mechmark

well here in okla we had such a extreme heat wave 55+ days over 100%s  and many 110 t0 118% days with no rain  for 2and 1/2 months that the  natural vegatation all died( and some trees too!!)   i decided to use my  tractor mounted tiller and  brushog and till about a 300 square  ft  area surrounding my feeder and tilled some lanes to the areas deer  normally enter my property and broadcast some  deer mix seed  from  wallymart   clover turnip rye rapeseed oats and brassicas in those areas  after i drove up and down
with my fourwheeler  to make wheeltracks to hold the seed before i seeded it.

a fair amount of work but it paying off, then i used my garden tripod  rotary sprinkler on the area   a couple days a week at the feeder   for  the last  5 weeks

my feeder is only about 65 yrds from my house  and about 2 weeks ago we  finally got a couple decent rains and the rest of the seed came up

well the good news is im seeing more deer than ever before and they feed  around the feeder for a hour to a hour and 1/2 in the morning and about  45 min before dark most days in the eve.

the bad news is the deer ate all the tops off my pumkin plants in the garden but such is life.

i set my new rhino blind out in the back yard to air out (new smell)  about ten days ago and it doesnt seem to affect the deer, i have a  ladder standup that i was going  to use  but withe the foilage dropping  it kinda stands out so i wiil start out with the blind (season starts  sat) and see if those deer have looked at the calendar. lol.

i covered the seed by dragging a reciever  rack behind the fourwheeler  with a couple of cinder blocks in it for added weight( worked like a  charm.

oh yea i hand threw some fertilizer on the plot after a rain and it all  looks good,  i have two trail camera up and am seeing more deer than  ever and ive had this place for 15 years, so the combination(  drought,extreme heat ,no rain  feeder and the seeding ) all working  together ill be shocked if i dont take 2 or 3 with the crossbow  this  season.

and ive got less than 30 bucks in the planting  including gas and diesel!!!!

i had my feeder set for 3 seconds twice a day at 715 am and 430 pm till a  couple weeks ago on high spinner settings and kicked them up to 5  seconds then.

my thinking is that they will eat whats on the ground while they are  there in the daylight and lead them to frequent  the area during  shooting light..


the area strip towards the front i also put out some deer cocaine and my  camera has found that they use that area (more secluded)  all hours of  the day>

so ive got 2 hunting spots at opposite ends of my 10 acres  that i can switch back and forth to.

i wont gun hunt here do tho the close proximity of neighbors  and  itsspretty cool to look out my sons bedroom window and see some deer,and  squirrels and coons.  


ill try to post a couple pics of the area outside the bedroom  well thats what i did i hope it helps you guys on a small piece of ground

well crap

i was checking with the rancher that i have my deer lease with to see if he had planted his fields (over-seeds with rye and winter wheat) and if it was ok  for us to come down this weekend to set up our feeders.

well he was finishing up the planting BUT do to the extreme temps and lack of rain he was going to have to have his cows on the  150 acre lease the rest of the year.( he usually moves them to another 40 acre property for the fall)  he said he did not have a choice this year due to the drought only a little over a inch of rain since may!!!!!

he said he wouldnt mind use hunting with his cows on the property which i appreciate but am concerned on the impact on not only our hunting, but how the would affect or corn feeders(rubbingon them or knocking them over and of course eating the scattered corn that we pay pretty dearly for.

any imput on  any of you that have had similar experiances would be appreciated  tp0 help us make up our minds since this is a fair expensive endeavor

when you consider the cost of the lease, gas to set up the feeders and of course the corn too.!!!

im kinda perplexed and would love to hear some real life  experiences

thanks

           BUMMED OUT and dont know what to do>>>>

well crap

i was checking with the rancher that i have my deer lease with to see if he had planted his fields (over-seeds with rye and winter wheat) and if it was ok  for us to come down this weekend to set up our feeders.

well he was finishing up the planting BUT do to the extreme temps and lack of rain he was going to have to have his cows on the  150 acre lease the rest of the year.( he usually moves them to another 40 acre property for the fall)  he said he did not have a choice this year due to the drought only a little over a inch of rain since may!!!!!

he said he wouldnt mind use hunting with his cows on the property which i appreciate but am concerned on the impact on not only our hunting, but how the would affect or corn feeders(rubbingon them or knocking them over and of course eating the scattered corn that we pay pretty dearly for.

any imput on  any of you that have had similar experiances would be appreciated  tp0 help us make up our minds since this is a fair expensive endeavor

when you consider the cost of the lease, gas to set up the feeders and of course the corn too.!!!

im kinda perplexed and would love to hear some real life  experiences

thanks

           BUMMED OUT and dont know what to do>>>>

havent seen or heard from spirit in a while  spirit if you read this hope you are ok  we miss your insightful words

god bless

i was surfing and ran accross an ad for  this bow  has excal came up with a new model?
was just wondering had not heard of it before

anyone got one of these  

MAXIMUS BONESPLITTER 175 CROSSBOW PKG. EXCALIBUR

if so how are they?