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Post by chummer16 on Nov 28, 2019 10:42:43 GMT -6
Ballpark how much it cost to high fence 60 acres? There are a lot of factors that will determine the cost. How u design the fence will also impact the cost. For example, deer farmers have min height requirements. No sagging below 8' allowed. Gates and overall quality of the fence will also impact the cost. TurkeyTown is not a deer farm, has a lot of low lands, reall nice gates, and a high quality of fence. Bottom line for me...around 45k all in. So silly questions if one wanted to go this route. How do you get the first batch of deer? Are you a deer farm? How do you introduce new deer?
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Post by Catscratch on Nov 28, 2019 10:58:14 GMT -6
There are a lot of factors that will determine the cost. How u design the fence will also impact the cost. For example, deer farmers have min height requirements. No sagging below 8' allowed. Gates and overall quality of the fence will also impact the cost. TurkeyTown is not a deer farm, has a lot of low lands, reall nice gates, and a high quality of fence. Bottom line for me...around 45k all in. So silly questions if one wanted to go this route. How do you get the first batch of deer? Are you a deer farm? How do you introduce new deer? In KS deer are owned by the public (or state, I can remember). Law says you can't fence them in. Must stock it with purchased deer.
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Post by mnfish on Nov 28, 2019 11:08:24 GMT -6
There are a lot of factors that will determine the cost. How u design the fence will also impact the cost. For example, deer farmers have min height requirements. No sagging below 8' allowed. Gates and overall quality of the fence will also impact the cost. TurkeyTown is not a deer farm, has a lot of low lands, reall nice gates, and a high quality of fence. Bottom line for me...around 45k all in. So silly questions if one wanted to go this route. How do you get the first batch of deer? Are you a deer farm? How do you introduce new deer? I am NOT a deer farm. Ask any orchard owner the same question...its impossible to keep the deer out! Build the habitat and they will find there way in. And breed like rabbits!!! My fence has been up now for two years and i have seen different deer thru out the hunting season. Some sits without seeing one. Currently, the count is at 7 different bucks along with lots of does and fawns. If u hunt the way most of us here do, the deer will want in and never want to leave. Its not about "keeping deer in" but more about keeping out everything that a deer dislikes. It has been truely amazing to watch!
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Post by leexrayshady on Nov 28, 2019 11:09:48 GMT -6
Mock Scrapes really do work.
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Post by kooch on Nov 28, 2019 11:17:49 GMT -6
Propane heat, glass windows, swivel chairs, bipods and Copenhagen.
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Post by Sandbur on Nov 28, 2019 11:47:17 GMT -6
I have heard of wolf or coyote urine being used. Check out trapper supply sites. Before I went that route I'd buy a jug of the cheapest perfume I could find. Nose Jammer, formula 2?
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Post by honker on Nov 28, 2019 14:08:43 GMT -6
Gypsum, lime, and small clover plots in the woods was biggest success.. The limited TSI work I did last spring was worth the effort. More of that planned. Experimenting with no till methods is paying off and my first go at beans went very well. Held much higher deer numbers through end of Sept. Need to figure out a better way to keep them there through Nov. Limiting entry after Aug might help me.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 28, 2019 18:40:36 GMT -6
Gypsum, lime, and small clover plots in the woods was biggest success.. The limited TSI work I did last spring was worth the effort. More of that planned. Experimenting with no till methods is paying off and my first go at beans went very well. Held much higher deer numbers through end of Sept. Need to figure out a better way to keep them there through Nov. Limiting entry after Aug might help me. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about November action in my clover. I was pleasantly surprised how well that held up and consistently put deer in the zone. I kicked a little snow around today, there is still some clover left. Next year outta be really good.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 28, 2019 19:45:51 GMT -6
Red cedar scrape/rub posts in foodplots that stand out like "turds in a punch bowl" (thanks Steve B.) work. I need to snap a couple pics
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Post by Catscratch on Nov 28, 2019 20:00:07 GMT -6
Red cedar scrape/rub posts in foodplots that stand out like "turds in a punch bowl" (thanks Steve B.) work. I need to snap a couple pics Those do work great!
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Post by kooch on Nov 28, 2019 20:12:22 GMT -6
Red cedar scrape/rub posts in foodplots that stand out like "turds in a punch bowl" (thanks Steve B.) work. I need to snap a couple pics Do you find and cut your own posts? Or are you talking the round, peeled posts you can buy at Fleet?
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Post by benmnwi on Nov 28, 2019 20:14:40 GMT -6
Fake scrape branches wired up around my best food plot helped get bucks to spend more time in an area that gives me my best chance to kill them.
Hiring a stump grinder to take out 100+ stumps to expand this plot worked very well.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 28, 2019 20:15:35 GMT -6
Red cedar scrape/rub posts in foodplots that stand out like "turds in a punch bowl" (thanks Steve B.) work. I need to snap a couple pics Do you find and cut your own posts? Or are you talking the round, peeled posts you can buy at Fleet? Red cedars here are vectors of CAR...so I don't welcome them. Yes, I find and cut my own posts.
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Post by badgerfowl on Nov 28, 2019 20:21:05 GMT -6
Red cedar scrape/rub posts in foodplots that stand out like "turds in a punch bowl" (thanks Steve B.) work. I need to snap a couple pics These are on my list for next year.
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Post by kooch on Nov 28, 2019 20:25:30 GMT -6
I've never seen one at camp kooch. Might try with another species next year....
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