Pinetag's Plot - 43 acres in Virginia
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pinetag
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I originally posted this in the "Live from the stand" thread but I wanted to document it in my property tour also.
(From 11/3/2020) I took my daughter hunting with me this afternoon and we had a gimpy doe come in about 3:30 and bed down. We lost sight of her but she eventually got up sometime between 4:15 and 4:30 and worked her way toward us and I shot her just before 5:00. She couldn't keep weight on her front left leg when standing still and she limped on it when she stepped so I felt like it was the right thing to do. Anyway, I was glad my daughter was able to finally be there for a harvest and we also saw a small buck not long after the doe bedded down. I'm pretty sure it was the 7 pt I passed with the bow last week.
Forget to mention in the live thread...she did an awesome job tracking it!
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(From 11/3/2020) I took my daughter hunting with me this afternoon and we had a gimpy doe come in about 3:30 and bed down. We lost sight of her but she eventually got up sometime between 4:15 and 4:30 and worked her way toward us and I shot her just before 5:00. She couldn't keep weight on her front left leg when standing still and she limped on it when she stepped so I felt like it was the right thing to do. Anyway, I was glad my daughter was able to finally be there for a harvest and we also saw a small buck not long after the doe bedded down. I'm pretty sure it was the 7 pt I passed with the bow last week.
Forget to mention in the live thread...she did an awesome job tracking it!
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pinetag
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More heavy rains and more flooding. Almost 6" in the last 36 hours. I'm sure at this point my walking bridge is probably long gone and my food plots are trashed. I have to hope my atv bridge is hanging in there and my stands on the lower 20 haven't been twisted up or pulled off the trees.
In the 3 years I've owned my property we've had two of the top ten wettest years on record. 2018 was the second wettest ever and 2020 is now in the top ten with a month and half left to go.
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In the 3 years I've owned my property we've had two of the top ten wettest years on record. 2018 was the second wettest ever and 2020 is now in the top ten with a month and half left to go.
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weekender21
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We got hammered in Virginia Beach, crazy weather.
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pinetag
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Hunting has been really slow at my place and today was warm so I started on a small project for next year. I wanted to brush in some of my stand platforms a little better so I made some branch holders by cutting 3/4" PVC pipe into small sections, drilling some holes, and then spraying some camo paint in various patterns. I'll zip tie them to the stands after the season when I loosen the straps.
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pinetag
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On a better note, the bucks have been traveling through the new food plots I created this year, in between the flooding events of course. I haven't been down to check those cameras in a couple weeks so the next chance I get I'll pull the cards with hopes that there is still some natural movement.
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pinetag
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Habitat season has begun for me. My goals for this year are...
1. Expand the bedding pockets I created last year
2. Screen my access trails with hinge cuts, conifer plantings, and seeding NWSG's
3. Expand my food plots and apply flood tolerant seed (Alsike clover and birdsfoot trefoil)
4. Cut deer trails to and from the bedding cover/food plots that will help guide the deer past my stands
5. Conceal my stands better by spray painting camo patterns and also using branch holders around the seat and platform to hide my outline
6. Cut some better shooting lanes
So far I have been working on #1...
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1. Expand the bedding pockets I created last year
2. Screen my access trails with hinge cuts, conifer plantings, and seeding NWSG's
3. Expand my food plots and apply flood tolerant seed (Alsike clover and birdsfoot trefoil)
4. Cut deer trails to and from the bedding cover/food plots that will help guide the deer past my stands
5. Conceal my stands better by spray painting camo patterns and also using branch holders around the seat and platform to hide my outline
6. Cut some better shooting lanes
So far I have been working on #1...
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pinetag
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I've only seen bedding usage in the largest one so far, which is why I wanted to expand all of the smaller ones. The deer definitely travel through the areas on a regular basis so I am widening/clearing those trails to promote even more usage.
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weekender21
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Looking good! I was planning to do run the saw again this weekend but waived off. Weather was less than ideal. Keep us posted on your progress!
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pinetag
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Thanks. I will be heading out again next weekend, but then will have to wait a few weeks before my next visit as my wife will be having foot surgery and she'll be fairly immobile. I should back at it just in time to plant some trees and seed plots before the spring green up starts.
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pinetag
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Thanks dogghr. Hopefully it will give some opportunity to see what survived the season.
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pinetag
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I expanded another bedding area today as well as cut some trails leading to/from the other pockets I've been working on recently. There was already a decently used trail passing through the middle of it with a little bit of fresh sign on the inside too. I also took a soil sample for the plots I'm gonna combine and then expand into one bigger one.
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lakngolf
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Seems like the whole world needs lime!!
Mennoniteman
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A farmer would break down in tears over those numbers. On the positive side, there's nothing there that a little money won't fix. Obviously this is soil that was recently woods. You don't show the recommended lime numbers, those are the ones to pay close attention to. Dumping lots of fertilizer on is a waste of money if your ph isn't right. I'd put the entire amount of lime on that they call for, even if I had no money left for fertilizer. The key is to get your ph right so that you can get your nutrients right, and then get to a balancing point where you have good nutrient numbers without dumping on lots of fertilizer, because the heavy applications of fertilizer is what lowers the ph again. You are thinking correctly that your OM numbers are a positive sign, and applying manure or growing straw type cover crops helps OM, which in turn helps retain ph, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
pinetag
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Aren't the numbers in table 1 the recommended lbs/acre for each nutrient? So lime would be 3,125/acre?
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weekender21
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That’s almost exactly where my PH was. I’ve added lime but no fertilizer over the past few years. Planning on a soil test this spring to see where I’m at now.
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