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Post by Sandbur on Sept 26, 2017 15:41:42 GMT -6
1) 8' woven wire could be a great tool for meeting my goals 2) Access, access, and access the biggest impact to seeing more deer in my area. 3) Clover, winter rye, brassia fall planted...it's all I needI'm really hoping for a dry November so I can get around a find a spot to make a clover plot myself. I should almost do that in spring so I can find out where I'll have water standing first. I don't have any clover that isn't getting driven on at this point. Really would like a spot to actually plot for clover and grow some of Cat's magic wheat. Areas just SE of you look very wet. How much rain did your land get during the last week? |
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 26, 2017 17:53:05 GMT -6
Looks like 4 inches in the past 9 days according to farm logs. I might have missed some of that, because those big bands of rain missed wide left. Of course they may have gotten 6 20 miles west of me.
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Post by batman on Oct 1, 2017 12:35:53 GMT -6
I put a bunch of horseshoe shaped clearings in my aspen region with the forestry head this summer so the deer could always bed with their face to the open and wind at their back. They are using the areas as planned.
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Post by honker on Oct 1, 2017 14:26:02 GMT -6
I put a bunch of horseshoe shaped clearings in my aspen region with the forestry head this summer so the deer could always bed with their face to the open and wind at their back. They are using the areas as planned. Sounds like a interesting idea. Do you mind sharing some more detail? How big of a clearing did you make with each horse shoe? Did you have the ends of the horse shoe facing specific directions or just work with the contour of the ground? |
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Post by batman on Oct 1, 2017 14:42:00 GMT -6
I put a bunch of horseshoe shaped clearings in my aspen region with the forestry head this summer so the deer could always bed with their face to the open and wind at their back. They are using the areas as planned. Sounds like a interesting idea. Do you mind sharing some more detail? How big of a clearing did you make with each horse shoe? Did you have the ends of the horse shoe facing specific directions or just work with the contour of the ground? I worked off of 2 existing trails on my 68 acre piece. Told the operator to make a C shaped loop off side of the trail with appx 50 yard diameter and then cross to other side of trail and do the same all the way down the line. (think dollar sign over and over down the trail). Original suggestion was 20 yard by 20 yard clearings to accomplish bedding but I went this way to save some cash and get more area into the mix. Forestry head is 7 or 8 feet wide. Know it works as a bumped 2 deer tracking my kids bowhunting mishap from last night. They both bedded wind at back and head on the edge of the cleared area. |
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 1, 2017 18:03:31 GMT -6
Sounds like a interesting idea. Do you mind sharing some more detail? How big of a clearing did you make with each horse shoe? Did you have the ends of the horse shoe facing specific directions or just work with the contour of the ground? I worked off of 2 existing trails on my 68 acre piece. Told the operator to make a C shaped loop off side of the trail with appx 50 yard diameter and then cross to other side of trail and do the same all the way down the line. (think dollar sign over and over down the trail). Original suggestion was 20 yard by 20 yard clearings to accomplish bedding but I went this way to save some cash and get more area into the mix. Forestry head is 7 or 8 feet wide. Know it works as a bumped 2 deer tracking my kids bowhunting mishap from last night. They both bedded wind at back and head on the edge of the cleared area. Did you seed anything in those areas? |
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Post by batman on Oct 2, 2017 5:33:37 GMT -6
I worked off of 2 existing trails on my 68 acre piece. Told the operator to make a C shaped loop off side of the trail with appx 50 yard diameter and then cross to other side of trail and do the same all the way down the line. (think dollar sign over and over down the trail). Original suggestion was 20 yard by 20 yard clearings to accomplish bedding but I went this way to save some cash and get more area into the mix. Forestry head is 7 or 8 feet wide. Know it works as a bumped 2 deer tracking my kids bowhunting mishap from last night. They both bedded wind at back and head on the edge of the cleared area. Did you seed anything in those areas? I did not seed those areas. My plan is to brush disc and spray them every couple years to keep regenerate and grasses knocked back. |
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