Bull Pen, Mandy Hollow and Cari's Corner

Figure out who your intruder was?

How long until you start to see daylight movement of those bucks?...don't even look close to rut right now!
 
Figure out who your intruder was?

How long until you start to see daylight movement of those bucks?...don't even look close to rut right now!
We did not get any other info on the intruder.
Our rut is pretty late, well into January, although the Alabama Rut Map shows that we border on a Post Christmas Rut.
Last year these antlers had daylight movement on January 25

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Glad you goy some bucks moving on the property. Hopefully that shot of rain can carry you until more weather rolls in.
Crazy dry this fall. For most everybody.
 
The deer should enjoy this! Ha, I wish I had something like this growing in the dry dirt at the farm. Got several beautiful plants like this in my garden..... #watermakesallthedifference

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Also, have freezing temps due in at 9pm tonight. I would love to leave these on the vine to ripen but could not risk it with cold temps. Will spread them out around the heater vent.

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Everything looking great Lak, and good to see all those horns showing up.

Interesting looking intruder. I hope you find out who it is.
 
Let's Hear It for the Chisel Plow
I planted food plots on 9/20, got 1/2 inch of rain on 9/26, and 1/4 inch on 10/18. That meager amount of rainfall caused the Alabama drought map to look like this: Red is extreme drought, Darker Red is Exceptional Drought. My property is right in the center of the state.
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As I stated in previous posts, I added the chisel plow to the preparation this year, which created some furrows for the seed and fertilizer. Those furrows must have collected and efficiently used what little rain we got.

Early this week we got over three inches Monday, and another inch on Tuesday. I had not seen the food plots for several weeks so I figured there would be nothing for the blessed rain to help. I visited the farm today and I am sold on using the chisel plow for plots.

The furrows created by the chisel still had wheat and oats alive, and ready to take off with the help of this weeks rain.
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I search for some green in the Throw & Mow test strips, and did find a little good news.
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But there is no doubt that the wheat/oats in the furrows shows more green and is ready to grow. Here is side by side comparison
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Tree Update
This picture probably will not excite you as much as it does me. These are young persimmon trees.
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Back in 2012 when I was growing 100s of trees from seed I had several persimmon trees, along with sawtooth oaks, that did very well. After they went dormant in winter I planted them in January 2013. The sawtooth trees have been very obvious as they are quite leafy and easy to spot in the dog fennel, fescue, stickers and other weeds. I was not sure how many persimmon had survived, and had already concluded that the raccoons were doing a better job of planting them.

Today I ran my bushog alongside the rows of trees to they will be accessible this winter for pruning. I was mainly next to the sawtooth, but was very happy to find several rows of persimmon trees that are very tall and doing quite well. It will be interesting to see how many, if any, produce fruit.

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Been a while since I've seen dry like that but the nightmares are still common. Forages starting to recover yet?
 
Been a while since I've seen dry like that but the nightmares are still common. Forages starting to recover yet?

As you can tell there is a LOT of brown in the pictures above. And we had a very late frost, so I am sure the wildlife are seeking other alternatives. Some persimmon trees still have some fruit to drop, and I still see some acorns in the woods. Privet, of course, is still around.
Oddly, some of my new pear trees, planted last January, are completely stripped of leaves, while others still have green, but, of course, I have all in cages. That may be a function of frost protection.

I am continually amazed at how much food plot growth I have in the fields. Rain should kick them into high gear but the low 20s on Friday and Saturday will give them a bolt. The pictures above do show many of the sawtooth oaks that I planted, one picture 2006 trees, another picture the 2013 trees. Satisfying to see them growing so well. Next week Jack (9) and I are hunting Thursday and Friday. During the day on Friday we hope to prune a lot of young sawtooth.
 
Lot of horns still hanging out around my house at the lake. So far I am still in protection mode. Wish I had a good crop of bucks at the farm.

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This picture shows that Not All 8 Points are created equal

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When your tractor needs a good washing.

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I spent the last few days filling dirt behind a new seawall. The FEL bucket loads were higher and higher and almost impossible to keep the wet dirt from landing on the tractor.
Just drive into the lake, fill bucket with water and shake vigorously like a black lab!

Here is the seawall
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For those of us "landlubbers", I'm sure it would be beneficial to make sure and drive it in the "lake" and not the "sea". Can't imagine a salt-water bath helping those hyd cylinders much.
 
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