we use to call it indian corn. we always use to find it in our garden mixed with the sweet corn. i believe my parents still have some of it for decorative purposes from 30 years ago.
Hey Treefarmer, glad the hear your wife is doing well. God is amazing. Your corn plot is looking good. I like the shooting house pictures. That's a sweet set up. Hope you are fortunate enough to get a great (meat) harvest this year from it! :chef
Day 187 Corn patch food plot
Today the weather is about 60 degrees, overcast, misty with a NW wind, nights have been in the 40's, feels like hunting weather! The corn patch is still there and it is only 8 days till rifle time. Sat in the shooting house on 2 different evenings, last time didn't see anything, but time before there were deer moving in the planted pines on the southside of the patch, hadn't seen any horns yet. The camera is getting a lot of pictures without any subjects. Got the hind quarters several times as they cross a fire lane from east to west. Seems as they come from the west they will stop in the opening and look around long enough for the camera to wake up, but the opposite is true as they head into the thick woods out of the planted pines.
Spent a little time on the lease putting up a ladder stand in a big cedar tree that is in the middle of an old food plot. Tree growth has made an existing shooting house unusable so had to improvise as this is a good spot but if you can't see it seems a waste of time. Have maintained a corn feeder and a mineral site on this spot for close to 20 years. Have filled the feeder with corn from the corn patch food plot.
Don't know which place I will hunt on Thanksgiving morning, wind and weather will dictate which place. Thanksgiving is a family day at our house and I have to sneak in a hunt when I can. Our daughters and daughter-in-law are supposed to help Momma cook this time as she is still in recovery mode from the quadruple bypass. Should be an interesting day!
Pictures today show 2 pictures from the lease. One finishing up the pruning of the cedar limbs and the other of the mineral lick, it had been recharged a week ago, if you look close there are deer pellets in the picture. Some times there are the most unusual patterns made by the deer in the clay when it is wet. Looks like they may even rub their antlers in the mineral as well as paw it with their hooves.
Treefarmer
Toss a handfull of corn out in front of your cam to get them to stop for a picture. Love the cedar tree stand
Day 194 Corn patch food plot
Opening day of rifle season tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day! Children all coming home for the holiday. Found out that "We're going hunting with Grand-daddy!" So we will sit in the shooting house tomorrow before supper time, me and a 6 and 8 year old grandson. Probably be an interesting afternoon.
Sat in the house last Friday afternoon for an hour and saw 7 deer, they walked up and down the rows like a woman and her children in the grocery store. 2 does, each with a pair of spotted fawns and a little button buck, who quickly disappeared in the corn. The does and fawns kept coming in and out of the shooting lanes and hopefully during the rut in January "ol' Big Boy" will be following them around.
Took Iluv2hunt's advice and put some peanuts rather than corn, in front of the camera and it slowed them down as they crossed the fence long enough for the camera to "wake up".
Hope and pray that all of the FOHAF family has a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Day!
Treefarmer
