Recent content by Kurt

Hoping for a good snow in next 6 weeks as I have plenty of stacked cedars needing burned. Need to make room for new stacks lol.

As suggested an elevated blind would increase safety and success. Check out Cage Blinds sometime. For whatever reason I just hate using shotguns and slugs. I could see using a suppressed 223 in a populated area from an elevated blind.

First time in 5 years I am delaying a hunt as the roads are actually a bit MUDDY! High winds today and all day tomorrow so it will be fine shortly but another half inch last night and this am. I guess the plot may grow more.

I've leased a small parcel close to my farm for another place to hunt and the farmer allowed us to plant a small 1.3 acre test plot. I kind of figured it would be a waste of time but being stubborn my lease partner and I decided to go for it. In August we planted radishes, wheat, oats, an annual...

Thanks to this site I had some success finally in 2025 on bur oaks in a normal moisture year vs drought. Here area few pics from last weekends trip to mow and weed whack around the babies. These were grown from acorns planted late fall 2024. All 50 or so previous seedlings of shumard, bur and...

KSQ2, If you happen to pick up more sawtooth acorns, I'd love to get some from you. I could send you a UPS shipping label if that would work out. I am planting more bur oak acorns and now DCO acorns this fall too. This year's bur oaks did well but would love to try some Sawtooth acorns. I...

Its handy on yuccas and fields with a lot of locust. I wear gloves or I'd be pappa smurf for sure.

Looked at some videos of these crystals. Seems like they may help and used correctly I don't see a downside. Planning on digging out sod, then digging a couple gallons of dirt, mixing some of those in, maybe a half cup of 10-10-10 fertilizer and repacking hole with this mix. Then in late Nov...

Heading out to water the surviving oak seedlings next weekend. It'll be triple digit KS hot. Been thinking about doing 10-20 more acorn plantings this fall but wanting to try something else this time. If I can handle the heat early or late, I may spade out 2'x2' squares in the old pasture. PH is...

Glad to hear about the ragweed as I am growing some with no effort lol. I do think my quail will benefit later this fall from it and if the deer want to munch some on the way to the irrigated corn field, so be it.

Bit more rain fell today. Total of 4" in last 5 days. Its been relatively steady this summer for the first time in 3 years. Good timing as the oak seedlings are still doing well. Year one may be successful with minimal handwatering on my part. Crops in area looking great too. Thankful here.

Discovered white columbia hoodies for fishing. Blocks the uv and after spraying sawyer's on them, no bugs of any kind. Had a skin cancer cut off my ear and like having the hoodies now. Sometimes add a flop hat too, also sprayed. They also dry really fast and being poly, they seem to clean up...

Was working in the yard here at home this weekend. We live up at 6,700' elevation and takes a bit for spring to arrive. I had stuck a few bur oak acorns inside a clay soil drainage here at the house. So far I have found 9 of them up and growing. I don't have squirrels or hogs to get after them...

My neighbor was kind enough to stop by and take a few pics today for me while checking his wheat. It's turned off a bit dry now out there but the little oaks are doing okay. Actually had maybe another 6 come up and hoping to return to transplant those soon. The one pic of the caged oak makes it...