Just a quick update for all you guys interested in the rape seed. I went up on 10/05 and 10/06 to hunt the opening weekend in the U.P.. When I pulled in on Friday night I shinned the rape field and to my surprize the field had almost been eaten to the ground. Remember, it was a foot high last time up. There was nothing but stems left. My neighbor came over and said they started hitting the field the last week after our first frost.

I sat in the woods on Sat. morning and did not see a deer. I came home from the neighbors at 1:30 P.M. and saw a deer in the rape field right in front of the cabin. My thoughts started turning and I scraped the afternoon plans. I insted decided to make a ground blind along the rape field not 20 yards from the cabin. I was in the stand by 2:30, and by 3:00 The first deer was not 10 Yards from me. It was a button buck. He came Five yards from me, took a long look, and kept on eating. God I love Scent-lok. By 5:00 I had 20 deer in the field. All does and yearlings. What a great night to enjoy nature. I feel that it is only a matter of time before the Big Bubba comes around.

I will keep you posted to see how the rape reacts to the mow job. I would say that it has worked great and will be doing more next year.

Good Luck to ALL!!!!!

Sandman