Someday Isle
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I put in my first attempt at 2 waterholes today. The first one is in an area adjacent to a natural runoff that leads to a wet weather creek. I expect it will stay full most of the time just from the rain. It was in a real rocky area, which you'd expect in a natural runoff spot. It took me three hours and I almost called it a day after that one. The second one went in much easier and only took me about an hour. It is about halfway down a ridge adjacent to a very thick area that was timbered about four or five years ago by the previous owner. It's only a couple acres but it's really thick and I believe deer are bedding in there. I used two 50 gallon stock tanks from my local Dickey Bubs. While I maybe could have gone deeper and used a different tank in the second spot I was thankful for the smaller tank in the first area.
I have 36 acres with no water source other than a couple wet weather creeks. My neighbor does have a five acre lake but I wanted my own water sources. I spread them out. One is on my north side and the other is on the south side of my property. I think two is about right. Hopefully they'll influence deer movement a little bit. I think more than two might be counterproductive.
The first tank is about 30 yards from a stand where i took a little buck last archery season. The second one is about 70 yards from another stand where I took another deer with my rifle. We have plans to add a bow stand about 25 yards from the second tank that we'll only hunt in certain wind conditions.
I have 36 acres with no water source other than a couple wet weather creeks. My neighbor does have a five acre lake but I wanted my own water sources. I spread them out. One is on my north side and the other is on the south side of my property. I think two is about right. Hopefully they'll influence deer movement a little bit. I think more than two might be counterproductive.
The first tank is about 30 yards from a stand where i took a little buck last archery season. The second one is about 70 yards from another stand where I took another deer with my rifle. We have plans to add a bow stand about 25 yards from the second tank that we'll only hunt in certain wind conditions.
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