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Put in about 800 feet of drainage from the springs area. Stopped 50 feet short so we don't get any water yet. Looking at what to plant on the dike wall. Don't want to mow it. Wildflower mix is a good option. Crown vetch looks nice but does little for erosion. Want to clover seed the top which will be plenty wide to drive around.

More dike building and digging drainage. About 18 hours of dozer time so far. A little over 300feet long, width TBD as we build dike. Real good Steuben county clay / hard pan.

The watershed above the pond will supply the water but we will put in drainage lines in a herringbone pattern through the spring area and hopefully give water too. Try to put the incoming drain piping to help with aeration.

I will post more as we go. So far it's about 300 feet long. D6H and a Kubota K121 excavator. My son is digging a 8 foot deep core trench on the downslope side. Took today off for the rain, will see how workable the clay is tomorrow. The excavation contractor has been building ponds for a lifetime. He is a wealth of skill and knowledge. When you start a project like this it changes as you go somewhat as does prices. We have a wet gravel/ spring area well uphill that we are piping in. Will put up more pics and info as we continue.

We dug test holes to 8 feet plus looking for problems. That dirt spot in the foreground was one. Good clay hard pan. Bedrock is troubles for sure. This is located on a slope, 10 feet plus will be the final depth.

Started new pond construction Monday. Plan is for some fish and watering hole for deer. Kind of in the middle of a food plot area.

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Semi-Shady, makes me want to say Whitetail institute no plow. 4-6 hours of sun a day required. It's also a good soil builder as it has lots of clover, if it's a new plot. I put in a 1/2 acre plot last year where it was all berry brush previously. Worked so well replanted it the same last weekend. Lime and fertilizer of course. Here it is yesterday, coming up well nicely. I will toss a little turnip and radish overseed around Aug 1st right before a rain to stretch out the usefulness. Last year we had deer on it right into snow.

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Soybeans or corn. I want to try some soybeans this year. As previously stated I planted whitetail institute power plant per instructions and it was a flop. So I'll get some beans from a farmer to use. Also I had a great crop of sunflowers. Planted black oil seeds in May as crop dividers. I'll do that this spring too. I enjoyed the sunflowers as much as the wildlife benefited.

Planted whitetail institute oats plus 1st week of September. Deer loved them. Here they are October 21st, on the far right. They stayed green and were being eaten into the first couple of snows.

I'll see too as I frost seeded Whitetail institute Fusion into an established clover plot.

I've tried and compared whitetail institute products to feed store seed and have better"crops" on everything but Power Plant. (Will not use it again) I have used no plow last year with good enough success that I bought 3 bags for this year. Sign up for their emails to get buy 2 get 1 free deals. As has already been said use lime early and fertilizer when you plant.

This was In some way back thick woods. I always envisioned some poor sap leaning the gun up and wandering aways away either to take a dump or drag his deer and when he went back was lost. It had a shell in the chamber and some in the magazine. I was pucker butted hammering the action open.

The best thing was in some big woods way back in, 20 some year's ago. a Remington 870 leaning on a tree. Still loaded with slugs. Rusted up tight, stock split. Had to have been there a couple years. I am one to always like a challenge so, soaked it good for days with penetrating oil. Pounded the action open. Sandblasted, parkerized by a buddy at Kodak. Hunted with it for a few years, killed some deer. Eventually traded it off. Wish I had kept it though.

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Maybe dig up a couple turnips here or there, and chop it open. Help give them the idea. The deer took to ours right away the first year.

Checked out the food plots today. Looks like deer are back to munchin on the Whitetail institute oats. Still 50% green and we'll mowed off. They were hammering the tall tine turnips before snow. Seems to have slacked off and switched to the oats. Some turnips and winter greens we're eaten though, It's interesting to watch the progression of what's on the menu today.

Just got back from camp, all that want recipe: We add seasoning and grated cheddar to the venison to taste before making the rings. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bacon+wrapped+meat+filled+onion+rings&view=detail&mid=58718637BFFA4B5E875458718637BFFA4B5E8754&FORM=VRRTAP The fatty, same goes for the meat overlay and filling. Use what you like! http://www.smoking-meat.com/january-2010-bacon-wrapped-stuffed-sausage-fatty The way I see it, using the lean venison offsets the bacon fat! At least that's what I tell myself.

I forget the canoli pie too. I couldn't eat another bite. Was good but probably not as good as Water Rats...

Smoked a bacon wrapped venison sausage fatty. Stuffed with spinach, cheeses, mushrooms and onions. Bacon wrapped venison and onion rings.

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I planted kale last year. Seed from local agway, mixed it with rape, turnips radishes. It did well and was eaten early (bow season) before turnips. As an experiment I planted all whitetail institute products this year. I think they grew better and were hit harder. But was it because it is the second year with plots in the same area? Time will tell. I can say I'm sure that the buck on the bag clovers grew better than the no name stuff. Ladino from Agway and bucks a plenty clover seed from American seed were flops. Deer have been eating WI Winter Greens and tall tine turnips before frosted.