Soil Test Report: PH is the Most Important Characteristic to get Right I recently received a message from a client who, after sending in his food plot soil test and getting the result was asking me to get him a delivery of lime. He told me his test came back with a 6.2 pH, close …
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Which Doe do I Shoot? How to Decide What Does to Harvest During Antlerless Deer Season and How Many The Importance of Maintaining a Balanced Sex Ratio If you’re reading this blog article, you already understand the importance of keeping deer numbers in balance with the habitat. Since bucks have so much mortality, we usually …
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A site visit to the NY property revealed a rare problem, that is, too much rain. Never thought I would be complaining about too much rain, but we have fields now that are waterlogged and plants suffering from lack of air. There is a lot of yellowing in some fields and the neighbor’s corn is …
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Prescribed fire is the best tool foresters have to regenerate oak forests. Periodic fire shaped the composition of the forest prior to fire exclusion over the last century. We can see that oak-dominated forest is now being overtaken by more shade-tolerant species, most of which are of lesser value to wildlife and not as valuable …
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Any time you push out a patch of woods and install a food plot, you will surely need lime and fertilizer to grow most food plot plants. The first tip I have is when you pick a place to put your plot, if you can, place it where you can get to it with …
Most landowners sell timber from their land once or twice in a lifetime. Its a big step and should not be taken lightly. Of course, once a tree is cut down, you can’t put it back and 80 to 180 years of growth is wasted unless the timber sale is done right. Keep in mind …
