Oh, Boy, y'all are givin' me the fever!
It's been so wet in the panhandle, I've actually had to use 4-wheel drive to pull a cultivator through a few places in the garden, the food plots are still very wet. The statement about the weeds is pretty true, they will draw a lot of attention from the deer. The biologist call weeds forbs sometimes when discussing deer plots. Seems most any new growth, tender and juicy will help turn a deer's head at times. Mowing and disking will certainly help any food plot that is going to be planted later on in the late summer or fall.
Great pictures, Iluv2hunt, keep up the good work!
Treefarmer
Plot #1
Plot #2
Plot #3
I forgot to take pics of plot #4 by the box stand, and plot #5 was still too wet to try and disc just yet. Here is a very large rattlesnake skin. She had just shed as this skin was on top of the grass and had no dew on it. I could smell it..
Lookin' good! Continued disking is certainly a good way to achieve weed control and therefore have a better seedbed when you put out the seed for the fall plot. Eliminating competition from wild plants give the food plot seeds a better chance to make it to a point where Bambi will come lookin' for somethin' good when it's time to hunt!
On Saturday I started mowing the food plot I did last year, the one that was planted late. Should have taken a few pictures before and after but didn't. Also began mowing the fire killed junk between the pine trees that are next to the food plot. Pretty easy to get along between the pine rows but it is difficult to go perpendicular to the rows and get the junk that is in line with the pines. The only reason I'm doing this is to be able to see what's happening in the planted pines from the shooting house. Fire is a great tool but it also leaves a lot of dead junk that needs to be laid on the ground with a bush hog. Right now my intent is to repeat last years plot, a "Z" shaped planting within the tall volunteer weeds that will grow during the summer. The Rye grain brought the deer into the open and the tall weeds gave them security.
Treefarmer
Allen, you do all that plot work by yourself? That's good stuff man. I hope it pays off for you this fall.
From the looks of the ladder stand pic, it looks like you can cut a shooting lane through the little patch of saplings to the left of your feeder. Catch em while they're walking down that path.
Yeah Brian pretty much. I will say however, I have had to solicit the help of a couple buddies the last 2 years to put up stands. I cannot physically do the crap I did 10 years ago. Heck, putting up a 2-man stand by myself used to be nothing. Everything else I do by myself. Plus I do ALL of my hunting partners stuff. He just got a 4-wheeler so my work load will hopefully decrease. I feel like a kid at Christmas with him getting that
