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What did you do for the deer today?

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.
 
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
 
hickslawns said:
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
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Good stuff! You got your stands hung?
 
xbowguy said:
What sort of gravity feeder did you make?
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IMG_0159.jpg 6 1/2 foot double wall culvert pipe wrapped in camo screen with a gutter runoff trough
 
Bigslam51 said:
Good stuff! You got your stands hung?
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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.
 
hickslawns said:
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.
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I'd definitely hang a stand somewhere on the edge of that path they cleared, and get your stands hung tomorrow 😂
 
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......
 
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.20170912_171300.jpg
 
angelzd28 said:
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......
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Congrats! Hey I'm not that far away if you need some company 😂
 
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