Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
Seems like walking up and down the damn hill.
Where Do You Spend Most of Your Time On Your Property?
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Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I "used to" spend allot of time on timber clearing and stump grinding. That is pretty much over for me after logging and getting the plots and my trails refined a bit. I mow a few trails twice each year.....and a few others every other year. I mow my cabin / pole barn area 3 x or so each year.
Since buying my drill and going no till.....I have cut my plot work time bigly. Normally spray some weeds here and there.....drill seeds in fall. This year I need to prep and drill switchgrass in spring and get some Norway spruce planted. Been staying out of my plots more. I still enjoy working with machinery and just being on the land. There is always some maintainance or stand work to be done.
Since buying my drill and going no till.....I have cut my plot work time bigly. Normally spray some weeds here and there.....drill seeds in fall. This year I need to prep and drill switchgrass in spring and get some Norway spruce planted. Been staying out of my plots more. I still enjoy working with machinery and just being on the land. There is always some maintainance or stand work to be done.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
TreeDaddy
5 year old buck +
yeah, well I make sure I'm on the back side of the property before I remember what I forgot
bill
Bill
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Sometimes a break is well deserved. News flash for those early on. You will never possibly finish. Someone else will have to carry on. And if a real non hunting farmer guy buys your land he will bulldoze all your work.
But you did your part.
Hope that’s not to depressing. But it is what it is. Life is a dance.
T-Max
5 year old buck +
Doug Duren said, "It's not ours, it's just our turn." That's all we can control.
Thomasc19
5 year old buck +
First time I've heard that saying referencing land
This summer I’m making one of my plots about 2x larger than it is now. So between removing stumps, burning brush, picking rock, and getting something growing before fall I think I’ll spend quite a bit of time there.
But when I just want to hear the quiet of my woods I have a spot where I have a little bench seat and a chair that overlook a particularly nice area. It’s far enough from any roads that I can’t hear anything but the wind.
Sometimes I just go out there and sit, sometimes I take a little nap, or light a fire or eat my lunch. All seasons.
Not a single person on earth other than me knows where it is. I like it that way.
But when I just want to hear the quiet of my woods I have a spot where I have a little bench seat and a chair that overlook a particularly nice area. It’s far enough from any roads that I can’t hear anything but the wind.
Sometimes I just go out there and sit, sometimes I take a little nap, or light a fire or eat my lunch. All seasons.
Not a single person on earth other than me knows where it is. I like it that way.
weekender21
5 year old buck +
Thanks to Helene it’s been maintaining roads for us. Probably halfway done at this point.
Then probably 50/50 plots and burning
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Then probably 50/50 plots and burning
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
I spend most of my time with the apple trees. Yesterday I tilled and planted a shooting lane in a corn plot. My renter takes care of the corn plot.
I do less and less with TSI and tree planting. At a certain age, you realize that you probably won’t see the benefits.
Plus, there are fish to catch!
I do less and less with TSI and tree planting. At a certain age, you realize that you probably won’t see the benefits.
Plus, there are fish to catch!
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
^ Ain't that the truth Art. I planted 20 Norway Spruce this year to provide more screening for my pole shed and cabin. Been making an effort to be more stealthy for hunting. Kinda wonder if I will see the benefits in my lifetime. I do not like doing any chainsaw or limbing work anymore. It's just more of a workout than I can deal with. ......and there is golf to play.....FORE!
I do like some seat-time on my tractor....and most of my tree work is done with my grapple. Can do allot from the seat in that cab with a grapple and a flail mower.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I transplanted a handful or two of white spruce seedlings, probably just for memories sake. I am not sure if any of my family will see those or appreciate them.
At this age, we need to do what we like to do and forget the rest.
Both of us could do a better job of managing our hunting lands. Reminds me of what an old farmer once told me. “ I don’t need to go to meetings or get more advice. I all ready know how to do a better job. I just no longer want to do it!”
Belo
5 year old buck +
Ever since I started moving more towards planting trees I can't help but check on "progress" in their tubes every time I'm there. Also having a bunch of fruit, I'm always checking on how everything is hanging. Food plots quickly became kinda boring, but I still do them every year. I guess it's just sort of a "I see it there and it looks fine" move on kinda thing.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
I was at my place from Wednesday-Monday am.
75% roads
15% sweeping the shops
10% spraying stuff
75% roads
15% sweeping the shops
10% spraying stuff
