Recent content by Shooter77

Sept 26-27, 2021: VA youth season. My son and I hunted Saturday AM only seeing a fawn. It was thick and very foggy, best we could see was about 25 yards most of the AM. Sunday pm, we got to the farm at 4. We decided to hunt the long narrow food plot that I had created and put a ground blind on...

Aug 30, 2021: I had a bag of wheat & rye left over from 2020 and decided to plant it mid Aug to help with erosion and build the soil. These pics where showing the growth after a few weeks. The one pic shows were I'm planned to put a ground blind for my kids to hunt.

July 30, 2021: I sent soil samples to WI and got the results back. Most of my plots were in good shape to be woods. Recommendation was 1500 lbs of lime across the plots. Not having a ATV or tractor, it required me carrying (20-70 yards from truck) 40lb bags to each plot and spread it with yard...

July 23, 2021: First project just weeks after buying the land was to rent a bobcat with brush mower. I cleared out 5 food plots in areas that were some what flat. That resulted in the plots being 0.18 to 0.53 acres in size. Below is the before and after pics of the day with a bobcat.

I've been reading everyone's post for a while now and decided to share a tour of my place. Love this record of what everyone has been doing at their pieces of heaven. Unlike most land buyers, I was very blessed to know the land I was buying. In September 1995, I ran into my little league coach...