A year in the life of a farm

[BillyloMexico]

Dang that sucks!


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[ethic1]

That stinks! Heck of a buck!


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[SouthTX1911]

Unreal buck. Sorry brother.


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[rtp]

I hate losing them like that but man what a heck of an 8!

[TxAg]

Wow. 160" 8 pt.

[BolilloLoco]

Great 8!!!!

[elgato]

In an unusual twist I am mowing the radishes and turnips in my clover fields today. I planted 3 lbs of radishes and 1 lb ptt per acre in my clover fields. We have not had a measurable rain in over 2 months. But the brassicas are 2-3 ft tall and creating a full canopy. So I am mowing them about half so they don't choke out the clover which is the preferred cultivar in the plot.Next yr. I'll cut the rate in half.

Been a tough season this yr. Very slow.THe weather hasn't cooperated at all with hot temps and a heavy acorn load. Movement has been mostly nocturnal even though we have gone thru the peak of the rut. We have taken 6 bucks and 1 doe and have seen very few of the top end mature bucks..

[GarGuy]

One of the unfortunate side effects of a tight buck/doe ratio is we have regular mortality from fighting.THe rut is wide open now and unfortunately this guy was found dead beside the road with multiple puncture wounds. I guess the good news is we got the rack and cape. Neighbor scored him at 160".

Been a challenging season with the hot weather and mosquitos and we are behind on harvest. Hasn't rained in 2 months which doesn't help much either. Still food plots with especially the radishes look good.

Giant deer....and he was the LOOSER!

[ethic1]

In an unusual twist I am mowing the radishes and turnips in my clover fields today. I planted 3 lbs of radishes and 1 lb ptt per acre in my clover fields. We have not had a measurable rain in over 2 months. But the brassicas are 2-3 ft tall and creating a full canopy. So I am mowing them about half so they don't choke out the clover which is the preferred cultivar in the plot.Next yr. I'll cut the rate in half.

Been a tough season this yr. Very slow.THe weather hasn't cooperated at all with hot temps and a heavy acorn load. Movement has been mostly nocturnal even though we have gone thru the peak of the rut. We have taken 6 bucks and 1 doe and have seen very few of the top end mature bucks..

We are having the same issues not to far to the west of you across the border. To many acorns!

[BBBGP]

elgato, How is it going so far this year for you? Hope all is well.

[deer farmer]

we just received about an inch of rain this last week. First rain I have seen since June. Tough season for me growing food plots. Hope u got some rain this past week.

[Big-Buck]

been almost a month since any postings. any updates? i just spent the past 4 hours a work reading this from the start of the thread. very good stuff!

[ethic1]

Any updates Elgato? Like to see what has been taken this year of this wonderful place.

[JeffK]

I have been waiting for this thread to pop back up, but figured Elgato is chasing Mexico bucks this time of year.

[JeffK]

Elgato, how did your season go? How are the food plots holding up? The daikon radish did not handle the cold spell to well that we had couple weeks ago.