Another drought year……..

[Drycreek]

………..had me planting a month later than I wanted to. Last year and this year were weather twins. Rainy summer and then cuts off about the end of July to mid August. I waited and waited for a hint of rain, only to be greeted with a burn ban. Finally, we got a good rain and I planted, no rain to speak of since and none in the forecast. There was enough moisture in the ground for germination but we need another one pretty quickly.

Another thing is, last year we had lots of winds with an Eastern component, this year has been the same. This is unusual for us, especially straight E or NE winds. We do get the occasional SE wind but mainly S or SW winds until a front comes in. The problem is, I have no stand setups for these winds. Drat ! Don’t you hate it when that happens ? So I just set up another stand for winds that don’t cooperate with my usual sets.

I do have some green fuzz in my food plots but not enough to write home about. This weekend was the opener for firearms season and the first one I’ve sat out in many years. That’s ok, I’m retired, I can hunt anytime I wish within reason. I kinda like to hunt during the week anyway, my theory is that on small properties or heavily hunted land of any size, Wednesday through Friday is a good time to hunt deer that are less pressured. So…..deer beware, Wednesday is just a couple days away !

 

[yoderjac]

I had to plant late this year too. I like to plant soon after labor day but with rain in the forecast. We too had a rainy summer but dry September. We got reasonable rain after I planted. We had a poor acorn year at my place. We got some chestnut oaks producing but deer only use them when they have no other acorns. Our reds and whites did not produce much if any. This put a lot of early pressure on my plot. I doubt if we will have enough time to get much in the way of turnip bulbs.