I bought a property for our business this spring. Under 8acres with a 30x40 building on it. I bought it mainly for the storage space. The acreage and woods was a bonus. I bought it off a friend and have hunted it before. Not great, but not terrible. I killed my first archery deer on this property. Future plans are for nursery stock to go here.
Why am I posting this in here? I thought this would be an ideal property to do some experimenting on. The property is narrow but deep. It sits 1850' off the road at the rear property line. It was logged out at one point but I do not know how long ago. There are some remaining oaks and shagbark hickory which are mature. The mature trees are tall and straight up for the most part. Squirrels love the place! The property also has 4 producing apple trees in front of the building.
Tonight I took the boys over and rototilled a strip approximately 200yds long with the tractor tiller. I have 560 trees potted and ready to plant there. I am going to let the roots fill out the pots and plant them in the fall for future nursery stock. Future plans are a shooting range, more nursery stock, and some equipment storage. In the meantime, why not see if we can do anything to the property to improve the hunting? This is a perfect example of a small property which many "working class hunters" around here gain permission to hunt. It will be interesting to see if it is worth the effort to even put the time and money into a property of this size.
I will get a camera mounted and start a mineral lick there soon just so we can see what deer are frequenting the area. Generally it is a doe area and several years I have seen fawns and a couple fox. However, it is not far from where some big boys hang out. Could be interesting to see if someone can put a little bit of effort into a small property to draw in a big boy! For now, here are some pictures of the apples and what I tilled up tonight. In case you are wondering, the picture was taken from the top deck of my gooseneck trailer parked in front of the shop. Thus the semi-aerial photo overlooking the bullpen. Yes, I know I need to clean it up, kill the weeds, and get some used oil on the moldboards of the plows. We just got the place and have been busy with spring work since I took possession. lmao
Why am I posting this in here? I thought this would be an ideal property to do some experimenting on. The property is narrow but deep. It sits 1850' off the road at the rear property line. It was logged out at one point but I do not know how long ago. There are some remaining oaks and shagbark hickory which are mature. The mature trees are tall and straight up for the most part. Squirrels love the place! The property also has 4 producing apple trees in front of the building.
Tonight I took the boys over and rototilled a strip approximately 200yds long with the tractor tiller. I have 560 trees potted and ready to plant there. I am going to let the roots fill out the pots and plant them in the fall for future nursery stock. Future plans are a shooting range, more nursery stock, and some equipment storage. In the meantime, why not see if we can do anything to the property to improve the hunting? This is a perfect example of a small property which many "working class hunters" around here gain permission to hunt. It will be interesting to see if it is worth the effort to even put the time and money into a property of this size.
I will get a camera mounted and start a mineral lick there soon just so we can see what deer are frequenting the area. Generally it is a doe area and several years I have seen fawns and a couple fox. However, it is not far from where some big boys hang out. Could be interesting to see if someone can put a little bit of effort into a small property to draw in a big boy! For now, here are some pictures of the apples and what I tilled up tonight. In case you are wondering, the picture was taken from the top deck of my gooseneck trailer parked in front of the shop. Thus the semi-aerial photo overlooking the bullpen. Yes, I know I need to clean it up, kill the weeds, and get some used oil on the moldboards of the plows. We just got the place and have been busy with spring work since I took possession. lmao
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