It almost happened! About 30 minutes before dark, had 2 does coming in. They came in directly down wind and could see them smelling the wind the whole time. They got in under 20 yards and i was going to take the big one. But stayed behind my tree and acting very nervous. Ended up walking straight away behind tree. If i setup on other side of tree, dead deer. I set up in a huge oak, now i know why i usually dont go up big trees, so hard to shoot around. Plus didn't help they were on edge.
I locked up the blind for the week and left a few mouse "snacks " in it. I'll be hunting alone on the 26th. Oh cam, crazy active and they even bedded down out there. It's offical...we went from a doe parcel to a buck parcel. As I drop trees in January it should get more pronouced. Problem is, the tree rubbing WTH. Leave my dog woods, and apples alone.
I have honey suckle brush all over and the deer love it. It also makes movement easier for it's good cover for my trails in. They call it invasive I call it a plus. The mice do a great job controling it every winter. They and rabbits love the deep snow tasty bark. Which kills it.
we been killing the **** out Autumn olive bushes and Honeysuckle on the farm. Been in a program that reimburses T&M for its removal. We maxed out the last three years now.
Find sweatshirt Holt? I wasn't going to hunt tonight, but only good wind for the next few days at this place. Trying new ammo inn the 450. Time to test it out.
I had the DEC come in for a forest assessment. They commented on my honesuckle amd my autum olive. How do you keep it under such good control. I let it be unless it needs to be pulled. . Just like many invasives if you cut it and do not kill every root they will sucker on steriods.. leave them be and make sure you have great bird and small animal habitat, they will control it. This said I'd NEVER DO THAT WITH BUCK THORN, KILL, KILL, KILL
I couldn't take it, so after work i went back to look for it. Found it after a 1/2 mile in, so not bad. Feel better getting it back, it is one of my favorites.
cut it and spray it all, kill it dead. It’s terrible for the native seed bed and understory. Furthermore if its on recreational acreage in a substantial amount and a buyer knows what he is looking at he better devalue for it. We killed all of iton over one full section and will kill the remaining section and a half over the next two years. Won’t be any substantial honeysuckle, Autumn Olive, Mutiflora rose or buckthorn on this farm by the time we are finished .
larger buckthrorn hack and squirt or double griddle and spraying is the ticket. when an bunch is smaller and closer together we hit it with our mulching head and then over spray it.
Ugg, just found a deer tick on me. This is probably the latest to find one. Stupid things. I also found a old box turtle out on a stroll. Both weird to find this time of year. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
They come back out when it gets cold, they come out before the snow is completely melted here in the spring.
For those most familure with a lot of the trees, shrubs, bushes, vines, ect. that we encounter in the woods we hunt, have you ever seen a grape vine this thick? I did tree work for almost 40 years, and I've never seen it's equal. I've been hanging a cam on it for about 10 years so far, but it's dying now. I will miss it after it gets dried out enough that it falls out of the big tulip poplar tree it's been growing up into for god knows how many years. This is not a current pic, because the "bark" is off of it and it's all dried out now.
Actually yes, hubby and I were at Canadice lake here and spotted a grape vine bigger than that. It was near the size of a medium sized blk. Locust. I honestly did not believe they could get that big, nor the oak it climbed surved it's growth. Fun finds in nature.
Speaking of ticks and the invasives BARBERRY bush kill,kill, kill this brush is a known tick housing plant due to it's thorny nature keeping preditors at bay. Now this is the plant I hunt and kill. Grey dogwood brush is another find a pain to control and qork at it.
