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I have some land in northeast Georgia that borders a large tract of public land. This summer, southern pine beetles moved in from this WMA and killed off a couple acres of 16yr old pine plantation. I can’t get loggers to come in to do anything due to low pulp prices. So this winter I’m going...

That buck would make a pretty mount

Similar experience on a big doe two nights ago. Son was using .243 Hornady Custom Lite 87 gr sst. Made perfect broadside double lung shot. There was zero blood, not a single drop for 100 yards. No blood where she died, not even any blood in truck bed after she went for a ride. The bullet did not...

question, I’ve heard people using different media for storing (cold stratifying) their seeds. Seems like most guys use moist paper towel and some guys use damp peat moss. This is my third year doing this but I had great success first two years. I’ve just been storing the nuts in bags of soil...

Interesting, so it sounds like they won’t naturally pollinate each other. I’ve heard that dunstans flower same time as Chinese chestnuts so sounds like I would need to store pollen and hand pollinate if I wanted any hybrids. I was hoping they would just naturally pollinate each other but make...

I picked up about a dozen Allegheny Chinkapin seeds the other day and am going to plant next spring. I have some isolated American Chestunt trees that were planted in pairs but one died off. Will the AC naturally pollinate an American Chestnut? I could not find this info anywhere online. I did...

I did actually freeze a loaf and I’d be honored to share it with you at the famous Triple C’s place! Maybe this spring you and The LLC could hold a tree grafting seminar? Oh, and I discovered something tonight. I used the leftover chestnut flour I made for the bread and used it for breading on...

A family tradition of ours is making “fall bread” each September. All the primary ingredients of this bread comes from our yard. Even the eggs (actually our next door neighbors are our egg source) The chestnuts are falling heavily in front yard, the persimmons in the back. The blueberries we...

gatherered first handful this afternoon and looking up, I see they are about to be pouring any day. I’ve got two big trees in yard that were planted in the early 1950s. One always starts dropping around Sept 1st and is done by 15th. The other always starts around Sept 15th and is done by Oct...

Update: this appears to be an online scam. Don’t but! https://www.bbb.org/scamtracker/detail/webpurchasescam-44706-OH/237253

Update: Hope I didn’t screw anyone here, after I purchased I got a bad feeling and looked deeper into this website. It appears to be a scam. Sorry. Original Post: Never heard of website before but an 18lb bag of WI clover was only $85.50 with promo code. free shipping and no tax, If outside...

I’ve deer hunted in north GA (where baiting just became legal) for going on 22 years. I’ve seen many changes in those years. Here’s a few... The length of season has been increase at least 3 times I can remember. It’s about a month longer now than it was in the 90s. A muzzle loader season...

I don’t know about deer but I’m sure the ants will love you

I ordered 10 catalpa trees to plant at the house for future fishing bait providers. But really only need about half of them. So I was thinking about planting the other few around my food plots for turkeys. Maybe one on bank of duck pond for the ducks and fish. I’ve never heard of anyone doing...