Recent content by Elkaddict

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...

I’m long overdue for an update. Life upstate continues to be busy working too much….and I find myself contemplating how I want to prioritize my time the next decade. Because my no-till planter did not arrive in time, I broadcast and disced in 71/2 acres of ag beans. I planted heavy knowing...

After waiting 18 months, we finally had a GP 3PT no till drill delivered. We opted for the extra small seed box. It took some trial and error to find the sweet spot for the right amount of depth and compaction. What works well for our dry plots tends to tear things up a bit in plots with more...

Double, Drilled in brassicas look great. What setting did you use on your drill? Also, did you plant at 1/4”? Just picked up a drill and looking to drill into crimped buckwheat and poorly germinated fields of soybeans.Hoping to plant lay week of July.

I think there’s more going on. I think deer are drawn to the specific plants providing the nutrients they are most in need of at a given time….and that changes. I used to plant multiple varieties of clover in strips to observe preference. They were fertilized the same some years, and not...

As with most years, my boys and I made it to TX for our annual boar/buck archery hunt. I took this buck the last morning after chasing my target buck for 4 days only to find he had broken his right beam, and my 2nd choice buck needed one more year. The boys both missed this year….which has...

Food plots this year were again a challenge. I got really poor germination in about 35% of my corn/beans. As always, grain and clover mixes rocked. Hunting was successful with a couple decent bucks (for this area) harvested. I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to get a no-till planter for...

It’s been some time since I posted as life has been busy. During Covid, we were forced to work remotely. Work concluded they liked having an additional 31/2 hours of availability (typical daily commute time into Gotham from our suburban home) and has encouraged me to continue working remotely...

I thought I’d supplement this post with a couple of different data points. As I noted in the thread “Colorado Success”, I shot a 5pt bull at 460yds with this same bullet. Two shots into the bull anchored the bull. Neither exited, and one was found quartering using the gutless method. It...

After having looked at a number of bulls and hearing what other hunters were seeing, I realized I needed to adjust my expectations on what a representative bull was for this area. While I’ve taken several dozen elk including large bulls, it had been more than a decade since my last bull hunt...

My son and I just finished hunting Colorado’s second season (this was in Garfield county). We were hunting with an outfitter I’ve known for 4 years but had never hunted with. First two days were cold with significant wind and single digit lows. In addition, visibility was poor to non...

MM, I’ve spent lots of time in various Rangers, and when they work, they really work very well. I’m not a fan of their reliability however. A large ranch I hunt runs 8-12 of these. They have to keep alot of spare parts on hand to try keep them running. On multiple occasion, there have been...

There is lots $ and effort involved in turning woods into plots…. But it is so worth it. Glad to see you’ve hired some equipment operators to do the heavy lifting…. Things look great!