Mo-Ape
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I recently had a top-notch habitat consultant team out to my 135-acre Pike County, MO farm (Dogwood Land Management out of West Central IL)...I already started executing their plans and am instantly seeing a vast improvement.
The first challenge I laid out for them was helping protect my deer herd from a fence sitting leasee on my neighbors. There is a ladder stand about 15-20 yards off my fence facing me in a small finger of timber in a pasture. Easy fix, we made a picket fence of hinged trees to make a half-moon to ensure no deer could be seen or shot from my ground. The deer will now travel 50 to 75 yards off of the fence line:
This pic is literally standing on my ground looking at the stand, invisible this time of year and leaf out hasn't really even started:
This will be an impenetrable mess by late summer, and totally blocked an inconsiderate hunter:
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The first challenge I laid out for them was helping protect my deer herd from a fence sitting leasee on my neighbors. There is a ladder stand about 15-20 yards off my fence facing me in a small finger of timber in a pasture. Easy fix, we made a picket fence of hinged trees to make a half-moon to ensure no deer could be seen or shot from my ground. The deer will now travel 50 to 75 yards off of the fence line:
![39645afb7a2ab2f7ce79a73a5d76f9c5.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20170412%2F39645afb7a2ab2f7ce79a73a5d76f9c5.jpg&hash=357018d1bd595df705aab7a82498baa7)
This pic is literally standing on my ground looking at the stand, invisible this time of year and leaf out hasn't really even started:
![e1878d6e4fa87b6fb8b8a3bf9f59d4d3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20170412%2Fe1878d6e4fa87b6fb8b8a3bf9f59d4d3.jpg&hash=0fdcb1d2a3b2b6f13dfad635ed49e23c)
This will be an impenetrable mess by late summer, and totally blocked an inconsiderate hunter:
![34ca17f175a51665ce6da4e3dc639cda.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20170412%2F34ca17f175a51665ce6da4e3dc639cda.jpg&hash=2b9d5946d3bc93bc07e98266c8666774)
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