Recent content by rustybucket

Note: I've done the same stuff I listed above before I ever owned land. The idea is to find someone who owns land, likes to hunt some, but doesn't have time to hunt a ton, and definitely doesn't have time to do food plots, deal with stands or tree plantings...etc. You turn it into a situation...

ok, so I'll share what has been successful for me over the years.... The bottom line of my method assumes that everyone is out for themselves. Hunters who are seeking permission are always out for themselves first and the landowner second. Landowners who are being asked are always in it for...

Good luck to everyone this weekend! Will have a few stands full of kids tomorrow AM as my son and one or two of his friends open youth rifle season on our place. This will be our first Opening Day on our new property!! Hopefully there will be MANY more to come!! I'll probably climb up in a...

Accidentally left a baggie of them in peat in the garage last fall when I was packing them up for stratification. They sat for a little over a week in the warm moist peat before I realized I had left them out.... Almost every single acorn had sprouted and had a radicle. Some of them had 2-3"...

My radishes (groundhog was the brand) had tubers the size of my arm. On of my sons favorite pasttimes was to pull some and shoot them with the .22 and watch them explode :D

I agree 1000%.... Much more being learned on this project than the actual subject matter.... irrigation, programming (sprinkler timer), water management, erosion, and of course basic farming skills like running a tiller, pulling a hoe/rake...etc.

We are located in Ray City, GA, which is fairly extreme south ga, about 30 miles from the Florida line. Understanding all locations are different, your soil may not be deficient in minerals found in granite, you may need silica, sodium, magnesium, potassium...etc. The logical reason granite...

So, in the organic, re-mineralizing world people are using 'rock dust' which is nothing more than finely ground granite. The stuff runs about $40 for a 40lb bag. At that price it's not really a reality for most food plotters or gardeners. So I set off to find a cheaper source. Turns out the...

Ok, so my step-son had to do a project for his Ag class this year. He wanted to do something with deer hunting, but we couldn't really figure anything good out. We just moved into our new place in Dec of this past year so the land is still VERY new to us. We put in a garden in the spring and...

In addition to labeling in the field I created a google map with all current and future tree locations with date planted info...etc. It's accessible from my phone so I can look at it while in the field. I've also marked and labeled trees that were native or planted by someone else. The map...

Sorry to hijack the thread, but diesel as in diesel fuel? Could you elaborate on your mixture? We're looking at a 12 acre area to add an orchard (for commercial production) and it has scattered pines, sweetgums and a few cedar trees. I was planning on just have a dozier come in and push them...

Wonder if he is a steer? My stepdad took a similar buck back in the 90's, big body, very spindly rack, no mass, VERY weak for the area... turns out his nuts had been 'damaged' at some point in his life, they were pretty much non-existant except a nasty scar.

During the spring and summers when I go missing on the deer/wildlife forums I'm offhsore fishing or coaching travel baseball!

I use a spray bottle with about 50/50 gly/water in it. As soon as I cut the tree I spray the stump. I've also girdled some trees and sprayed them with the same. Results are pretty good with probably 80-90% mortality. I usually do my cutting in the fall, not sure if that matters or not.

2 different bucks