Recent content by BenAllgood

Looks like the 5 year old one antlered buck we call Sweet tooth may put on some antler growth on that bad side this year.

One thing I forgot to post was a problem tree I took down. This was a fairly large buckeye tree. I removed it for two reasons. It was producing a ton of shade in an area I wanted more browse production, and it was producing lots of babies that were coming up everywhere in the adjacent edge...

One of the trees I had killed by basal spraying became a home for a hive of bees.

This one will be fun to keep up with. The first 2 pictures are from last year. I estimated him to be 2.5 at that time. The second 2 pictures are from this year. Judging from his mass at the bases, he doesn't seem like he'll add much mass this year.

That should be a ton of fun and very different than South Carolina! Congratulations.

I opened a spot to see a travel corridor from a ladder stand in a cedar. This is facing north. There's an east-west major trail that is choked down by a ditch that cuts up from the draw below. To the west is bedding I created through edge feathering along the draw and old field transition line...

The basal spraying through an EQIP program to remove invasives and unwanted midstory trees seems to have been at least 90% successful. The trees sprayed are crumbling and falling apart. I found some persimmon saplings starting to come up in my old field areas. The farmer planted corn...

It was about 2 ft of drop at 100. I sighted at about 10 yards. I readjusted the scope for 100. I didn't hold over. I knew almost every shot was going to be at 100 or close to it, and I could aim a little higher if needed.

You mentioned a pond early on. You could dig out most of the area to the right (I'm guessing that's east), of the barn, and use the dirt to put a berm on the other side of the barn to block it and your access. Put a blind on the top of the berm and a kill plot on the other side.

How much acreage is that in ag that surrounds the barn? If you go much at all to that barn, deer around it are going to know it. Each time you go to it, you're pressuring it. It's basically like a barn in the middle of a food plot. Personally, if I had to park or spend much time at all at the...

I don't know the layout or topography, but would a ram pump work? It doesn't require electricity, and the moving water may keep it open?

I remember him talking last year in a video about how he didn't think they'd be able to see him coming in from the valley below. I was surprised to hear him say that because he's spent a good bit of time in hill country, and I'm sure he's seen deer bust off the side of a ridge before. They'll...

Looks like it might be a nighthawk?

I agree with @Native Hunter said about scaring deer. If you're having to park at the barn, your vehicle is still going to alert deer with or without a screen. In that case, I like your idea about a pond. If you do the pollinator route, I'd be doing maintenance yearly to keep it short, giving it...

Screening your access to keep from bumping them would be nice.