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Post by esshup on Aug 17, 2021 23:47:36 GMT -5
I saw what must have been 5 bucks in the food plot tonight at 7:30. 3 were wider than their ears and about 10" or more tall. They were within 200 yds and kinda spooky so I didn't stop the truck and I didn't have any binoculars with me.
That's good to know, I might throw up a ladder stand soon and watch the plot from it if the wind is right.
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Post by bill9068 on Aug 18, 2021 7:54:09 GMT -5
I love it when a plan comes together, good luck.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 19, 2021 8:07:29 GMT -5
Got my little plot bush hogged and sprayed. We will plant oats, radishes, purple top turnips, winter wheat and rye on the 28th.  Changed out the old Big Dog ladder stand for a much more comfortable Millennium ladder stand.  |
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 19, 2021 8:13:04 GMT -5
The two white looking trees are dead ash trees. We used to have a hang on there. Glad we moved down aways. I need to keep an eye on it. Hopefully when they fall they will fall away from the plot and not in it…and when no one is there.
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Post by esshup on Aug 19, 2021 9:41:47 GMT -5
Woody, I used to wait until now to plant. Too many years of getting burned by no rainfall. So I am now planting (or trying to plant) my "Fall" plots in June or early July.
If you have a FEL on the tractor, 2 guys can get those trees to fall away from the plot easily. One guy makes the cuts on the trees while the other guy is pushing up higher on the tree with the FEL.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 19, 2021 9:58:49 GMT -5
I have cleared about one acre now with the chainsaw, shears, and old riding lawn mower.
There are guys at my house right now with a forestry mulcher clearing underneath the powerline.
When it's all done, I'll have about two acres in a large horseshoe shape ready for a food plot.
I had thought that this would all take a lot longer, but it's actually come together pretty quick. I'm hoping to spray with gly, get my FIL out with his tractor to disc it a bit, and get some winter rye growing for this season. Starting next spring I plan on following Jeff Sturgis' no-till process.
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