Electrodigical
5 year old buck +
My property is 22 acres. I'd say the lower half of it isn't very useful for hunting because there are houses on either side of it. The deer certainly cross it going up the hill, but mostly at night I think. The bottom 2/3 of the property it thick, dense new growth stuff. 25 years ago it was mostly grass. The top 1/3 is older forrest, though not terribly old.
One side of the property borders a field owned by a neighbor. It recently changed hands, so I have no idea if I'lll ever be able to hunt it again. The field has never been more than grass, but since everything else for miles around it woods, it does draw deer. Unfortunately from experience I know they enter the field from the other two sides of the field more than they do from my side. I can't do anything about that, but I thought that by adding a mini plot that offered something more than just grass, maybe I could get them to come through more my way. Act as a stop off spot, holding spot on the way to and from the field.
I've posted many boring trail cam pics from there now as well of shots from a tree stand. I chose that spot because it was the only spot in the woods than had anything green growing on the ground. Plus it's at a "T" intersection of three trails, old logging trail. This summer I chopped a few small trees, did hack and squirt to a bunch of larger ones to get some sun on ground. I broadcast clover and purple turnip seed, but it's all forrest floor, leaf litter with little sun and little rain for months. More of it germinated than I expected in the leaves, but it didn't grow much. Again with no sun and little rain.
For scale, the middle red box is me, it's 240 yards top to bottom in the on-x image.
You can sort of see the opening in the trees from the one trail. I'm sure it's larger now with the H&S.
That little open patch mid frame is the clear strip behind the deer.
This is from the stand, the wide angle lens makes the woods look a lot less dense than it is.
One side of the property borders a field owned by a neighbor. It recently changed hands, so I have no idea if I'lll ever be able to hunt it again. The field has never been more than grass, but since everything else for miles around it woods, it does draw deer. Unfortunately from experience I know they enter the field from the other two sides of the field more than they do from my side. I can't do anything about that, but I thought that by adding a mini plot that offered something more than just grass, maybe I could get them to come through more my way. Act as a stop off spot, holding spot on the way to and from the field.
I've posted many boring trail cam pics from there now as well of shots from a tree stand. I chose that spot because it was the only spot in the woods than had anything green growing on the ground. Plus it's at a "T" intersection of three trails, old logging trail. This summer I chopped a few small trees, did hack and squirt to a bunch of larger ones to get some sun on ground. I broadcast clover and purple turnip seed, but it's all forrest floor, leaf litter with little sun and little rain for months. More of it germinated than I expected in the leaves, but it didn't grow much. Again with no sun and little rain.
For scale, the middle red box is me, it's 240 yards top to bottom in the on-x image.
You can sort of see the opening in the trees from the one trail. I'm sure it's larger now with the H&S.
That little open patch mid frame is the clear strip behind the deer.
This is from the stand, the wide angle lens makes the woods look a lot less dense than it is.
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