Returning Champs - Team 5 - The Big Toe

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~ the bulldozer is widening the pond going to north to make a pinch point, should be done Wednesday

- the brush hogged area was think briars and hardwood saplings, so think the deer had few trails though it, and to the pond, and one main trail out to the east. It’s been sprayed once and will be sprayed twice more if needed

-deer bed in the north woods on the two bench’s going into the steep ravine.

-the two west fields are clover mixes. On any given night there will be 20 plus deer on them

~ The flatter southeast woods always have rutting activity.


Here is the Question. Half the newly mowed area will be planted with high native bedding grasses mixed.
The other half will be some type of fall feed.

Which would you plant where? Top is west and bottom is east

 

They haven't arrived yet. I noticed there were no replacement blades there either.

 

Peas and greens for the other half wouldn't be terrible. Candy crop.

 

West, southwest. Mostly

 

I would say with the wind you normally get I would also plant bedding grass on west side and food source on east. I also have no experience with planting anything on a hunting property. The farmer on the property usually takes care of that for me. I just put sets up at different spots for different wind directions. I would love to put some food plots in some of the fields he doesn’t plant anything in but I don’t really have the time to do that at this point. I have beans and corn mostly but there is one ****ty hayfield that seems to have been left go this year. It’s shoulder high weeds with some alfalfa hidden at the bottom.


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Not enough food plot experience to comment but I will be watching to see what you choose and the result!


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Calm before the storm.

 

Had a pretty nice bear on cam Sunday

 

We all got busy chorin before season starts! That was what I was referring to in the calm before the storm comment. It got real quiet here

 

All seriousness don't make the same mistakes I have on out of state hunts.
Get an opportunity at a deer you wouldn't pass in state, take the shot!

Last 3-day trip to NE, I was in the stand no more than 1 hour and had a 150" deer come in and 360 around my stand. At one point he was 7 yards and I was at full draw and let down. I couldn't do it... Didn't want to sit in camp the next 3 days while everyone else was hunting. Boy was that a mistake. Wind picked up and started gusting to 50+ mph. It did that for the next 2 days and none of us ever saw another deer. Worst part is that same deer walked by my buddies stand at 45+ yards and he said he thought he was much bigger than 150.

That's twice I should have filled the tag hunting out of state and I didn't... lol

 

Just getting caught on my reading. lol!

Spent the weekend with my oldest boy. First year away from home at college and he came home for the extended weekend. Didn't know how much I would really miss him until he was gone.

 

Holiday makes for a short week. Which sounds good in theory but more often than not makes for a $hitton of work and 4 10hr days

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J… you live in Kansas… I would agree if I lived there lol …




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Get an android next time. It'll probably have its challenges too, but at least it won't be an iPhone

 

I got those new Exact archery heads in. Pretty cool. I haven't shot one yet, but here's some pics.

 

I know that feeling. Just met up with my daughter for the weekend. Havnt seen her in forever. Hated to leave!!


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