Well, its summer now! Water temperatures at the lake are warming up quickly and becoming to much work to keep fish alive on my jugs, so....
Most all late fall/spring food plots have browned and thatched over making them non-palatable. Tons of native browse along the river and the early summer broad leaf browse are getting hammered by the wildlife. The Bosque is running well and the holes are back full.
Drove up on our first fawn siting for the year Saturday June 10th and it was no more than a day old. Since then I have laid eyes on 3 others, all about the same size...SMALL. However, did catch one on camera June 6th with mom at a self feeder.
Deer on the river grounds are back to being consistent on corn and supplemental feed, was hoping they would hold off a little longer.
Deer behind the house are looking very healthy and are also dropping fawns now. Seems the native browse around the house is holding up so far to the mid to upper 90 days.
Will put out white salt blocks later this week along with freshening up my mineral lick areas.
In an attempted to help my clovers hold on a tad longer, I shredded the cereal rye, oats and wheat that were over shadowing them. Seems to have helped the clovers get a little more sun and in return continue to grow and offer some substance for the deer. Might add this to my yearly list of late spring early summer chores.
Lastly, had to set and start baiting the old hog trap, got a couple sows and bunches of midget size piglets showing up.
I will attempt to keep this thread updated and add some pictures along the way for you known reader type.
God Bless and have a good one.
Rwc
Most all late fall/spring food plots have browned and thatched over making them non-palatable. Tons of native browse along the river and the early summer broad leaf browse are getting hammered by the wildlife. The Bosque is running well and the holes are back full.
Drove up on our first fawn siting for the year Saturday June 10th and it was no more than a day old. Since then I have laid eyes on 3 others, all about the same size...SMALL. However, did catch one on camera June 6th with mom at a self feeder.
Deer on the river grounds are back to being consistent on corn and supplemental feed, was hoping they would hold off a little longer.
Deer behind the house are looking very healthy and are also dropping fawns now. Seems the native browse around the house is holding up so far to the mid to upper 90 days.
Will put out white salt blocks later this week along with freshening up my mineral lick areas.
In an attempted to help my clovers hold on a tad longer, I shredded the cereal rye, oats and wheat that were over shadowing them. Seems to have helped the clovers get a little more sun and in return continue to grow and offer some substance for the deer. Might add this to my yearly list of late spring early summer chores.
Lastly, had to set and start baiting the old hog trap, got a couple sows and bunches of midget size piglets showing up.
I will attempt to keep this thread updated and add some pictures along the way for you known reader type.
God Bless and have a good one.
Rwc
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