Does the hard work and money spent pay off ?

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05-30-2023, 06:28 AM
Ketchn

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Does the hard work and money spent pay off ?

FOR sure yes , we hit the country place for an overnight and sat in the blinds a bit , wife said NO rifle,due my shoulder thing and so just had to watch the critters mostly .....said mostly ...
did chase a coon thru the trees in the moon light and use my pocket gun on it a bit .....:Rofl
we sure enjoyed the visit , we picked wild plums and wild blackberries and trimmed some brush a bit and tuned up cameras and took pictures and just enjoyed the beautiful weather totally .
counted 18 different deer from the trailer drinking coffee in the am and played with the place in general , the neighbor planted about 40 acres of red top right beside us AND 2 strips for us on our place as well.....man is the September dove hunt going to be the BOMB !
here are few images from my camera and from our trail cams .....YES its a zoo out there but of course that is the intention for sure ....
hope you enjoy the images and note the gobbler strutting beside the scarecrow blind for the hens under feeder ....good stuff ...
KABOOM is near :Cowboy
05-30-2023, 06:40 AM
DockShootinJack

You can skin that critter out and make yourself a hat. You can go all Daniel Boone on those crappie with that coon skin hat
05-30-2023, 06:46 AM
BuckeyeCrappie

Some beautiful pictures. You are blessed to have such a place. Thanks for sharing with us
05-30-2023, 07:05 AM
SuperDave336

Beautiful pictures. Love the wild flowers.
05-30-2023, 07:35 AM
MCG1

A regular cornucopia of flora and fauna!
05-31-2023, 05:49 AM
Ketchn

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Originally Posted by MCG1

A regular cornucopia of flora and fauna!

the horn of plenty is the goal for sure , notice the split brow on the sneaky boy in the bushes btw ?
06-01-2023, 05:35 AM
Ketchn

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Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

Some beautiful pictures. You are blessed to have such a place. Thanks for sharing with us

My pleasure sir , sure is a fun place to be an outdoor person , one of my buds calls it a petting zoo , not sure about all that but one can for sure use up some ammo if ones enjoys KABOOM…:Rofl
06-01-2023, 06:04 AM
Central Minn

"red top"is Sorghum?
06-03-2023, 07:31 AM
Ketchn

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Originally Posted by Central Minn

"red top"is Sorghum?

Sudan / milo /sorghum / red top / some of the other versions of it , most of it in these parts is hybridized
I think he said it was Sudan and some form of it that is hybridized to mature late ....
rolls up nicely in bales to make some really good cattle winter feed ...
taller than sorghum ,but heads out much the same , wildlife love it ....
deer eat the heads and the baby plants and turkey and doves love it when it heads out as well :cheers2
06-08-2023, 08:01 PM
Cajuntec

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We liked seeing the Texas Spiny lizards when we lived in San Antonio. We have their cousins here - Eastern Fence Lizards. They’re a bit more skittish, and don’t let us get as close for pics.

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06-09-2023, 06:32 AM
Ketchn

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Originally Posted by Cajuntec

We liked seeing the Texas Spiny lizards when we lived in San Antonio. We have their cousins here - Eastern Fence Lizards. They’re a bit more skittish, and don’t let us get as close for pics.

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yepppers direct relatives , the texas version is pretty skittish , she went around the tree several times and I employed the ole squirrel hunting technique of ease around the tree with my wife and daughter to get her to run around the tree in front of me....you see in the world of wildlife it is pretty cool to employ some of them old school tricks to get them to cooperate ....
on a side note ....ones ball cap tossed around the backside of the tree when one is alone works well too ....just saying :highfive