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Western North Dakota is really cool - I've hunted there a couple times and I've always been impressed with the game numbers.

We would find a lot of mulies and game birds in the little shrub filled drainages, ditches and creekbottoms. I was surprised by how little cover it took to hold wildlife out there. A few 1/4 acre pockets of shrubs could make quite a difference.
 
Now I am "connecting the dots" on your sprayer needs. Grin. Not sure about that land you have.....if it's like some in the Dakota's (and in AZ) that land seals up with just a little rainfall and the roads become slick as snot......Am I right??

I ran into a thunderstorm in western So Dakota once while on a dirt road in my Chevy Suburban. Got so slippery I had to stop to prevent sliding in the ditch. Then....wind picked up and the wind pushed that big old suburban sideways into the ditch anyway. Had a hell of a time getting back to a graveled road......and power washing that gumbo out of my wheels.....so they would balance again.
Out there we've always called that mud "gumbo". It clogs the tires in a heartbeat. Nasty stuff. Ha, no, the badlands will remain untouched and they are a tiny section off in the corner. Nothing to improve upon there. The rest of the property is rolling grasslands and nothing like it. These are two views from about where my hunting blind currently is overlooking the main part of the land. Night and day difference from July green to fall brown. The spraying will be in the flat field to the right of the trees in the green picture. The shrubs will be in the middle of that field running parallel to the trees.

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^Are you looking to use a Boomless Sprayer? or a Bar with drop nozzles? I think I have a hundred questions I could ask you. That is allot of land to manage. lifetime work....endless possibilities.

Awesome pics. I love that rolling grassland. Do you have some Prairie Dogs out there?
 
Probably a boomless sprayer as the section to kill off is only 4 acres. It can be overwhelming thinking of all the things a guy could do now with unlimited time and resources, but slow and steady will be the path. I've told my sons that there will be work for them, and their future children to do. But that makes it fun. No prairie dogs in the area any more. I had a few secret fields the boys and I used to shoot, but those have since been poisoned off. It's hard to convince ranchers to leave them alone. :)
 
Hi, my name is Wyatt. I live in Western PA, I have access to just over 200 acres to hunt. I am 28 and have been hunting since I was about 10 years old. I got heavily involved in archery hunting about 7 years ago and now it is my primary form of hunting. I live on the property I hunt, it is own by my in-laws. They are the only property within miles that still drives the entire property for deer the first 2 days of rifle season and any day after they are hunting. Our neighbors are all aware so when the season starts they sit close to the lines and usually shoot nice buck the first day that get pushed off. So I am trying to do any improvements I can to put myself in the best position during archery season. I run food plots, cell cams, SD cams, supplemental feed throughout the summer. We are a mixture of woods and ag fields that are in a corn 2 years/beans 1 year rotation. I look forward to learning as much as I can
 
Hi, my name is Wyatt. I live in Western PA, I have access to just over 200 acres to hunt. I am 28 and have been hunting since I was about 10 years old. I got heavily involved in archery hunting about 7 years ago and now it is my primary form of hunting. I live on the property I hunt, it is own by my in-laws. They are the only property within miles that still drives the entire property for deer the first 2 days of rifle season and any day after they are hunting. Our neighbors are all aware so when the season starts they sit close to the lines and usually shoot nice buck the first day that get pushed off. So I am trying to do any improvements I can to put myself in the best position during archery season. I run food plots, cell cams, SD cams, supplemental feed throughout the summer. We are a mixture of woods and ag fields that are in a corn 2 years/beans 1 year rotation. I look forward to learning as much as I can

Welcome to HT.

Probably the biggest thing anyone can do to help with archery success is to hunt them right. Might want to start a new thread on how to improve Archery hunting opportunity and tell us what you have for food and cover and when and how you hunt the place now. who else is archery hunting 200 acres etc.
 
Archery is awesome and the deer are much more predictable. Throw a thread up dedicated to your specific questions and you'll get all kinds of opinions what,where and how to accomplish your goals. Lot's of knowledge hanging around in here. Best site on the internet in my opinion. Welcome and enjoy.
 
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