Recent content by Mennoniteman

Is the broom for the army worms? Or the Texas Longhorns?

The OP is thinking well, but is backing into deer management in reverse, trying to estimate growing enough tons of ag crops so the deer food lasts all year, and drawing a blank. The correct approach is to tally the acres you control and figure out what species to manage to feed the herd you...

You could write a textbook on reclaiming brushy meadows. Your planting timing should be good with the rain, I hope you get a worthwhile soaker.

A lot of foodplotters (in cooler climates) don't understand and take advantage of the opportunity of seeding their fall plots (brassicas and grain) into year round clover fields, and eliminating weeds before doing this is very key to this process, even if it burns the clover a bit, spray damage...

He'll have a lot better chance if he makes it to first frost and the flies let it alone.

You must have made another great trip to Michigan. That buck has some kind of lesion looks like it's going to be tough to heal, a vet could set it right very quickly, but without medical intervention he might pull out on his own, or might not, him being scrawny tells us that he's been fighting...

I'm very impressed. Metal working is always more fun if the weather is bad outside, but if you need broadheads for this fall you don't have that option. Do you have a fall deer season like most of the US does?

I know what you mean about drought ptsd, in 2024 much of PA had no rain to speak of from mid-August to the end of October and our fall plots were mostly failed plantings. So we're a little on edge as we've been dry since late July again this year. Hopefully you will continue to get fall rains...

I have a 2 year degree in low moisture plotting (the past two drought summers) 🫣

That barnes vor-tx has a big following, I understand that it's an all copper, no-lead bullet?

I don't expect anything to change in the near future, but the best hope to save deer health everywhere is the wildlife biologists, they know the truth about this, that deer farms breed more diseases than they are worth, and they'd have the clout to motivate one state to outlaw them and maybe get...

I love it! I like people who have an opinion, rather than wishy-washy politicians who don't know where they stand on something until they do a poll. And in this case, your soapbox is about lined up with mine. I was trying to figure out what was going on between the authorities and these...

There won't be any deer heart left to eat 😮

Inputs are expensive but important, fertilizer is more important than a lot of us tend to appreciate. I decided to skip a year to save money, and barely noticed a difference, than I skipped a second year of fertilizer because it was so dry last summer, and the quality of my plots plummeted...

@Drycreek What kind of deer are you guys in Texas hunting? The news says you have "ghost deer" down there? https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/ghost-deer-texas-20822209.php