Recent content by TooTall71

I have the same thing going on. Never seen so many scrapes! In the middle of the big woods, field edges, everywhere. And WAY less rubs. Definitely weird. This is Western Coshocton County, on the Knox border. And BIG ones too. Had a 140" class on one I was hunting Friday but a doe came out and he...

AM and PM Saturday and Sunday for me and the ol ball and chain. Coshocton County

'Ol Floppy Ear- a doe we've seen the past 3 years on the property. She'd dry this year so she's got an x on her back. Couple fellas stopping by for a make out session...or maybe they are French? Damn turkeys scarin off the deer and eating the seed I had put down a few days before! And...

Maybe its my area and the fact there's no ag around and little minerals in the soil, or just deer density, but I seem to get pretty consistent usage all season on my salt pile. It was especially helpful last year as the does hit it all year and it drew in some nice bucks who showed up every damn...

Went down and checked the plots yesterday....not doing as well as I had hoped. The Gly application mostly failed, as I suspected, I think cause it was raining that day. Getting ok germination but I also didn't get quite as much thatch on the ground as I wanted and this heat is scorching a lot of...

I live in Chesterland, about 20 minutes south of Mentor, grew up in the area. In order to hunt in Mentor I believe the landowner has to have 5 acres, could be wrong. That's a tough find. If you can knock on doors or hook up with someone in Kirtland, it's pretty good in some areas. And there is...

They are still hitting the salt pretty hard. No monsters showed up yet, but a couple decent bucks that might not get a pass this year.... And this poor fella must have had a run in with something he shouldn't have. Left antler growing down the side of his face!

And the Throw & Mow method(no till) has worked significantly better for me on our plots as opposed to traditional tillage. Our soil is super rocky and drains fast(in the hills of Coshocton County), plus it's ON a hillside, so I've found soil moisture to be the #1 factor for success with our...

That was my plan until we got to the property and it was raining. Since it's a 2.5 hour drive I really can't be picky on trying to get things planted before a rain. Plus I don't have time to spray then go back a week later, so we had to make the most of the day. And because there was a pretty...

Put in fall plots the other day. Mix of winter rye, buck forage oats, and daikon radish. Broadcast, mowed existing buckwheat and weeds over top, sprayed with gly to kill all the grasses underneath that were growing pretty thick, and then rolled the whole plot with a lawn roller. Before mowing...

Black Eagle Executioner bolts and 100 grain slick trick mags.

Last year I bought a Rhinehart self healing target for like $170. Steep price, but damn does it hold up! Probably put damn near 500 shots, mostly with fixed blade slick trick broadheads, into it and it still holds up. Great thing about them is there is a removeable insert you can buy for about...

Seems like we had some new bucks move in the past 2 weeks. Definitely more activity in the plots/salt, and mostly day time pics of the big boys. Buckwheat plot is getting browsed pretty heavily. Gonna terminate it and put in fall planting latter end of August. Hopefully some of these fellas...

Got a chance to visit the property yesterday....throw and mow buckwheat/pea/oat plot is looking pretty great for not having sprayed or fertilized before planting. I planted BW in the same plot last year after tilling and the no till approach definitely seems to be the way to go on this plot...

Been putting out just 40 lb. bags of water softener salt pellets($4 at Aldi) for the past month or so and the deer are obliterating it! Gonna start throwing in some red mineral blocks from TSC to add a some/different more nutrients. More doing it for pic inventory and attracting deer to my food...