I finally got the map finished on google to post a tour. My farm is 90acres located in Wagoner County, OK. Almost all the property is bottom land, and ours is entirely hardwoods(primarily Pin Oaks, White Oaks, and Burr Oaks). There were paths cut around all sides of the property and two food plots(shown in green) when we bought the place several years ago. We have tried clover, chicory, and wheat in the plots for the fall and winter(a few other varieties that haven't worked out too). We have also kept a year round protein feeding program for the most part of three years as well. I made the south plot a little bigger this year from a 1/4 acre to over a half acre. and the North plot is about 2.5-3 acres. I will plant both plots this fall in a clover, chicory, winter wheat mix. My goal is to get a year round food plot program in place and ditch the feeding program this year as it is expensive and a hassle(from may-august we can go through about 600# every 3weeks at times, it brings in lots of deer: bucks and does)
The north 1/3 of the property holds some sheet water in the timber, so it can be little wet in the winter and spring time. Because its all timber it feels much bigger of a place.
To the east of us is about 700-800 acres of farm ground the guy will rotate in corn and beans every year with a winter wheat cover crop. He mainly hunts rifle season out of a few tower blinds they have. There is plenty of crops, timber(acorns), and cover to grow big deer. Our objective is to pull more of them on our little place, as there is a lot of options cover-wise to choose from in the bottoms.
The creek always holds water, and I plan to do some hinge cutting on the creek late winter this year for bedding.
The little 2.5-3 acre pocket of cleared ground on the very SW corner is a spot I'm wanting to look at planting 5-6 fruit bearing trees. It tends to be a little wet sometimes(late winter/early spring), so I'm not sure what will tolerate the area.
Lastly, we did a joint NRCS/USFW Wetlands project on the property this summer. It will provide approximately 7acres of habitat for migrating waterfowl this fall and winter. We are very please with the project, even though it took three years from design to implementation, our hats are off to the folks at USFWS, NRCS, and the ODWC....Let me know what you guys think. I would love to hear any all recommendations, especially on the fruit tree plantings.
The north 1/3 of the property holds some sheet water in the timber, so it can be little wet in the winter and spring time. Because its all timber it feels much bigger of a place.
To the east of us is about 700-800 acres of farm ground the guy will rotate in corn and beans every year with a winter wheat cover crop. He mainly hunts rifle season out of a few tower blinds they have. There is plenty of crops, timber(acorns), and cover to grow big deer. Our objective is to pull more of them on our little place, as there is a lot of options cover-wise to choose from in the bottoms.
The creek always holds water, and I plan to do some hinge cutting on the creek late winter this year for bedding.
The little 2.5-3 acre pocket of cleared ground on the very SW corner is a spot I'm wanting to look at planting 5-6 fruit bearing trees. It tends to be a little wet sometimes(late winter/early spring), so I'm not sure what will tolerate the area.
Lastly, we did a joint NRCS/USFW Wetlands project on the property this summer. It will provide approximately 7acres of habitat for migrating waterfowl this fall and winter. We are very please with the project, even though it took three years from design to implementation, our hats are off to the folks at USFWS, NRCS, and the ODWC....Let me know what you guys think. I would love to hear any all recommendations, especially on the fruit tree plantings.
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