Recent content by HuronMtn

Try a piece of pink foam-board insulation sandwiched between two scrap pieces of carpet. Place that between your feet and the ground or stand. Putting the carpet on both sides of the foam is important so it remains quiet if you move your feet. If that doesn't do it try upgrading your boots to...

Good original question and thread. Yes, this is one of the harder parts of owning property, the neighbor relationships. I found it helpful, especially when I was the "unknown new neighbor", to NOT lead-off with a problem. I decided my first goal was to get off to a good start with each...

Kill plots 0.25-0.5A

One more thing I forgot to mention in my prior Reply post. On my land, irregular shaped plots seem to get more use in daylight than large open plots. The large open plots are good for efficiently creating the most quantity of food per area, but the the irregular plots with shorter-sight...

Wow, nice property and projects you have in hand. Lot's of good advice in the above. I have a very similar piece of property in similar-sounding big woods habitat, but in another state (Upper Michigan). I am about 9 years into it and would emphasize the following from my experience: > Yes...

Mixed answer regarding smart phone compass ... Medium Importance: In a low risk convenience situation (hiking in an area with defined boundaries where the consequences of being disoriented/lost are very limited) I will use it if I happen to have the phone out for another reason, such as...

Good weather and good luck!

Yes, my worry when I was checking thermals out was the ability to discern dogs vs coyotes vs wolves -- and it works fine for that. I don't have the axis vs whitetail issue -- they probably would be tougher to distinguish. If you decide to take an interest in the Echo 3, the way you get it...

I am giving a Sig Echo 3 Reflex Scope a try on my 6.5 Creedmoor AR. So far I really like it. No luck yet on predators but attached a few deer pics so you can see what it looks like looking through this scope. Image quality is more than adequate for my purposes. Paid $1700 for it. Recommend...

If you can't find the black material you are looking for the pink foam insulation board works well glued to treated 0.5" plywood exterior panel (or whatever sheathing you are using). On the inside blind surface I glue black or dark gray unbacked automobile carpet. This makes for a very...

Buckwheat is a good choice and very forgiving of poor soil nutrients levels. My experience is the stuff will grow in near beach sand low fertility soils. A problem I have had with it is little-to-none regrowth after the deer hit it. So, depending when you put it in and when it gets consumed...

I haven't fully trusted Winter-Spring frost seeding and have avoided it after a couple of tries that didn't work out. Several years ago I discovered Fall frost/dormant seeding. At that time, I was being paid by the State to put in several fields for pollinators. The State guidelines and my...

Mixing saw dust with small seed has worked very well for me when I have had trouble getting the seeder aperture right in the past. With more experience on my seeder (I use the red-colored Earthway chest-mount spin cast seeder) I found that the lower aperture settings work pretty well for small...

I am 180 degrees from you on this buckdeer1: Prior to 25 years back I shot recurve instinctive for whitetail, bear, moose and elk. The last 25 years I have shot a compound with single pin HHA sight, exclusively for whitetail hunting. It has worked well for me over those years. Recently I...

Beautiful pic