What did you do for the deer today?

[hickslawns]

I picked 6 five gallon buckets of apples off my trees for my "Dear" to cook into something. Filled the bottom of a 33gal garbage can with apples which were small, had worm holes, etc. I suppose I'll toss them out somewhere for the deer eventually. I'm not into baiting deer but it is better than running them over with the mower.

 

[Camodan]

Made a gravity feeder for them

 

[xbowguy]

What sort of gravity feeder did you make?

 

[hickslawns]

As much for land owner as for the deer, I got my field mowing done. LO likes tractor paths around the edges. I hate getting it done this late but believe it can be a great thing. In the next month they will be less than a foot tall of new and palatable growth. Deer will love it. Plus, I just might have directed a couple extras towards my stands. Lol

 

[Bigslam51]

As much for land owner as for the deer, I got my field mowing done. LO likes tractor paths around the edges. I hate getting it done this late but believe it can be a great thing. In the next month they will be less than a foot tall of new and palatable growth. Deer will love it. Plus, I just might have directed a couple extras towards my stands. Lol

Good stuff! You got your stands hung?

 

[Camodan]

What sort of gravity feeder did you make?

6 1/2 foot double wall culvert pipe wrapped in camo screen with a gutter runoff trough

 

[MoonLab]

Awesome, Phil.

 

[xbowguy]

View attachment 56661 6 1/2 foot double wall culvert pipe wrapped in camo screen with a gutter runoff trough

Looks like it will work.

 

[Camodan]

Hope so holds about 150 pounds and with what's left over I just spread out all over the ground

 

[twireman]

I wonder if one of the Owl decoys (w/bobblehead)on a post would make a difference?

Dad deployed the owl decoy Sunday to keep the turkeys out... they have been very hit or miss since. Thanks for the tip.

 

[xbowguy]

Cool!:smiley_clap:

 

[hickslawns]

Good stuff! You got your stands hung?

Nah. Plenty of time. lol

Interesting. Some tile work was done. Dozer cleared out a line of trees straight thru the woods. I need to do some thinking before I hang stands. It IS going to redirect deer traffic. Not sure exactly how just yet. I also cleared a place to put a blind. Not sure it will make a difference if I hang now, tomorrow, next weekend. Not sure when I will be able to hunt them anyway. I hate hanging (and especially placing blinds) after velvet peel. They are less tolerant. So long as I am not in/out a ton between hanging them and hunting them I think it will be alright.

 

[Bigslam51]

Nah. Plenty of time. lol

Interesting. Some tile work was done. Dozer cleared out a line of trees straight thru the woods. I need to do some thinking before I hang stands. It IS going to redirect deer traffic. Not sure exactly how just yet. I also cleared a place to put a blind. Not sure it will make a difference if I hang now, tomorrow, next weekend. Not sure when I will be able to hunt them anyway. I hate hanging (and especially placing blinds) after velvet peel. They are less tolerant. So long as I am not in/out a ton between hanging them and hunting them I think it will be alright.

I'd definitely hang a stand somewhere on the edge of that path they cleared, and get your stands hung tomorrow

 

[angelzd28]

Pulled all my cams for fall set-up. Ill place them out when I hit different stand sites for minimum impact. First hard horned pic of the year!

 

[angelzd28]

I got permission to hunt around 400 acres of a company based here in Tusc. County. (my cousin works for the company and is in charge of giving out permits) No pics or scouting yet, but its exciting to be able to hunt a new property this year. The good thing about it, is it sits right next to my grandpas farm, which makes it easy to park and walk right in. The only problem is, there are a bunch of other guys that hunt it, but mostly during gun season. We'll see......

 

[Dustinb80]

Good luck. Do you know exactly how many other guys?

 

[MoonLab]

Yesterday i was able to get all these accorns myself. Think the deer will be happy. Will be dropping these of front of my stand the week before opening day.

 

[Bigslam51]

Good stuff, BC!

 

[Bigslam51]

I got permission to hunt around 400 acres of a company based here in Tusc. County. (my cousin works for the company and is in charge of giving out permits) No pics or scouting yet, but its exciting to be able to hunt a new property this year. The good thing about it, is it sits right next to my grandpas farm, which makes it easy to park and walk right in. The only problem is, there are a bunch of other guys that hunt it, but mostly during gun season. We'll see......

Congrats! Hey I'm not that far away if you need some company

 

[MoonLab]

Thanks, tc