Went and photographed my deer woods today (lots of pics)

Well, with no work today and having just returned from an EMS call, i decided that it would be a great day to take a walk and photograph my parents farm. Altogether, it spans 47 acres in northeastern Ohio. Here is an overhead view:



The main fixture on the land is our 1 acre pond. The pond was originally built in the 1950's, but when my dad took over the property from my grandma in 2002, we decided to drain it and rebuild the dam. We used to have 3 campers near the lake to sleep in, but we have since upgraded to a "cabbarn".

Future Ohio G2G site?







And dont forget the main fixture :



The lake is stocked with channel cats, largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegills, redears, pumpkinseeds, creek chubs, striped minnows, green sunfish and white amur. There is also no shortage of bullfrogs, green frogs, water snakes, muskrats, geese, wood ducks, mallards or green and blue herons.

When my grandpa passed away, we stopped farming the land ourselves and started renting it out to a gentleman down the street. This year he has 17 acres of hay lined up, and its already starting to come up pretty good:



















These fields have fed a large quantity of game over the years including deer, turkeys, coyotes, fox, raccoon, squirrel, possum, woodchuck, skunk and the occasional horse :d

We also have a stand of pines on the property that my dad planted as a kid:









The other main feature we have is a "bullrush" swamp in the southeast corner of our property (Kyle knows the real name of these things ):

















Here is a picture of my stump lick (needs refreshed):

 

Good lookin set of woods ya got there

 

Hey man thanks for sharing, nice pics.

 

Although, less than 2 hours from me... You have much more topography than I do here. Your woods are also pretty open, it shows with all of the fresh growth you have coming up all over the forest floor.

Nice pics.

 

Thanks for the tour Siman, you and your bro are lucky dudes. Good luck with the future success of the farm. I will watch for your Turkey pics.

 

Thats pretty awesome, looks a LOT like my neck in IL.

However, you're starting to get pretty green already and we just melted off ANOTHER snow!

 

Very nice pictures, Siman. I never get tired of seeing property pictures. That's a great piece of ground you have there!

 

Caleb.... that is AWESOME!! You are a blessed young man

 

That looks like a great place to make memories, seems you already have. Gotta love your roots.

Nice pics man.

 

Awesome spread, Caleb

 

Equisetum hyemale

"Horsetail" or "Snake Grass".

Nice Pics, Caleb.

 

nice pics starting to green up a good sign spring is on the way.

 

Its amazing how green it is just a few hourse south of me. We usually dont get to where your at until atleast the second week of may. But it is nice to know that the warmth is slowly creeping north!!:d

 

I used to live on Pawnee Rd, pretty much right around the corner from your land.

Nice looking layout you have there.

 

Less then 5 minutes

Thanks guys, i know im spoiled to have the availability to hunt my own ground. The farm used to be much bigger in the early 1900's too.

 

Great pictures Caleb!! Good luck with the turkeys!!

 

Like has been said before..

You don't know how lucky you are Simon.. enjoy that land every chance you get.

Looks like a great place to grow up on.

 

Nice looking place & pics! Thanks for sharing

 

Nice pics. Thanks for the tour.

 

Man R U lucky to have access to something like that. Thanks for sharing.