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Post by henson59 on Sept 25, 2015 9:41:47 GMT -5
With the hills on our property I would probably have a heart attack and die before I got half way up the side on a bike. Its just easier to take a slow and easy walk for me.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 17, 2015 13:36:40 GMT -5
Not a bad looking sign. Indiana should adopt Illinois purple paint law.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 8, 2015 8:09:12 GMT -5
sign me up
Thank You,
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Post by henson59 on Sept 4, 2015 8:06:16 GMT -5
When you think of how many animals in Africa key on the smell of blood he is lucky nothing came to investigate the smell.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 1, 2015 16:43:03 GMT -5
Hey Steiny what county is that? I wonder if we got anything in Ohio Co over the last few days.
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Post by henson59 on Aug 25, 2015 16:45:30 GMT -5
Just got word from one of the guys that hunts our place that our fall plots are doing well. Had a couple small spots that weren't going well so they broadcast some throw and grow Extreme radish to fill in the gaps. I can't wait until labor day weekend to get down and check the progress.
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Post by henson59 on Aug 25, 2015 16:39:03 GMT -5
I bought a John Deere 4 row planter this spring for $500 from a used equipment dealer. My experience is you can pick up an older 4 row for a lot less than a 2 row model. I think it's a 1320 model adjustable rows from 32" to 40" and has dry fertilizer boxes and uses plates for corn and soybeans. Planted about 15 acre's this spring for myself and a couple of buddies and it did great. I rent the grain drill or brillion seeder (clover/alfalfa) from our county extension office when needed. The cost is next to nothing so when I want to drill beans or plant alfalfa I just rent theirs. I will give you $250 for two rows of that. LOL!
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Post by henson59 on Aug 19, 2015 16:38:06 GMT -5
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Post by henson59 on Aug 18, 2015 12:30:45 GMT -5
You could buy a tree-coy...sprinkle some fresh bought buck turds around it....then sit a ways away with your back to it and watch it through your "deer view mirror". Isn't that what everybody does?
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Post by henson59 on Aug 18, 2015 11:11:40 GMT -5
Mark Drury is another one who has really been a big proponent of the tree-coy.
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Post by henson59 on Aug 18, 2015 8:31:07 GMT -5
I brought my cousin out to our place last year to hunt and he chopped down a little sapling and stuck it in the middle of the food plot. The doe he shot went right to it and after he shot the doe he had a nice buck make his way towards it but he had already filled his buck tag.
I will be doing the same as described above this year. I am going to cut down an 8-10' tree and put it out in the middle of my plot.
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Post by henson59 on Aug 14, 2015 9:54:54 GMT -5
Its funny because if you look at a certain Facebook page you would think every county in the state has had EHD cases and the DNR is not even making an effort to confirm any cases.
I was down in Ohio County last weekend and didn't come across anything.
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Post by henson59 on Aug 10, 2015 8:32:55 GMT -5
I went down to our place this past weekend to work our food plots and right off the bat I ran into issues. For the second year in a row it looks like the clutch on our tiller is having issues and of course Zimmer was already closed so I couldn't take it in. Luckily one of the guys that hunts with me had a tiller at his place so he was able to bring it down and I got everything worked up and ready for them to plant today. Should be a pretty good year for us if everything grows right.
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Post by henson59 on Aug 7, 2015 14:31:07 GMT -5
Good looking pics trophyP. That one property or multiple?
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Post by henson59 on Jul 29, 2015 8:21:39 GMT -5
Mowed all my spots this weekend and then my buddy came in and sprayed them on Monday. I will probably give them two weeks to really die off then its back in to till everything up and get planting. We have some really good bucks running around this year so I am pretty dang excited to see what the season brings.
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Post by henson59 on Jul 28, 2015 8:41:26 GMT -5
Biggest buck I have seen was shot by my uncle here in Illinois during the gun season. We had to use a truck and a few log chains to drag it out of the bottoms. 269lbs dressed
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Post by henson59 on Jul 21, 2015 9:22:53 GMT -5
Here is a throw and grow extreme radish plot we did a couple yrs ago
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Post by henson59 on Jul 21, 2015 9:08:17 GMT -5
When did you plant? If you planted to early by the time hunting season rolls around your plot may not be quite as attractive. Throw and grow plots usually contain a lot of rye grass and the deer tend to prefer that in the earlier stages of growth and over look it once its matured. Yes you will still have the radish to help you but its been my experience that it helps to have the young rye grass as well.
if we use that product for small kill plots we usually don't plant until around Sept 1st.
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Post by henson59 on Jul 17, 2015 13:56:53 GMT -5
As soon as it dries your good to go. I usually try to give it 12 hours.
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Post by henson59 on Jul 17, 2015 9:02:40 GMT -5
Ok, I have an issue and I want to get an opinion on this.
We were given a couple bags of round up ready soybeans for free and the couple of guys that hunt our place with me want to plant them in the beginning of August. It will be about a 2 acre plot. Is this a good idea?
We were going to plant the mix from WTI but now that we have a free option it needs to be considered.
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