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SOME BIG BACK STRAP WALKING AROUND!FINE LOOKING GIIRLS.
Man...that pear tree is a gold mine....and I like the pics from that Moultrie cam.
I went up to my place last week to put in all my fall plots. Got chased around by the rain for 3 days while I was putting them in...luckilly one of my neighbors had already turned them again the day before I got there so the discing was already done. Put in six plots....started throwing seeds and Fert. on Tuesday and by Thursday afternoon they already had roots popping out....never did get to cover them...was too wet and didnt want to disturb them once they popped...we will see how that works.....but talked to my other neighbor yesterday and he checked out my place for me and said they were looking good and already up 2-3 inches and nice and green....I guess mother nature and the rain took care of it. Couple of pics below right after I threw the seed....
DaveT, those are some fine lookin' plots! Were they all logging decks, or how were they established? With the right moisture, lots of seed will germinate on top and put down a root and grow well, it's not ideal but in nature that is the way plants reproduce without our help.
The pear tree is holding up well, still a lot of fruit on it for them to eat.
Treefarmer
TreeFarmer,
Thanks....that last one was a loading deck that I have been working on for the last couple of years to make into a plot. Getting better all the time. All my other plots I had put in by a guy up there who has a big dozer, loader, and charges a very fair rate and works hard for it. Lucky to have him. He will put in roads, ponds, rock or culvert bridges, plots, etc. and was born and raised in the area and really understands the land and how to work it without destroying stuff....leaves the topsoil, puts in water berms on the steeper roads for erosion, etc. Great guy. Here's the other plots.....will post some update pics when I get up there to hunt ML.
This one above was a food plot that the loggers used as a loading deck, and cut down a beautiful mature white oak that is fortunately starting to come back up. You can see it to the right side in this end of the plot. I could have cried....they werent supposed to touch hardwoods, but it was in the way of the loader for the trucks....whatever.
I generally dont hunt these plots too much, but if someone who hasnt shot a deer before or if they want to hunt with a kid or something, then they can use these... I like to let the deer have them as kind of a safe place and hunt the trails/roads coming in/out....but in the heat of the rut, the bucks will be checking them for hot does.
