catscratch
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Same to you. I feel the same when I read your thread; like to catch up with what you are doing and your platform to work with is soooo different than mine.
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catscratch
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I was always told to look at a girls EYES first... never very good at it
Seriously though, that is neat and I something I didn't know. I felt good to recognize that it wasn't just a normal box turtle on my way bouncing through the pasture. I had never seen a three toed-box turtle before.
catscratch
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Ya, those thorns don't let much stop them. Lots of flat tires and blood lost due to them. I certainly have to be in a "mood" to plan a day around them.
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Turkey Creek
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Spent a month a couple of winters ago cutting and piling about 5 acres of them. They are an on going project as they will resprout if you miss treating a stump and the seeds stay in the soil for awhile.
We have quite a bit of Osage on Home 10 but I like it because it creates good cover and the deer certainly like to browse it. We don't have any locust and hope to keep it that way... I get into some pretty big patches of them while commercially brushhogging.
I was always told to look at a girls EYES first... never very good at it
Seriously though, that is neat and I something I didn't know. I felt good to recognize that it wasn't just a normal box turtle on my way bouncing through the pasture. I had never seen a three toed-box turtle before.
Getting a new animal species on your place is a big thing....shows ecosystem function has improved. Adage states.....she brought 7 other species with her or 7 other species will benefit. They are very common on the ranch....fire is a little hard on them.
j-bird
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Cat - those locust make pretty decent fire wood if you have a need/desire for that. Used to cut it as a kid and use a machete to remove the thorns. I read somewhere that the "beans" of locust like those have been used as a food source for deer in some drier climates. I personally have never seen a deer eat them here. And - yes they will stump sprout like crazy - but the thorns also help make dandy bedding areas as the thorns help keep people and dogs and the like out. As I am sure your aware young hedge has thorns as well. I always thought a 100 yard wide buffer on a property line of hedge, locust some greenbriar and the like would be great for keeping the neighbors on their side! Lots of critters have figured out those thorns offer them some additional protection.
Glad to hear the storms didn't beat your place up too much.
Glad to hear the storms didn't beat your place up too much.
Turkey Creek
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I have seen deer eat the pods here. I still wouldnt recommend them for wildlife as they can be very invasive and a pain to control in some areas.
catscratch
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I like hedge for firewood! No need to mess with the locust and fight it's needles (you're a man if you use a machete to de-thorn it). I'm even careful to burn locust brush in the same place every time so that thorns don't end up all over the place giving us flats. Deer do eat the pods, but I have other stuff for them if the Locust ever magically disappears.
Caught another armadillo last night. Number two in about a week. Going to make them endangered here too!
Caught another armadillo last night. Number two in about a week. Going to make them endangered here too!
catscratch
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Always a chance to get stuck by something out here! Scorpions, black widows, brown recluse, locust trees, rattlesnakes... This little guy was had just finished shedding when I stumbled across him this morning.
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Things are starting to get chippy around here. The twins that hang out in the yard all the time have turned out to be button bucks. And the little guy with a goofy brow tine is still hanging around (I've grown to like him).
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Starting to get pics of what I think are older bucks (no expert on aging deer). We lost our age structure several yrs ago but are starting to get it back up again.
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j-bird
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Cat - that last one looks a little bristled up and is a nice deer to boot. Looks like he may be interested in lay'n down some law! I hope you get a crack at a good one this year. The more I hear about other places the more I want to stay home. You keep them scorpions and rattlers.......
catscratch
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Thanks Turkey. The last one looks like a guy in his prime. Hope to get a nice one this yr but not expecting to. Between my boys and a friend or two I won't get to hunt much for myself. I've grown fond of seeing others shoot deer anyway.
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Cage came off my Everbering mulberry. They didn't take long to find it. Hope it pulls through. Maybe with winter approaching it was ready to loose it's leafs anyway.
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catscratch
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Made a rub post/scrape. I put it by the mineral lick (and trail cam) as mineral usage goes down and the rut heats up. Hopefully it keeps taking pics of bucks throughout the winter.
Used cedar for the post (they use cedar a lot for rubs here) and oak for the licking branch.
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Used cedar for the post (they use cedar a lot for rubs here) and oak for the licking branch.
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