90 Acres Northern New York

[Mennoniteman]

Yes, those were planted with a spinner. The spinner mounts on the hitch on the rear of the Gator. I mixed in some winter wheat and some clovers. I scratched it in with an old spring tooth drag.

I forgot about adding some fertilizer. Do you think it’s too late to add some ? I didn’t have the ground tested.

I’m guessing the oats will terminate after a killing frost ?

I’m a big fan of the winter rye because it grows so easily, and provides some food through the winter until about the 1st of April.
I can usually get a crop out of it the following winter by mowing the standing rye around Labor Day the following year. Oh yeah it also keeps weeds down, and adds organic matter to the soil.


Rusty

I wouldn't bother with fertilizer for winter rye at this point in the season, rye grows like a weed anyway. Yes, oats will freeze out, the only benefit is for an added fall attraction at a certain area where you want to draw early archery deer to.

 

[rusty1034]

That’s one thick stand of oats. What drill are you using ?

Thanks


Rusty

 

[Elkaddict]

Those were broadcast. I have a perception that for the same number of seeds per square foot, oats come in quicker/thicker than rye. Between the deer and Turkey, I expect every seed head to be gone before spring.

 

[Buckly]

Yes, those were planted with a spinner. The spinner mounts on the hitch on the rear of the Gator. I mixed in some winter wheat and some clovers. I scratched it in with an old spring tooth drag.

I forgot about adding some fertilizer. Do you think it’s too late to add some ? I didn’t have the ground tested.

I’m guessing the oats will terminate after a killing frost ?

I’m a big fan of the winter rye because it grows so easily, and provides some food through the winter until about the 1st of April.
I can usually get a crop out of it the following winter by mowing the standing rye around Labor Day the following year. Oh yeah it also keeps weeds down, and adds organic matter to the soil.


Rusty

Winter Rye, oats and apples. That’s all you need. Your place is looking good. Good luck this year

 

[rusty1034]

The beans are still holding. Probably take the e fence down soon. The little bit of corn I planted is gone. No activity in the brassicas as of a week ago, but there have been a couple of frost since then.



All of the sunflowers have been picked clean by song birds. I do have this little milo/millet spot still going.



I put an end to this guys fun on the morning of opening day.



I also took a doe in the afternoon.

Last week at work I found a spot that was littered with these fellas.



I didn’t know the grew this far north, zone 4b. The tree is huge, between two houses.




I’m doing a day hunt tomorrow, then about 10 days later in the month.

Happy November all !


Rusty

 

[rusty1034]

Some of the PTTs really made some large bulbs. I hope they provide some winter feed.



Towing the Amish Redneck to this years spot, overlooking a 15 acre clover/alfalfa ag field.



I tried doing a sit on Monday afternoon, but the winds were swirling so much that I probably did more harm than good.


Rusty

 

[KSQ2]

Brassicas continue to amaze me, we had a rough late summer when it comes to rainfall, but the brassica patch came through just fine. We got a couple small rains that kept them going just enough until the heavens finally opened up the middle of October.

 

[rusty1034]

I’m running 13 cameras on 400 acres this year. I have vids of 3 shooter bucks since August A big six, an eight, and a short tined 10.

The neighbor shot the 8.


The landowners son shot the 6



Which left the 10. I hadn’t received any vids of him in the past couple of weeks, so I was concerned that someone else had taken him, and it was going to be a doe only season for me.

That all changed at 4:35 yesterday.







180 lbs, dropped in his tracks.

Gonna grab some pix after the rain stops, and then 1/4 him up, and get him on ice.

Love it when a plan comes together.


Rusty

 

[Elkaddict]

Great NY buck. Congrats!

 

[rusty1034]

Got the Euro mount back yesterday.




Rusty

 

[Elkaddict]

Congratulations!

 

[weekender21]

Got the Euro mount back yesterday.

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Rusty

Cool looking buck! Looks like a NC mountains deer.


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[weekender21]

The beans are still holding. Probably take the e fence down soon. The little bit of corn I planted is gone. No activity in the brassicas as of a week ago, but there have been a couple of frost since then.

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All of the sunflowers have been picked clean by song birds. I do have this little milo/millet spot still going.

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I put an end to this guys fun on the morning of opening day.

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I also took a doe in the afternoon.

Last week at work I found a spot that was littered with these fellas.

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I didn’t know the grew this far north, zone 4b. The tree is huge, between two houses.

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I’m doing a day hunt tomorrow, then about 10 days later in the month.

Happy November all !


