Who are you?

[Bill]

Hi y'all, found the forums a few months ago and decided to sign up after reading for a while! Just shy of 50, live in Houston and we have a property in E. TX we bought few years back after hunting central TX for several years.

I've spent 30 years in tech, and most of those saltwater fishing for fun. Picked up hunting late in life, in my mid 30s and it's mostly taken the place of fishing for me over the past decade. I would say I got too old to load a 16' kayak every weekend morning at 3am, but I suspect dealing with the land and maintenance is a bit harder on the body and I should've stayed fishing if I wanted to hurt less :)

Anyhow, I was happy to pick up 100 acres in deep east TX back in 2022, and I spend my free weekends and most of my time off out there - it's a bit of a passion project to turn an old timber property back into pine savannah and learning a ton as I go. As a bonus, the more effort we put into it, the more the deer hang around and we get to harvest some meat as well.

Looking forward to learning more from y'all and sharing what I can that's worth sharing. I'm getting pretty good at killing sweetgum and a bunch of invasives, getting slowly better at managing the never-ending erosion and flooding we're having lately, and not getting any better at seeing trophy deer -- but I keep practicing on that one...

Welcome to H-T. I still haven’t figured out what’s harder on a person. Salt water or dirt.

 

[rocksnstumps]

Welcome and sounds like you are in the piney woods of east Texas. Are you close to Daingerfield State Park? If it wasn't for the blasted heat could almost have thought I was up north in Yankee land with the pines, sand and view from the lake.

No saltwater fishn for me while down there but did start a lifelong love of bass fishn while there. Kinda switched to smallies after this damn Yankee moved back home.

 

[c2ranch]

Welcome and sounds like you are in the piney woods of east Texas. Are you close to Daingerfield State Park? If it wasn't for the blasted heat could almost have thought I was up north in Yankee land with the pines and sand there.

No saltwater fishn for me while down there but did start a lifelong love of bass fishn while there. Kinda switched to smallies after this damn Yankee moved back home.

Daingerfield is a few hours north of us, our property is near Crockett and the Davey Crockett national forest. But, it's just as sandy and loaded with pines. Too bad most are loblolly these days, but we've got a number of mature shortleafs that I love.

The heat... Yeah, we lose a couple months of work, hard to get much done when it's 95F and 95% humidity at 8am! But the winters are mild when it's not raining, get a lot done on a 50 degree day :)

 

[TreeDaddy]

Welcome!!

I am north of you in van Zandt county

Good to have another fellow Sweetgum assassin on board

bill

 

[MikeP]

Hey everyone,
I have been following this forum for a bit, here to learn from others and share some knowledge. I have a small property in SW Michigan. Looking to learn more about improving habitat, food plots, and fruit trees.

 

[Bill]

Hey everyone,
I have been following this forum for a bit, here to learn from others and share some knowledge. I have a small property in SW Michigan. Looking to learn more about improving habitat, food plots, and fruit trees.

Welcome to H-T..

 

[Tree Spud]

Hey everyone,
I have been following this forum for a bit, here to learn from others and share some knowledge. I have a small property in SW Michigan. Looking to learn more about improving habitat, food plots, and fruit trees.

This is a good place for what you are looking for, welcome!

 

[Trailwalker]

I stumbled upon this site yesterday. About 6 years ago I bought 20 acres with a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mt's in Va, just outside of Buena Vista. Looking for ways to make it more hunting friendly. Being on the side of a mountain with 1 level spot being the cabin location & the other being the top of the mountain, it has kept my 66 year old retired butt busy . Since buying it I bought a mini excavator & have been putting in trails, a lot of switchbacks & working on food plots. I have gotten deer off it every season but always trying to find ways to make the place better. Thanks for having me.

 

[b116757]

I stumbled upon this site yesterday. About 6 years ago I bought 20 acres with a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mt's in Va, just outside of Buena Vista. Looking for ways to make it more hunting friendly. Being on the side of a mountain with 1 level spot being the cabin location & the other being the top of the mountain, it has kept my 66 year old retired butt busy . Since buying it I bought a mini excavator & have been putting in trails, a lot of switchbacks & working on food plots. I have gotten deer off it every season but always trying to find ways to make the place better. Thanks for having me.

Welcome aboard

 

[Notes]

Good evening forum members. Andy Muzik ( Notes ) 67 year old mechanical contractor. 90 acres Michigan upper peninsula Menominee County. Looking to become better stewards of the land. We deer hunt and are trying to better our property. The property is surrounded by State of Michigan forest land. The forest service has done a lot of clear cuts in our area and our deer patterns have changed a bit. Thanks for this forum.

 

[Telemark]

Good evening forum members. Andy Muzik ( Notes ) 67 year old mechanical contractor. 90 acres Michigan upper peninsula Menominee County. Looking to become better stewards of the land. We deer hunt and are trying to better our property. The property is surrounded by State of Michigan forest land. The forest service has done a lot of clear cuts in our area and our deer patterns have changed a bit. Thanks for this forum.

Welcome!

I hunt across the border on Manitoulin Island. Do you have limestone bedrock where you are? The Niagara Escarpment goes through our place and makes for some unique terrain.

 

[Notes]

Welcome!

I hunt across the border on Manitoulin Island. Do you have limestone bedrock where you are? The Niagara Escarpment goes through our place and makes for some unique terrain.

All sandy soil up this way.