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E_308
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Probably. There are a few locusts there now, the only reason they are not dead yet is they will block the view. Whatever I plant needs to be able to survive occasional flooding. Also like to find something that doesn’t pull too much from the crops. I have thought about plums with maybe some pines mixed in for some quick height.
Native Hunter
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Congratulations on the property. That is awesome.
swat1018
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If you can get a white pine past the deer in N. MO, you're better at it than I.
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Can't say for flooding but I have some planted over several years beginning 8 years ago in a very wet clay bottom in KY. They have wet feet all winter and spring, a good bit of the autumn, and sometimes in summer. This area has a bunch of terrestrial crawfish and even in mid summer when you look down their holes there is often standing water 12" to 18" below the surface. I have lost very few LLP and most are growing like weeds. Much faster than the norways and white pine I tried in the same area.
Above shows a couple. Immediately right of the leftmost LLP is a 10 year old Norway, next tree going right is also a 10 yr Norway, then a young LLP, and finally a big (20+') LLP on right. Can't say for certain that both big LLPs are 8 years in the ground but know that it hasn't been longer than that.
Obviously they aren't the best long term screen but I should have planted one row of Norways instead of two, and planted that other row entirely in LLP to get a faster screen.
On the outer edge (next to the little stream which is right next to the road), there's a row of silky and gray dogwoods. They do a great job of screening while the leaves are on. They actually do a fair job of muddying the view even in winter, now that they've had 10 years to do their thicket-forming thing.
In this pic you can see the red silkies on the left, then two rows of various evergreens. There's a row of pin oaks against the field.
E_308
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My trail camera told me I have everything I need to make baby pheasants on the new place. First ones I have seen in years.
Also a few that won't be too helpful in the recovery.
Got my four power line poles cut around hopefully we will be able to light a little fire in a month or so.
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Also a few that won't be too helpful in the recovery.
Got my four power line poles cut around hopefully we will be able to light a little fire in a month or so.
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E_308
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The kid is getting big enough to pack his own turkey. Came out in the bottom strutted 300 yards not gobbling once and got shot in the decoys at 15 yards. Pretty good morning. 23 pound two year old bird. Didn't hear much gobbling but I did hear 3 different cock pheasants cackle!
So then I lit the place on fire.
Burned about 40 acres. This is my DCO. The upland grass areas burned pretty well.
The timber was pretty wet so it was a little spotty. If it dries out during big kid turkey season I may have to wade in and burn a few more strips. The turkey should be happy after a week of rain and some warmer temps , love to hunt a fresh burn.
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So then I lit the place on fire.
Burned about 40 acres. This is my DCO. The upland grass areas burned pretty well.
The timber was pretty wet so it was a little spotty. If it dries out during big kid turkey season I may have to wade in and burn a few more strips. The turkey should be happy after a week of rain and some warmer temps , love to hunt a fresh burn.
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E_308
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Back in May I dropped some maples on the new bottom. Looks like they liked the food. Camera showed a doe and fawn in here within 2 days.
So I made them a little bigger feedlot leaving two oaks.
This oak gained a little shoulder room.
This are used to be a good shed hunting spot. A little chainsaw times and fire it is starting to come back around.
Put a new bird plot in some poor soil in the pond lot. Mostly ragweed but some milo and sunflowers.
Brother in law still doesn't like me to call the bottoms food plots!
3 out of my 5 pear trees did pretty well.
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So I made them a little bigger feedlot leaving two oaks.
This oak gained a little shoulder room.
This are used to be a good shed hunting spot. A little chainsaw times and fire it is starting to come back around.
Put a new bird plot in some poor soil in the pond lot. Mostly ragweed but some milo and sunflowers.
Brother in law still doesn't like me to call the bottoms food plots!
3 out of my 5 pear trees did pretty well.
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E_308
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As expected my bird plot was more ragweed than anything I planted.
I top sowed 50 lbs of rye and 25 pounds of wheat to keep some food on the table after frost. Tested out the Zyrtec on this one. Felt like a good punch in the nose Sunday morning. Got a tiny shower Saturday evening another decent chance tonight. Very dry up there they could use a couple of good all day rains. Forecast doesn't look too promising but it was the best chance I have seen for a while. Planted another plot (spray, throw and mow) in wheat and Balansa (sp?) Clover. The kid's plot got top seeded with wheat. Fingers crossed they start getting rain so I didn't just feed the birds $80 in seed!
DCO has hopes for a lot of acorns we will see if it fills out. They look a little bigger that my last trip up.
Beans are looking good. All three bottom fields are really tall with some good pods but they are starting to get thirsty.
My next project is building a deer shack on this old beater. Drug it over and put it in the shed. Working on plans in my head now. Plan was to have it done before season but more plans than hours!
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I top sowed 50 lbs of rye and 25 pounds of wheat to keep some food on the table after frost. Tested out the Zyrtec on this one. Felt like a good punch in the nose Sunday morning. Got a tiny shower Saturday evening another decent chance tonight. Very dry up there they could use a couple of good all day rains. Forecast doesn't look too promising but it was the best chance I have seen for a while. Planted another plot (spray, throw and mow) in wheat and Balansa (sp?) Clover. The kid's plot got top seeded with wheat. Fingers crossed they start getting rain so I didn't just feed the birds $80 in seed!
DCO has hopes for a lot of acorns we will see if it fills out. They look a little bigger that my last trip up.
Beans are looking good. All three bottom fields are really tall with some good pods but they are starting to get thirsty.
My next project is building a deer shack on this old beater. Drug it over and put it in the shed. Working on plans in my head now. Plan was to have it done before season but more plans than hours!
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T-Max
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Nice! Had my first last year on a couple 6 year old trees. Good feeling isn't it?First burs on 2 Chinese chestnuts. Best guess going back through this thread is this tree is about 7 years old.
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Congratulations!
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E_308
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Sorry I typed up the stories after putting the pics into TapaTalk and chrome didn't like that!
Anyway, pretty good opening weekend. I shot mine Saturday morning about 830 am about a half mile away on another property. The kid's deer was the one I wanted to get shot off my place. Old bulky deer that I was afraid was running all the younger bucks off. Not much for rack but one of the larger bodied deer we have taken. He had a previously broken ankle that had healed wrong so one front hoof was curled back. Had a pus-filled hole in his brisket and a bunch of skinned up spots on his neck. I'd say the other deer are glad we showed up. We found him at a little over 200 yards so the kid used my 30/06 instead of his 300 blk. Claimed my 06 kicked less than his rifle! Probably hold off on letting him try it off the bench. Going back up this weekend to work on the does. Supposed to be cold.
Anyway, pretty good opening weekend. I shot mine Saturday morning about 830 am about a half mile away on another property. The kid's deer was the one I wanted to get shot off my place. Old bulky deer that I was afraid was running all the younger bucks off. Not much for rack but one of the larger bodied deer we have taken. He had a previously broken ankle that had healed wrong so one front hoof was curled back. Had a pus-filled hole in his brisket and a bunch of skinned up spots on his neck. I'd say the other deer are glad we showed up. We found him at a little over 200 yards so the kid used my 30/06 instead of his 300 blk. Claimed my 06 kicked less than his rifle! Probably hold off on letting him try it off the bench. Going back up this weekend to work on the does. Supposed to be cold.
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