LET EM GROW

that would be a massive selling prop for realtors lol. anything in the country. drop a deer antler or two in the yard or woods and push them to do a quick tour lol genius!

Im guessing they are white pine due to size? Id leave a few Randoms and cut the rest down. Depending on their shape they make good thermal cover, though yours are probably to mature for them to be useful as thermal cover. Cut them in the winter, and deer will browse them as well. Then Let it all regrow back. or place some soft and hard mast trees strategic to your access and stand placement, Amish will use the lumber if you have any living nearby.

Sounds good. I might add some heavier inserts to your setup or heavy field points/broadheads. If your bow is tuned and your arrows have a decent amount of weight up front, they actually fly better as well. Last year I machines my own heavier inserts out of brass. Went from about 428gr total arrow weight to 500gr and they went so much further into the target than before. The more I read and research. Everyone should really be shooting 5-550+ for when the shot misses and hits shoulder knuckles or spines. If you get time tinker around the idea. A lot of people want speed and flat.. but it loses more energy at 20 or even 50 than the heavier arrow does. The heavier arrow slows down less, and penetrates nearly the same at 20 as it does at 60. Some really cool science behind it I never realized. I’m switching to 2 blade single bevel, so I don’t have to pass up the quartering to shots. Send a heavy arrow right thru Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You should shoot a fixed 3 blade, reliable like a g5 Montec or alike. solid 1 piece design. I also think you should shoot a stiffer arrow. with added weight. IF you can shoot a 340 or 300 spine arrow, with heavier foc. and a fixed blade. you will have pass throughs every single time, and if you can switch to a single bevel 2 blade broadhead you will break into heavy bone as well, provided you missed your mark. I highly recommend not shooting a lighter spongier arrow, as you drop in draw weight, you actually want to increase your arrow weight for ethical kills and lighter draw weight setups. Not saying you wont with what you have. but you'd be surprised what your setup will do on a whitetail by beefing your arrow up, even if it slows down 20fps. check out some you tube videos and see the research. well worth it My .02$

Wow, nice. Thats a goal of mine one day is to have a nice predator skin blanket made. Awesome!

Is the Judge still available?

White clovers are more preferred in the North here.. But a clover blend of several whites and a red will beat out a monoculture white clover planting every time. Especially in summer droughts, white clovers will go dormant and dry up and brown up until moisture is present. Where the Red clover in this blend will stay greener longer due to its tap root system. ITs also best to use Chicory in clover planting for the same reason. This keeps your plot attractive more often than not, especially in drought when nothing in the area will be preferred. We must remember also that the majority of deer's water intake comes through plants, so if you can keep green plants growing when the rest are dried up.. your feeding and watering your wildlife at the same time still, even in droughts.. Medium Red Clover is also usually only good for a 2-3 years, where White perennial clovers will last double that or more if maintained. Also remember that there are other Red clovers and whites that are annuals. Seed Diversity over monoculture plantings, every time..

Hope things dry out and you cna get some good fall blends in to work for you this fall. The worst part about wet conditions, is getting a machine on it no doubt. But with damp soil, you can easily spray the plot with a light quad and spread seed and the moisture alone will germinate the seed. No till plantings are great back up plans..

Sorry to hear of this sir. Wish you the best with the shoulder, and dont push it to the extreme, bowhunting can wait, life cant. I would check out the no cam by Mathews. Zero cams, Just wheels. The rollover on the cams may be doing the worst for your shoulder. OR look into a single cam system. They dont pull as hard. Or as mentioned check into a setup geared more for youth.. Best of luck

That barnwood looks awesome. IVe got a monster barn to tear down at camp and salvage the wood or sell before it falls.

Looking awesome Zeek! We have one its in a somewhat of a horse shoe shape and a big berm so one side was always out of the wind.. ITs about 17ft deep in the center and probably 3/4-1 acre. Had it stocked well with bait and later panfish and bass and channels.. Until someone snuck a few Pike into it somehow and it put a big hurting on the fish population

Man Id love to find that deal! Trying to find the bullet to load yourself is hard enough. I have some loaded tsx that shoot great. Would love to find some tipped though

Awesome!

