the boys are back
07-05-2012 | 06:43 AM
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Spike
Joined: Apr 2012
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the boys are back
i originally posted under the food plot section but figured it would be better suited here
i set a camera in the edge of this 3/4 acre alafalfa food plot, where we had broad cast some sunflower seeds and pumpkins in a small strip along the edge
the swunflowers where fairly thick and about a foot high one day and the next they where graised to the ground,
so we stuck iout the little moultrie camera secured to a steel post we drove in the ground,
great photos from a $139.00 dollar camera
food plot was sown last fall, buffalo alfalfa with oats, the deer kept it mowed like a lawn throughout the winter, we had taken the hay and oats off mid june, so they are coming to the tender regrowth
so if you have a alfalfa plot "which we have 4 more on this place" you need to clip it even if you dont want to hay it, this will caused the alfalfa to respurt and send up tender new growth
its really dry here this summer and the deer like the crops need some rain but i am hoping these old boys continue to add girth and height througout the rest of the growing season, and will fatten up on the corn when it comes in
i set a camera in the edge of this 3/4 acre alafalfa food plot, where we had broad cast some sunflower seeds and pumpkins in a small strip along the edge
the swunflowers where fairly thick and about a foot high one day and the next they where graised to the ground,
so we stuck iout the little moultrie camera secured to a steel post we drove in the ground,
great photos from a $139.00 dollar camera
food plot was sown last fall, buffalo alfalfa with oats, the deer kept it mowed like a lawn throughout the winter, we had taken the hay and oats off mid june, so they are coming to the tender regrowth
so if you have a alfalfa plot "which we have 4 more on this place" you need to clip it even if you dont want to hay it, this will caused the alfalfa to respurt and send up tender new growth
its really dry here this summer and the deer like the crops need some rain but i am hoping these old boys continue to add girth and height througout the rest of the growing season, and will fatten up on the corn when it comes in
07-05-2012 | 08:29 AM
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Fork Horn
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Middelway, WV
Great photos! I am definitely very jealous of you guys that have big acres and food plots, providing the the ability to truly manage your herd and hunt for specific monster bucks.
Some day for me, hopefully:-)
Some day for me, hopefully:-)
07-05-2012 | 11:08 AM
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Typical Buck
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Pikeville, Tennessee
I am in the same boat. Public land, luck of the draw. When I hit the lottery, I will buy 30k acres and raise monsters.... some day
