Recent content by Elkaddict

You’ve added to my “moneymaking” list:)

That stuff grows in my clover plots as well. No evidence of deer ever using it.

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Winter kill has been on my mind the last several days. We haven’t seen our lawn since the first week November. We’ve had highs of the single digits or substantially lower for 3 plus weeks, and the ever present wind has been howling (yesterday’s windchill was -40). I can glass a standing corn...

I’m blessed to hunt multiple states most years including the western states. On my own place, shots are more likely to be 300+ than 30yds. Consequently, I tend to prefer flat shooting rifles that are suitable for elk as well as deer. In the last 10 years, I’ve used the following on deer...

Very nice!

Thank you MM for the kind and encouraging words. I also need to work the turkey numbers. Only a a handful get killed on our place. This was the front yard yesterday. I’m amazed at how quickly they can strip a corn or bean field.

Gjs4, Our area is a draw for does, and you generally can't hit it without preference points. While landowners with >50 acres do get one DMP, it is not enough. My brother’s bow hunt when they can make the trip but it’s usually a fiasco as far as herd management is concerned. I do have friends...

Being color blind, I long ago concluded that loosing a few pounds of shoulder meat was worth not having to search for deer after the shot. Most of my shooting is 350+ yards hence I tend towards fast premium bullets that are likely to exit. Consequently, I tend to shoot straight up the leg on...

I’ve got another year experience planting brassicas and grain/clover with the no-till drill. It did well when the ground was moist enough. When it’s dry, I need more weight to get down (the stock configuration of 3150lb struggled at times to cut through any residue and plant grain deeper than...

I was able to hunt NM and CO. My son and I took decent deer in CO and I shot a personal best bull in NM.

Looking at my last post has forced me to contemplate the loop I’m in…. I’m working and too much. Indeed, I’ve been out of town on business more than I’ve been home this year…not what I’ve hoped for or wanted at this point in mt career. I was able to get 4 acres of corn, 5 acres of brassicas...

90 seconds after I shot my bull, my buddy shot this 5 pt. Mine was on the upper right marked spot, his was the lower left.

For those interested in such things, the bull was shot at 482yds with 300win shooting 200g Accubonds at 3060fps. I’d spotted him the night before and got on him the next morning. I had to wait 3 hours for him to offer a shot through a small window. He dropped at the shot. With broken tines...

In all the beans, I also broadcast rye and brassicas. Both have been hammered. In June, we broadcast 4 acres of buckwheat. In Mid July, I rolled it with my cultipacker, sprayed it and drilled in brassicas. Brassica germination was excellent but ultimately, drought really hampered growth...