Corn is good, but you can do even better with the right seed blends. providing you have a good sized plot. especially with available cover nearby. Seed blends are best because you offer a "buffet style" dinner plate. certain species are preferred at certain times of the season. If its your first plot, I highly suggest a good big seed blend(like a deadly dozen type) to see what the deer will eat, and as mentioned before in other posts, Brassicas sometimes wont get eaten for a couple years. And if that's how these deer are, Its best to start with a blend, as they eat the species they like they are only tempted to try the big leaf plants they never seen before while feasting on the rest.. Just my opinion.

I would stick to a mid to late July Planting since we are getting moisture right now. Im in Steuben County hills and if we plant ours any later than Mid August on less than perfect growing seasons, We dont get exactly what we expect. I shoot for end Of July Early August when moisture is present. As for adding red clover you certainly can, but you wont see it this year. Your better off Spreading that a couple weeks before frost and again frost seeding more clover blends into in February March. If you are trying to add as much food for fall winter as possible, Depending on acerage available, Big blends are where its at, IT will feed deer on warmer winter days as well as extreme cold days. SMall cereal grains, to peas and annual clovers as well as radish, turnip bulbs etc.. Plus this helps no till for the next planting

Congrats on the purchase, Sounds like many of our dreams! I have the 6284 3cyl 28hp CAT so its a bit smaller. and compact, You will be getting a good reliable machine, but for that price IMO I would buy a better known tractor brand. Cub cadet and its diesels were good but the remainder of the tractor is cub cadet built in those years. Mine is a 2007. Parts aren't the easiest to find and no one seems to know a whole lot about them, unless your manual is present. If your mechanically inclined that will help. Mine has 306 hours on it. You don't see many of these bc there weren't many made, and IMO idk if that is a great thing or not. When Cub switched to Yanmar diesel they beefed up the entire tractor. And you see more of those around. I'm trading in for a better knwon brand.. and bigge rmodel. ITs been good but I just don't trust it for longevity like other brands, I traded mine for a pair of jet skis 12 years ago. Couldn't pass the offer. It will probably treat you well, and last awhile, but Ive seen my friends New Hollands, Kubotas and such push 2k hours and beyond with minimal issues. IDK how these entire machines will hold up that long.. Theres Just not many out there.. Id imagine the Trade in value isn't what it should be either if you did decide to trade in some day.. So the dealers have told me with mine.. They offered me $5k trade in with 4' tiller and brush hog. Yours is a bit bigger animal but Id think the concept or general rule of thumb wont change much. I know if it were a "better brand" that number could double easily. Just some things to keep in mind is all. That is my .02$ Congrats again, That place looks beautiful! and you have me sitting jealous over here.

Correct. The ideal spacing is about 4-5max germinated seeds on a paper plate. The more spacing the better they grow, Brassicas do not like competition. But the bigger they get the bulb may become less desirable as it becomes more like woody browse rather than a treat. I like to keep them no bigger than softballs if i can help it. But i also pick Late July and Early August and find when the moisture is present to seed. When you rbulbs get that big, do they just eat whats above the ground? an leave the rest?

Your attempt is perfect, but your seeding looks to thick for brassica plantings. Hope im wrong! Too thick of a planting will stunt growth. Keep us posted though. I enjoy seeing more no till approaches!

2.5, maybe 3.5 at best

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Most places around here that do late corn plantings take it as silage. Especially since they are a dairy farm. That would be my guess. But it is possible they planted an early day corn seed. But my guess goes to silage in late September. Early October. Ask them next time you see them. And if they do, see if they are going to seed it again before winter with anything. If not it’s be a great spot for you to get quick green up with oats, wheat and or rye. Depending on former and their practices Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would check to see if it has a cdi box or control module of some sort. Sounds to be electrical. Since it fires right back up.

Gonna miss that deer! Like the rest, lol. Great work as always! But i really like this one!

Id love an opportunity at a black Coyote! That dog is beautiful!