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Post by Reagan on Nov 23, 2023 8:06:20 GMT -6
We have a ton of hickory on my place, my old place and dads old place. Squirrels and turkey eat them up. Never saw deer do anything with them. I do think they take some of the turkey pressure off the oaks.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 23, 2023 8:40:13 GMT -6
This hickory discussion got my brain to working last night. On the old place, squirrels were easy to hunt. All I had to do was sit quietly for a few minutes and I could hear squirrel teeth working on hickory nuts or black walnuts. Slowly sneak up on them and "pop". I don't hear that here. Acorn hulls don't require much tooth work.
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Post by Reagan on Nov 23, 2023 11:13:23 GMT -6
I used to squirrel hunt a lot as a kid. In oaks I’d listen for the rain of acorn shell pieces and know it was a squirrel. Not sure if the ears are good enough for that now.
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Post by Bob on Dec 1, 2023 17:34:09 GMT -6
I made some space for spring planting. Need to scavenge up some wet soil conifers for this area.  |
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Post by daydreamer on Dec 1, 2023 18:55:34 GMT -6
I made some space for spring planting. Need to scavenge up some wet soil conifers for this area. Hoping I have better success this year assuming it’s not going to be a drought. I tested it with about 5 this year is all and all are toast. It will work on a normal year around here though. I have a ton of them I can pilfer too. |
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Post by biglakebass on Dec 2, 2023 17:20:29 GMT -6
I made some space for spring planting. Need to scavenge up some wet soil conifers for this area. Are u burning all the slash piles?? Wow that ATV is getting its workouts I see! Well, maybe the guy behind the chainsaw is too! |
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Post by Tooln on Dec 3, 2023 7:23:02 GMT -6
I made some space for spring planting. Need to scavenge up some wet soil conifers for this area. did you get yourself a drone or were you up a tree for this pic? |
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Post by badgerfowl on Dec 4, 2023 10:52:16 GMT -6
I made some space for spring planting. Need to scavenge up some wet soil conifers for this area. Are u burning all the slash piles?? Wow that ATV is getting its workouts I see! Well, maybe the guy behind the chainsaw is too! Well, the guy behind the chainsaw is nuts.....or an animal! You pick.  |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 4, 2023 18:42:13 GMT -6
I just ordered 36 (tray of 18) Scotch Pine plugs for Minnesota.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 29, 2023 6:53:00 GMT -6
 I noticed this product on the Crow Wing County (Minnesota) SWCD site. has anyone used it? |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 29, 2023 8:09:24 GMT -6
Yes it a weed mat roll? It work great, if it’s staked in or rolled in properly.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 29, 2023 11:49:11 GMT -6
Yes it a weed mat roll? It work great, if it’s staked in or rolled in properly. Being it is aspen fibers, you never need to remove it? Rots away? |
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Post by chummer16 on Dec 29, 2023 18:28:51 GMT -6
Quick hickory story. 11/2 I snuck into a spot I hadn't hunted before, before light. It was sleeting so I had cover to use my climber. From first light I was covered up by deer all day in what appeared to be open hardwoods. There was a thin layer of ice and snow but there were probably 30 deer digging in there and I was stumped why. We do not have oaks. At 3pm I shot this guy and in tracking him I figured out the mystery. Thousands of hickory nuts on the ground and many still falling. That section of woods was loaded with deer for the next couple of weeks.   |
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Post by chummer16 on Dec 29, 2023 18:31:24 GMT -6
What is best shrub to plant that hold its leaves the longest. I need a screen to get into a blind. I was thinking ninebark.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 29, 2023 18:56:46 GMT -6
Quick hickory story. 11/2 I snuck into a spot I hadn't hunted before, before light. It was sleeting so I had cover to use my climber. From first light I was covered up by deer all day in what appeared to be open hardwoods. There was a thin layer of ice and snow but there were probably 30 deer digging in there and I was stumped why. We do not have oaks. At 3pm I shot this guy and in tracking him I figured out the mystery. Thousands of hickory nuts on the ground and many still falling. That section of woods was loaded with deer for the next couple of weeks. congratulations on a nice one! |
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