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Jeff in TX
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Food plots are disked and planted
Jeff in TX
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It's been a slow summer with threads. Took the week off and disked and planted my food plots, well 4 out of 5 of them. All told I have about 3.5 acres of food plots planted with one to go. The 5th food plot is still very wet from the 5" of rain we got a week ago. That food plot floods fairly easily under a foot plus of water after a big rain. Actually my buddy keeps telling me to plant rice in it! Hopefully I can disk it a little next weekend but have decided to just plant some clover and turnips.
I may be a tad early this year but have a few long international business trips in Sept and Oct and didn't want to have to rush to get them in.
Had my local feed store mix the seeds types and fertilizer. It worked out to be around 75% wheat, 20% yellow clover and the rest turnips and peas. The clover, peas and turnips usually come in nicely for the fall and help keep the deer around.
I may be a tad early this year but have a few long international business trips in Sept and Oct and didn't want to have to rush to get them in.
Had my local feed store mix the seeds types and fertilizer. It worked out to be around 75% wheat, 20% yellow clover and the rest turnips and peas. The clover, peas and turnips usually come in nicely for the fall and help keep the deer around.
Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!
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Not only do they come in nicely for the fall, they also help the heard out tremendously.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Snake 284,
Since my neighbor high fenced his property it has really affected my deer population by 65 to 70%. I knew I'd take a hit but wasn't hoping that bad. I put a feeder up in the NW portion of my property. It's near the main FM road and about 150 yards from the house. I thought what the heck maybe I can pull some deer from across the road. It took three nights for the deer to find the feeder. I've had two to three does on camera for the past 3 nights. I figure where there's does there will be bucks this Oct/Nov. I disked the small area with the feeder which was the first pic in this series. It's about a 1/4 acre food plot so I'll see how the season goes.
John 3: 1-21
And when you do find something for a cat1 that is in the price range, it should come with welding rods.
Give it some time.
Actually, it was 400 acres he fenced. The previous years we did our deer counts in the beginning of Aug for our local game biologist. With eight game cameras going on 162 acres I usually have a good idea of the size of my deer herd. It's down significantly approaching almost 70% over the previous years since the fence went up.
All hope is not lost as we knew we'd take a hit, it will rebound. With the new feeder in the NW portion of the ranch it looks to be promising!
John 3: 1-21
That's a fact!
John 3: 1-21
Dad 5-31-13
Cranked my tractor yesterday for the 1st time in 6-8 wks: now I have a miss. Bought new spark plugs which I hope to put in Saturday
Gas powered tractor? Don't see or hear of those to often! Best of luck on your food plots!
Was blessed this evening with a nice rain, hopefully enough to jump start my food plots!
John 3: 1-21
Boy ya got sex on the mind. Ya need to get your rocks off ! They're floating to the top!
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
It's a Ford 8N. It was my grandfather's. Dad had the engine rebuilt ~15 yrs ago. It's been running fine. I just hope it's the plugs or a.plug wire.