Rusty

What is that tree? Nuts look like buck eye but the leaves and bark don’t. Almost like a wide chestnut leaf.


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[rusty1034]

Weekender 21. I guess I was thinking it is some type of Chestnut, but not sure as I’ve never seen one before. That’s one of the reasons I posted the pictures on here. After a little Wikipedia reading about Buckeyes,it seems as if that’s what it might be. Seeing how the nuts are poisonous, that could explain why the ground was covered with them.


Rusty

 

[rusty1034]

I did a card pull a few days ago. I was surprised to see three new bucks on the property.

This six point. I suspect that if he wanders in front of the landowner, he won’t make it until next year.



This crazy looking thing. It’s a still from a video, so hitting the little triangle won’t get it to play. As far as I can tell, the left side is not broken off, it just looks as if it never grew more than an inch.



I also got a vid of an eight, but it’s quick, and he’s kind of far from the camera.

Kind of cool to see the new bucks. I’m headed back to the land this weekend with plans to harvest a doe.


Rusty

 

[rusty1034]

I’ve used this green “Scotts” brand seed spreader for several years. It gets used for small seed such as clover and brassicas. Works great, never had a problem with it. My arms get a little tired when doing larger areas.

I read of a couple of folks using this tan colored spreader, The “Wizz”. Since I’m a guy who falls for gimmicks, I picked one up at a local big box store. I think it was about $25 bucks. It runs on 3 or 4 AA batteries. I was pretty disappointed in its performance. Only has about a 4’ wide area of coverage, while the old manual green model covers at least 10’.

I also use one of those red bag/over the shoulder spreaders for larger seed and sometimes fertilizer. I’ve never tried it on small seeds, but don’t think I could get it adjusted down fine enough for clover and brassica.

Will that rigid plastic Solo spreader work well with small seeds ?

Thanks - Rusty


Rusty

 

[rusty1034]

I guess it got kinda windy at my land the other day. WeatherUnderground reports a gust of 46 mph.

This is a picture of the current state of the horse run-in that I use for equipment storage. It was built off site, and delivered on a trailer. It simply sits on a gravel pad. I never in a million years thought the wind could flip the thing.

I haven’t seen it in person yet, so I don’t know if there’s any structural damage, or have any idea how to proceed with righting the silly thing. Should be interesting, and probably make for a good video.

Don’t worry, I’ll be anchoring it after it gets tipped back over.


Rusty

 

[T-Max]

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I guess it got kinda windy at my land the other day. WeatherUnderground reports a gust of 46 mph.

This is a picture of the current state of the horse run-in that I use for equipment storage. It was built off site, and delivered on a trailer. It simply sits on a gravel pad. I never in a million years thought the wind could flip the thing.

I haven’t seen it in person yet, so I don’t know if there’s any structural damage, or have any idea how to proceed with righting the silly thing. Should be interesting, and probably make for a good video.

Don’t worry, I’ll be anchoring it after it gets tipped back over.


Rusty

Anchoring aside, I guess that must be well built! Living in Kansas, when we get 46 MPH gusts, we just call that a Saturday... Haha!

 

[jlane35]

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I’ve used this green “Scotts” brand seed spreader for several years. It gets used for small seed such as clover and brassicas. Works great, never had a problem with it. My arms get a little tired when doing larger areas.

I read of a couple of folks using this tan colored spreader, The “Wizz”. Since I’m a guy who falls for gimmicks, I picked one up at a local big box store. I think it was about $25 bucks. It runs on 3 or 4 AA batteries. I was pretty disappointed in its performance. Only has about a 4’ wide area of coverage, while the old manual green model covers at least 10’.

I also use one of those red bag/over the shoulder spreaders for larger seed and sometimes fertilizer. I’ve never tried it on small seeds, but don’t think I could get it adjusted down fine enough for clover and brassica.

Will that rigid plastic Solo spreader work well with small seeds ?

Thanks - Rusty


Rusty

I have a solo spreader. It’s nicer to poor into and it spreads small seed really nice, however I can’t find a comfortable position on my shoulders to hold it while broadcasting.

I keep going back to the red over the shoulder spreader.

 

[rusty1034]

Did some food plot work today. Broadcast 100 lbs of Urea, rototilled it in, set the corn planter up for 30k population, and let it rip.

Putting the planter away, I discovered the idler arm on the population gears had come loose, allowing the chain to pop off. Needless to say, I’m pretty sure no seed went in the ground because when I put the remaining seed back into the bag it came out of, it didn’t appear bad if anything was missing.

Time to do it again in a couple of days.

Ugggh.

Rusty


Rusty