dogghr
Well-Known Member
Just a few ramblings on another rainy day here in the Amazon rain forest.
Amazing how nature restores so quickly. My place is mostly south facing shale and limestone dry soils. I expected and to a degree have seen slow regeneration of logged areas with these conditions. A wet couple of years has negated some of that slowness. I sit just west of the Great Eastern Divide to which the eastern side Shale Barrens is dry enough to grow cacti and desert junipers.
I compete heavily w corn and alfalfa and soybean crop fields. The back property abutting mine is several thousand acres of overgrown thicket deer love for bedding. I will never compete truly w either. What I have accomplished w a few food plots and Random Clusters and sanctuaries , is getting deer to travel my place as a corridor. I’m not much on rifle hunting so much my efforts is close encounters. High deer numbers in this county and that will not change as it’s all private land farms. One of my neighbor is good for selection of mature bucks, the others shoot most anything. I keep it fun and don’t worry of others.
But aggravating times. Went to spray plots, filled 10 yo sprayer w water and did test run before adding chemicals. Hopped out of tractor and got nice shower. Come on ,plastic elbows??!! on a stainless sprayer ??? Day done. Got on phone ordered 3$ part w 12$ shipping. How lazy I’ve become.
One of my fav stands prior to logging called Bear stand for previous dark encounter. I shot a nice buck w my recurve from this stand couple years ago before logging. Had passed 6 bucks and then saw shadow of shooter Buck standing behind huge oak tree. I drew and as he stepped out I released the Hellraiser at 15 yds. Easy stuff.
As you can see good regrowth now and I’ll move stand slightly and hunt this again this year
Conifers. Of which I’ve had almost none are springing forth everwhere and will create bad weather bedding thickets on these south slopes
A friend. Garters , black , and rat snakes all I usually see. They keep the nasty ones away w the help of my raptors and cattle
Roads. A free plus of logging. He only put in 3 that I approved and worked around those. Very clean logger w virtually no land disrupted. Pleased
The Kawi has been great replacing my 24 yo Brute Force. I always do the Kawi since that’s the motorcycle we raced for years w a sponsor. Don’t bite the hand that fed you.
Speaking of speed and rain. Took time to do maintenance on my toy. Fastest I’ve had her was 167mph , just short of the limiter.
Funny in front of the car sits my grandfathers 125 yo wardrobe that at one time held nearly all his belongings. It’s there to remind me of the sacrifices of the past that gives me such a soft life these days. I’m eternally grateful daily.
Be kind. Remember those who fought before you. And keep Faith Family and Friends above all else. Peace
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Amazing how nature restores so quickly. My place is mostly south facing shale and limestone dry soils. I expected and to a degree have seen slow regeneration of logged areas with these conditions. A wet couple of years has negated some of that slowness. I sit just west of the Great Eastern Divide to which the eastern side Shale Barrens is dry enough to grow cacti and desert junipers.
I compete heavily w corn and alfalfa and soybean crop fields. The back property abutting mine is several thousand acres of overgrown thicket deer love for bedding. I will never compete truly w either. What I have accomplished w a few food plots and Random Clusters and sanctuaries , is getting deer to travel my place as a corridor. I’m not much on rifle hunting so much my efforts is close encounters. High deer numbers in this county and that will not change as it’s all private land farms. One of my neighbor is good for selection of mature bucks, the others shoot most anything. I keep it fun and don’t worry of others.
But aggravating times. Went to spray plots, filled 10 yo sprayer w water and did test run before adding chemicals. Hopped out of tractor and got nice shower. Come on ,plastic elbows??!! on a stainless sprayer ??? Day done. Got on phone ordered 3$ part w 12$ shipping. How lazy I’ve become.
One of my fav stands prior to logging called Bear stand for previous dark encounter. I shot a nice buck w my recurve from this stand couple years ago before logging. Had passed 6 bucks and then saw shadow of shooter Buck standing behind huge oak tree. I drew and as he stepped out I released the Hellraiser at 15 yds. Easy stuff.
As you can see good regrowth now and I’ll move stand slightly and hunt this again this year
Conifers. Of which I’ve had almost none are springing forth everwhere and will create bad weather bedding thickets on these south slopes
A friend. Garters , black , and rat snakes all I usually see. They keep the nasty ones away w the help of my raptors and cattle
Roads. A free plus of logging. He only put in 3 that I approved and worked around those. Very clean logger w virtually no land disrupted. Pleased
The Kawi has been great replacing my 24 yo Brute Force. I always do the Kawi since that’s the motorcycle we raced for years w a sponsor. Don’t bite the hand that fed you.
Speaking of speed and rain. Took time to do maintenance on my toy. Fastest I’ve had her was 167mph , just short of the limiter.
Funny in front of the car sits my grandfathers 125 yo wardrobe that at one time held nearly all his belongings. It’s there to remind me of the sacrifices of the past that gives me such a soft life these days. I’m eternally grateful daily.
Be kind. Remember those who fought before you. And keep Faith Family and Friends above all else. Peace
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