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Good year for growing vines. I don't remove all the grape vines, as some of my squirrel friendso use them for travel routes. They also serve to feed many wild birds and even deer, with their tasty treats. I also set aside spots for poison ivy as stated previously. I have a few vines, size of my wrist growing up a few trees. Wild Morning Glory are also, kinda nice. Vetch is a deer magnet. Night Shade is one vine, I try to eliminate.

Don't forget the sumac. Deer feed off the blossoms in late winter.

I have about 20 acres, that wasn't seeded for years. What the government calls wild hay. It has legumes, grasses, and some weeds. Deer & turkey have fed off these spots for years when fresh, through the spring and after the 1st hay is removed. I can use the new regrowth to draw the deer in for summertime observational purposes. Turkey come in , more for the jumpers, I believe. Woodcock are showing up more too. Better than trail cams, live action during peak nutritional growing stages. Everyone has stopped growing hay around me. It works quite effectively. I don't worry about a few weeds as they also have nutritional value. Oh and baleing the hay reaps it's benefits also, LOL.

If you lived in it year round, I'd go with the best. For just seasonal hunting use, go with roll fiberglass to meet code. You most likely dropped a good dime on the rest of he structure. Why spend the extra cash for a few weeks of use out of the year?

Next Book malfunction!

A wolf can do extensive damage to livstock. We don't want them, but it's already to late.

I don't like the risk involved in eating strange fungi. But if you know the edible types, enjoy! That sure is a purity one.

Radish came up good in some areas, others are poking through now with the rainfall that helped. Oats are poking through now too. Turkey fly out of their roosting tree right near the radish, then walk in. They made dusting bowls in one area, using them daily now. Don't seem to be eating the radish, but, they at nipping off the oats. I got some nice molting feathers under their roost trees. Taking pics, will post when I get a decent PC.

I would ajust. We don't have much choice in this state, do we?

Breeding in January and February; add 200 days, you can have fawns this time of year. Happens here, more than liked.

I have frost seeded on bare frozen ground, four inches of snow, and even during an ice storm. Success rate has been about the same. Nice stands. Now keep in mind, frost seeding in a cover crop tilled type cereal grains will do better protecting the young seedlings. I did frost seed with legumes on old run out hay seedings with fair success. The stands were thinner however. One does have to consider soil type to improve success rates. Lighter soil types, most likely will do better than heavier soil types such as clay loams in non till methods of frost seeding.

You bought some more land?

Still waiting for a summer. Heavy dews. The wild apples are full on the trees. Most are showing a nice pale red color. Some are falling daily, with deer coming in the evenings cleaning them up. Mature split husk hickory nuts are dropping. Oaks nuts are filling on the trees very nicely with few immature drops. Promising to be a very good crop. The inch rainfall in a heavy thunderstorm Tuesday evening give the growing a nice pickup. Last weeks plantings look very good. Nature is pumping in some great food sources from alsides for the first two weeks of doe season. This state AUT to take lessons.

It sure shows the lack of experience in NY. DEC. Doesn't it. No experience necesssary!

So, bow season starts the middle of October, once again. This is what we get for piss'in the wind!

Thanks for sharing the pics. If this doesn't jump start the season for people, don't know what will, LOL.

I have one older alfalfa field where red clover and trefoil has filled in spots where the alfalfa had run out. It blends in rather nicely. Grows right along with alfalfa. Deer like the mixture till frost.

After all these years, I finally got one. About a month ago, one came in the mail. Almost fell over; who me, must be some mistake, LOL. I faithfully filled it out and rush to the post office to make sure it got mailed out. Now comes yesterday, another same exact one shows up in yours trulys mail box. They must think I'm pretty special, huh? LOL.

I'm still baling clover. Regrowth to blossom boot on a second cutting in 5 - 6 weeks, given the right growing condition. Remember, that clover will turn to candy for the deer after a good frost. They like to come in to eat the blossoms off first, here. Heck of a good draw, during, bow season right into firearm.

Ah, another antler restriction thread, LOL. Just wanted to get my two cents in; resume.

Far more injuries and deaths occur due to motor vehicle accidents than firearms, in this state and country. Where's the SAFE. act for motor vehicles?

I watched a nice 2 year old rub Sunday night. Does that mean his antlers have stop growing?

More properganda. Believe what you will.

Just got up to the house after finishing today's planting and the sky opened up with a good soaker. Someone may like me up there, LOL.