Sorry guys but I need to vent. Our lease consists of 4 tracts of land. Each tract is roughly 250 yards wide at the front and about 75 yards wide at the back. All 4 are just over a mile deep. The 4 tracts from left to right are #1 hardwoods, #2 four year old cutover, and #3 & #4 are two year old cutovers. We were told #4 would be sprayed, burned, and planted in pines. This was going to be a good thing. Today we found out #2 and #3 would be burned also with #2 being planted in pines. My best , most established food plot is on tract #2!!!!!! I went down today only to find that it along with the rest of that tract had been sprayed with herbicide. What was a beautiful plot of clover full of deer signs a couple weeks ago is now wilted and dying. We talked to the company who is doing the work and were told they would begin burning between September 1rst and the 20th. Opening day of bow season is the 13th. That will put me replanting the plot the end of September.

I was really excited to have such a nice plot to hunt over this year. I' ve got what will be a 4 year old buck that I' ve watched since 2001 that probably won' t be there this year due to the lack of cover now. The only good thing is it will be at least 15 to 20 years before anything else will be done on this lease.

For all of you out there that own land instead of leasing, consider yourself extremely lucky. This will be another hunting season ruined by the landowners that I lease from.

Sorry to blow off so much steam but I do feel a little better now.

Shane