history with bucks that I know are over 6.5, but look the same as they did as a 3.5. I'd say yours is 3.5 or +

 

[T-Max]

This was the last look at the PEX and underlayment before concrete went in on the house side.

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[Turkey Creek]

Did you put PEX heating under your current house? If you did I assume you like it or you wouldn't be doing it again.

 

[Catscratch]

I wanted to do floor heating but was talked out of it. Told me KS isn't right for it due to temp swings. You'd turn it on during a cold day, then it would be 60 the next day. Problem being that once all that cement got warm it would take forever to cool back off. Then you'd be stuck with a hot house on a hot day. Looking back, I wish I would have went ahead and done it though.

Place is looking great!

 

[T-Max]

Did you put PEX heating under your current house? If you did I assume you like it or you wouldn't be doing it again.

I didn’t in the current house and we have cold floors. Giving it a go in the addition. Two zones, one for the house and one for the garage. I’m thinking a big mini split unit to supplement the garage and we will still have HVAC in the house.


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[Brian662]

We have a mini split on each level at the hunting shack, love them!

 

[T-Max]

If he stuck around for another 90 minutes there is a good chance I will see him next fall. Looking forward to it.

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[T-Max]

This one made it. Hoping to see him next year as well!

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[Turkey Creek]

Your good late season food is going to pay off for you. My deer disappeared for the most part since the cold weather hit hopefully some of my better ones made it through the gun season.

 

[T-Max]

If only I could use a bow, It's reasonable to think something big might show up yet.

 

[MN Slick]

If only I could use a bow, It's reasonable to think something big might show up yet.

Do I dare say the swear word that is........Crossbow!

 

[T-Max]

Garage side was poured on Wednesday. Glad to have all the difficult concrete done. Time to take a break for a couple months and gather materials. Going vertical in the spring.

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[T-Max]

I need some advice and possibly a pep talk. I got a bit of a gut punch today (in a first world problem kind of way). I’ll attempt a bit of background.

I’ve made it no secret that we have essentially zero bedding on our place. I have been working on the small chunks of timber and I have a couple nice little bottom fields that have been loads of fun getting crops to grow, but I am banking on deer coming off the neighbors and getting them to do it before dark is a challenge.

I finally convinced my dad to plant the big 22 acre brome field way up on our North property line to native grass and we were going to fence it as part of the project. There were two tiny fingers with a few cedars and several hedges that gave deer from the North a bit of cover as they traveled off that neighbors onto ours. While that activity was also mainly at night, I had hoped that would thicken and someday be the base for some thicker cover on our place.

We had the brome killed, native grass planted, and the fence built in the last month or two. As part of the fence project, the guy had to cut a couple trees right on the property line. No big deal. Well, it appears dad had a neighbor come in and clear those little fingers. He was all excited to show me, like I would be impressed with it or something. He clear cut everything and stacked them into brush piles.

My question becomes, what to do with the bottom fields. I don’t have the energy or finances to keep doing something like that if my dad is going to make generational changes in the opposite direction for far cheaper on the back end. We went from almost no cover on our place to no cover on our place. I had already planned on converting the field I put into corn this year into clover. It’ll be 2 acres. I am thinking maybe doing the same with the other 3.5 acres field. Thoughts? Plant it and kind of let it be. Basically I am looking for a cheaper (than corn which won’t be hard), less maintenance option to put in place. What would you do?


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[Catscratch]

That's a bummer. Did he spray the hedge that he cut? If not they'll come back from root pretty quick. You could add rows or patches of switch or miscanthus. I find cover where there is no cover doesn't have to be huge. Just a clump of 5ft tall grass every 50 to 100 feet might do wonders.

Another to consider are sawtooths. They grow fast and don't drop their leafs in the winter. You'd have to protect them but they are easy to grow from seed and relative quick.

 

[Catscratch]

To the right is a clump of switch that a transplanted via shovel, and some Sawtooths still holding leafs. All great cover and easy.

 

[Turkey Creek]

I need some advice and possibly a pep talk. I got a bit of a gut punch today (in a first world problem kind of way). I’ll attempt a bit of background.

I’ve made it no secret that we have essentially zero bedding on our place. I have been working on the small chunks of timber and I have a couple nice little bottom fields that have been loads of fun getting crops to grow, but I am banking on deer coming off the neighbors and getting them to do it before dark is a challenge.

I finally convinced my dad to plant the big 22 acre brome field way up on our North property line to native grass and we were going to fence it as part of the project. There were two tiny fingers with a few cedars and several hedges that gave deer from the North a bit of cover as they traveled off that neighbors onto ours. While that activity was also mainly at night, I had hoped that would thicken and someday be the base for some thicker cover on our place.

We had the brome killed, native grass planted, and the fence built in the last month or two. As part of the fence project, the guy had to cut a couple trees right on the property line. No big deal. Well, it appears dad had a neighbor come in and clear those little fingers. He was all excited to show me, like I would be impressed with it or something. He clear cut everything and stacked them into brush piles.

My question becomes, what to do with the bottom fields. I don’t have the energy or finances to keep doing something like that if my dad is going to make generational changes in the opposite direction for far cheaper on the back end. We went from almost no cover on our place to no cover on our place. I had already planned on converting the field I put into corn this year into clover. It’ll be 2 acres. I am thinking maybe doing the same with the other 3.5 acres field. Thoughts? Plant it and kind of let it be. Basically I am looking for a cheaper (than corn which won’t be hard), less maintenance option to put in place. What would you do?


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Post up the aerial again of the neighborhood and your area of concern highlighted or PM me if you want . NWSG probably with a trail mowed through it most likely to suggest to the deer where you want them to go.