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Thanks I won't get discouraged...got plenty of natural forage and nearby ag to keep em fed...I'm doing it for the experience and for fun. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My property has been defrosting for 3 full weeks and I sink much more than 4-6" most places that are still wet. It's been in the mid 60 to mid 70's this past week many days of full sun. I am sure it's gonna be a tough grow, it's a shaded logging trail...that's why I overseeded with a broadcaster rather than drilled this seed. Rye is tough stuff and fescue likes the wet (or dry) so maybe I'll get a trail with cover, or maybe not, I left the top 20' of the trail alone to compare and contrast. As I said this is a utility plot which is recommended to be planted early, so I did because I have 3 forage plots to start in mid may. This is from deer creek seeds: "How to Plant: Can be planted with drill or spinner spreader. Product is usually grown on compacted hard ground and will need to be packed to get good seed to soil contact. In areas of snow or frost, seed may be spread in late fall or during spring snow melt. Frost will work seed into the soil. When to Plant: Best planted early to utilize moisture and available sunlight." Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This was the recommendation from the seed co in order to take advantage of early spring moisture and unblocked sunlight. I am pretty sure that is why there is an annual and perennial of each rye, fescue and clover...the philosophy is that the annuals pop quickly and give the perennials space to get established. Like I said its a shady logging trail...not a serious forage plot, but a planting done none the less. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got most of my spring planting seed from Deer Creek Seeds today (loggers trail mix, buckwheat and Egyptian wheat), 3 days from order to door: Still got WGF Milo from DC on the way as well as some Frostmaster Peas from the Seed Ranch. Went ahead and mixed the loggers trail seed w/10-10-10 and spread with my backpack broadcaster: I fast tracked this utility plot because of the wet and freezing weather we are getting over the next few days...Hopefully it will help work the seed in and then we will get some good sun before the trees leaf out. This is just a shady road plot (fescue, rye, clover) for road structural integrity more than forage. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If its legal I will shoot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got out today and raked and sprayed a logging trail that I decided I'm going to plant with Deer Creek Seed logging trail mix ASAP: Before and after (more like after and before): Got everything green with the round up: Heading back tomorrow to rake the remaining 3 plots I'll be seeding in mid-late may with buckwheat...also rake/spraying the screen strip I'll be planting with Egyptian wheat after last frost. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got my Hoss lil double wheel cultivator today, tried it out on my 2 yr overgrown garden...20 mins cleared the tall dead grass and did a top level 2" cultivation: Got the seeder and disker attachments on the way...gonna throw a 25 or 50lb plate inbetween the steel wheels for the disker. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Yeah glad I didn't spread any...looks like N uptake should not be an issue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My soil test results were as I expected...a bit high on ph and low on nutrients: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It was like $22 and will probably last for another round of tests when I do my summer planting. I would say a cheap probe is probably the least accurate means of soil testing but it is better than nothing. That said sending soil samples to Cornell or local ag extension is the best method. You can also pay a private lab they sell some collection kits OTC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Testing my soil samples as we speak: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

At archery distance it is still pretty obvious mature buck vs. horse doe...yearlings are the problem unfortunately. Jersey goes way late and I don't think it's too big of a problem of course overall pop control is the main concern there and you can shoot a racked buck late if you have the tag. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I say fill all tags and every time I step into the woods I'm thinking of herd management for that particular location. I take population control seriously because I believe that is the future for hunting...and then I get crushed on this site for harvesting 7 baldies and 1 mature buck last season. Criticized by guys who admit they burn doe tags. I agree with you that I am fairly neutral on the xbows...glad my dad and pop can use them for part of archery...also nice to have a "bow-only" season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I am definitely planning on preparing the soil well...I am just doing it primarily with hand tools and a wheel hoe. I may also use my Troy bilt mini cultivator. Like I said luckily the land was a farm long before it was forested and the areas I've chosen have loose and loamy soil...should not be that hard to work, still gonna be a lot of hard work! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For sure the antlers were like rotten cork. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm only putting out about 80lbs Pelletized...don't think I'll have to raise it too much if its like my soil at home. I didn't do any lime today I got caught up cutting a good trail and shed hunting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Still haven't found a shed on the new lease but I've got pics of bald deer, coyotes and I've got a dead 5 point less than 15 yds from a treestand right on my boundary: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Definitely greening up: Took some soil samples...very loamy and easy to dig. Just gonna have to clear some dead stalks, gonna do that tomorrow afternoon and then spread some lime. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Next week I'm planning on my first round of spraying...snow has been off most of the area I'm planting in for some time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've got my first 3 small plots staked-out totaling a little less than an acre. I've decided I'm doing all my work with leg-power so I've gone ahead and gathered-up some old and purchased some new supplies: -4 gal backpack sprayer -Round-up -Soil tests -Pelletized Lime -Backpack broadcaster/spreader -Spade-fork -Rake -Hoss Lil Double Wheel w/4Teeth -Hoss Disc attachment -Hoss Seeder/Planter attachment -Egyptian Wheat (spring/screens) -Buckwheat (spring/green manure) -Turnips (late summer) -Clover mix (late summer) -Peas (late summer) Going to grab some soil samples tomorrow and spread a load of lime. I surely will hit it again with lime after I check my soil results. I am holding off until then to pick up fertilizer. Looking forward to my first round of spraying next week. Gonna document my progress here for my own sake more than anything else so my apologies if this thread is boring. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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This is the last forum I ever joined on 11/1/11...im not interested in anymore stress. As for best bow hunters...I'm sure I'm not one of them... That said I've harvested deer with my bow every of the last 4 season...5 deer including a mature buck harvested with my bow just last season...how much luck did you have here in NY lately? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You can call it what you want...you are paying someone to help you with every aspect but pulling the trigger and one of the help has a rifle as well. I've never used a food plot before but plan to this season, it is not bait. Again I really don't care how you hunt, I just am sick of your attitude. You are truly a jerk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not against...I wouldn't do it and I certainly wouldn't take their opinions too seriously if that was the only success they ever had. I am against paying to shoot black bears on bait barrels...not against baiting black bears in high pop areas though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk