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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jun 8, 2024 18:36:11 GMT -5
2 weeks in, sorghum is about 6” tall in the middle of the new food plot. It’s pretty sparse and about half the height around the edges of the plot, which isn’t surprising due to the partial shade. Overall looks pretty good.
Clover is looking good, the Imox application 3 weeks ago killed out the Johnson grass.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jun 6, 2024 9:05:41 GMT -5
Haven’t seen or heard any around the house.
We’re down in central TN now and they are active here.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Jun 5, 2024 11:20:26 GMT -5
I would say they’ll do pretty well if we keep getting rain.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 27, 2024 21:16:48 GMT -5
This has been my primary winter / spring project. Started looking like this: More or less finished up, looks like this: Did it all by hand, with an electric chainsaw and a pair of loppers, followed by the trusty old riding mower. Best I can figure, using map-acre calculating websites as well as walking it off, is right at 1/2 acre. I intend to put this into prennial clover this fall, but put sorghum in a couple days ago for an experiment. I have a trail cut in and out, if they use that then they’ll pass right past the tree I intend to hang a stand in. Seen lots of sorghum Planted but never seen anything but a few birds eat it….Never understood the reason. They love it out in western Kansas. Not as much plant diversity out there though like we have here.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 27, 2024 12:55:00 GMT -5
This has been my primary winter / spring project. Started looking like this: More or less finished up, looks like this: Did it all by hand, with an electric chainsaw and a pair of loppers, followed by the trusty old riding mower. Best I can figure, using map-acre calculating websites as well as walking it off, is right at 1/2 acre. I intend to put this into prennial clover this fall, but put sorghum in a couple days ago for an experiment. I have a trail cut in and out, if they use that then they’ll pass right past the tree I intend to hang a stand in.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 25, 2024 21:18:07 GMT -5
I broadcasted 1/2 acre of sorghum tonight. Lime, fertilizer, mow, gly, cultipack. Hopefully we get a good rain tomorrow.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 24, 2024 6:31:10 GMT -5
That whole situation is unbelievable.
What’s worse, is if that had been any old regular Joe that didn’t garner media attention, the cops’ lies likely would have gone unchallenged and gone on to screw that person’s life permanently.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 19, 2024 16:36:50 GMT -5
I sprayed my big clover plot today. Didn’t have to spray any last year, but had quite a bit of Johnson grass coming in this year. Sprayed it with Imox out of my pull-behind sprayer with my lawn tractor. Guess I’ll see how well that works.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 17, 2024 20:48:37 GMT -5
Bobcats eat turkeys. Sure, nest predators are probably worse, but we have the ability to manage those.
Regardless, since when do we feel like we need to prove that bobcats are having some kind of negative impact in order to hunt them? If the population is recovered, as the biologists say, the there should be some kind of season. They are a game animal, and I don’t care if they do look cuddly. I also wouldn’t care if they ate nothing but plants and grasshoppers.
Wildlife populations are managed through funding from hunting and shooting sports. In turn, seasons are held to provide incentive to sportsmen to continue funding that management. It is called the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, and it is why we have the robust wildlife populations we do here, as opposed to most of the rest of the world.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 16, 2024 18:55:36 GMT -5
No tag for me either
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 11, 2024 7:55:14 GMT -5
I agree with getting an estimate.. someone backed into our Durango and did a similar amount of visible damage - they totalled it!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 26, 2024 7:00:06 GMT -5
It’s hard until it’s not. All about having a spot with low-pressured birds IME. I struggled mightily in the HNF for several years.
Aren’t those quarry birds tame anyway?
Nice bird and photo!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 24, 2024 19:01:30 GMT -5
The last 2 years, I have killed a turkey on my own property on opening day and checked them in using the landowner license exemption.
Do I need to buy a turkey license now if I want to accompany my children or friends on turkey hunts on either public property or other private land that I do not own? I would not carry a weapon, but would participate in calling and other aspects of the hunt.
Are there any problems that could arise from me being in possession of an unfilled turkey license after I have already filled my 1 bird limit?
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 24, 2024 18:41:32 GMT -5
He must’ve been on a diet. Yeah. I didn’t believe my hanging scale, had to verify with the bathroom scale. I’ve shot heavier jakes
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 24, 2024 18:09:25 GMT -5
Team 1 checking in a lightweight. Score of 34.5
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 24, 2024 18:04:53 GMT -5
I slipped back out tonight to the same spot I hunted this morning. About 3/4 of the way there, I heard some scratching up ahead. I set up and called, turned out it was only songbirds though. Once I got to the blind, I set the decoys out and started calling. I got a reply from probably 200 - 300 yards away. Two toms made their way over, probably took them about 10 minutes, gobbling intermittently along the way. They were eyeing the decoys from about 15 yards behind my blind when I shot the lead tom. He hit the ground at 5:30. I had to practically run the other tom off, he hung around putting for at least a couple minutes while I was gathering my things.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 24, 2024 12:07:19 GMT -5
I don't know what happened but I just missed a nice one. No more than 35 yards. This scope has to be off. My grandson has been using it. My grandson missed one two years ago but it was 50 yards and it was Grandson. My fault for not taking it to the range this year. Things got in the way, but that is no excuse This bird had a nice bushy beard and a lot of red and some blond looking coloring on him. A beautiful bird. This is the first bird I've missed ...ever. That hurts. You were due…
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 24, 2024 8:50:56 GMT -5
Had one come in and hang up about 100 yards up the hill. He stayed there, gobbling off and on, for 1.5 hours before I had to leave for work. He was still there when I left.
As I left the house, I could see a couple more toms and some hens out in the ag field across the road.
I’ll be back at it for a couple hours this evening.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 23, 2024 18:36:05 GMT -5
Pouring rain here. Good luck!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 23, 2024 12:24:04 GMT -5
Roost gobbling yesterday and today as I left for work. Hopefully they pitch down to me tomorrow.
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