landtracdeerhunter

Now working on a damascus ( layered) forged welding tracker knife. Combination of an ax and knife on one handle. Using 1085 and 15N20. Colder than the blazes out in this wind even with the forge cranking. Hopefully, their will be no imperfections as in the last damascus billet. Think I got tach welding the pieces down pat now.

I planted a switchgrass a few years back that got head high. About 2 acres which required about 20# of seed. Got the seed from Welters which I had to order the year prior. Believe the name was Cave Something.The deer made pathways into it creating excellent bedding areas. Young deer seemed to like it the best. Turkeys loved to go in the pathways for some reason. Got seed heads on it but never set seed. The only downfall was tough to see into; we never new a deer was in it, until they heard us coming and ran out. Bucks visited it during breeding, but only in dark. It goes very quickly, given the right conditions. I enjoyed growing it; something different, know one else had. It was quite tough to plow under and had a very tough root system.

Looks like your cardboard blinds are holding up very well. By the name, would be a good spot for deer to come in to drink during season. I am surprised how much snow you have on the ground. Barely an inch with lawn grass exposed here.

It's nice to see these turkey pics, while the snow's falling outside. Temps in the 40's this weekend into next week should turkey well.

I could look up the history on the internet. It would be very nice if some of the members of this forum could relate to it.

I didn't know Arbys even sold a fish sandwich. I like their fries; horseradish sauce is good also.

Nice pics on this thread!

Here's some food for thought for little money. Turkeys like to visit freshly plowed and worked soils. I have moldboard plow different fields, then finding turkeys on them following days. They also like to come in after spots have been worked up to pick the newly planted seeds. Another nice draw; spreading manure on the fields.

I grow winter wheat for the turkeys, deer, and what other critters want to eat it. Turkeys will eat the grain right out of the heads. Quite comical to watch them jumping up to get it. More of a June July thing though.

I'll help a neighbor out, when they need it.

Nothing could ever replace a lobster and steak dinner on Valentines day

I was hoping for a mild Tuesday, but temps didn't make it above freezing till 5 pm. with plenty of freezing rain. We did manage to warm to 50 by midnight and the trees ran into Wednesday morning with just enough sap to fire the evaporator. Still getting a nice golden color, but the boil down rate is still quite high. I still am debating when to tap the rest of my trees. Most likely be around the 20th.

It cheaper to have a cell phone, than a land line these days, if you stay with the basic technology. Much more dependable too. My phone doesn't run me. I just use it for communication, like a land line.

Heck, it'll be down the storm sewers, come Sunday.

Just something us westerners live with from time to time. LOL.

The question that comes to mind is would the flu shot keep a person from getting sick? I know of two people that had reactions from the shot. Something flu shot pushers don't tell ya.

Some of our young beech are marcescence trees. Deer bed around these quite often. I believe their is some nutritional value when the leaves come down. They also visit the larger maple trees, bedding in their leaf drop on the forest floor.

Deer are still feeding on corn here, Willows are also getting nipped back. They cleaned up on radish new top growth. Bedding heavily in leafy wooded areas.

I've been finding doe, no bucks yet.

Shed fever always latches it firm grip this time of year. Catch it in a field near you. One word of caution thou; once it hits, their's no turning back, LOL.

We'll we have escaped most of the snow all winter. Shoveling these little 2 inch snowfalls have been no problem this season. Makes one sleep through the entire night with no problem at all. Deer are bedding in leafy areas of the woods, a more traditional winter pattern; so it looks like winter will be here for a while now. Maybe I will not have to put miles on the cleats to find some sheds this season.

I still like to use my summer fallowing to combat weed problems.

Always inoculate legume seed. I buy separate packages introducing it into the seed.; even though tag says it already in it. An inexpensive way to fix nitrogen into the soils. Far more productive than chemical ferts,,

Only 42 more days. The way this winter is going, I won't mind it. Another warm up next week.

I am a shed fanatic; thanks wooly! I just can't get myself to cut them up. I'm just to attached to them, when they become unattached. Their my best trophies. Learned a lot about where to find them too. Looking to make plaques to mount them on so I can daydream about when I found them. One plaque going to have to be very long as I have shed antlers from one deer, five years straight, two sets. The last being the largest I have ever found. I am hoping for a sixth year; we'll see. I seen a shed antler chandelier in some restaurant one time. Maybe when the drywall starts to crack, and the studs pull out of the headers , I'll try making one of those. Not even close yet. To me sheds are far cheaper to find than shooting one. I would then have to shell out hundreds of dollars and a lot of labor to get on the wall.