Is it cliche to say a turkey flew out of my burn the morning after while it was still smoking? Maybe, but that’s what happened.
First burn conducted on the property, by me anyway. I had a contract crew assist although they weren’t very experienced. I was the only one with a drip tourch. It was...
Our spring turkey hunt.
We’re on a self regulated one bird per season off the property, at least for now.
I’m meeting a contract crew this week to help me out with burning. Can’t wait to get that started!
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Looking for dinner in all the wrong places!
I saw the biggest bobcat I’ve seen in person come check out our decoys last week. That was a first for me.
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We called this Tom in yesterday afternoon. He strutted in the same spot (at 50 yards) for 45 minutes. Sometimes decoys aren’t your friend but they’re helpful to get a bird in range of an arrow or in this case my sons .410. I’m not letting him shoot past 35 yet and ideally 25.
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Anyone else turkey hunting yet? Just had a huge Tom bobcat in the decoys, sacrificed the picture to wake my nine year old up.
Hard to beat a sunrise like that!
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If you’re creating bedding in the middle of open woods you’ll need to consider the shade surrounding your cut to inform your minimum size. A quarter acre cut next to a field will get plenty of sun but that same size cut surrounded by mature timber will be mostly shaded and might not meet your...
Grafted a few trees last week. Four on Antonovka and four on M111. All the scion is late dropping (November) Rusty coat from a neighboring farm.
I’m a bit of an amateur, you’d think I grafted 100 trees with this mess.
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Awesome. I’m just a little jealous you have so much time to burn! I’m still optimistic I’ll get at least one unit burned this spring, we’ll see.
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