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Originally posted by Big pig View PostLooking at the damage to your solar panel, I have three questions because I have the same feeder from Krivoman
Do you have a camera on it? Curious if you have a majority of bucks at the feeder like mine.
Also, are the coons jumping up or climbing the legs and swinging over? I have pvc on mine and no coon photos for me.
Last, turkeys pick up any of the protein? Just curious. Mine won't get in my cattle panel pen.
Clay aka BP
Yes, the majority of deer that come to this feeder are bucks.
The raccoons are climbing the legs and making it over to the tubes. We just reinforced the solar panel wiring with outdoor conduit. This stuff is really strong and tough.
Our turkeys have no problem getting inside the pens. We cut out 2 fawn gaps in each feeder and the turkeys either walk through the fawn gaps or just fly over. Our feeder pens are also very big - around 16 panels at each feeder.
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Originally posted by fullsizeaggie View PostAny growth or activity in the areas you hydroaxed?
There's definitely a lot more growth out there now, but I wasn't able to take pictures this past trip. I did walk it and when I removed some of the mulch the dirt underneath was nice and damp so it's definitely doing it's job. I'll take some more detailed pictures of this the next time I'm out here and let you know how it's looking.
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No, we didn't seed them. I talked to two different seed companies and they both said that I would have been wasting time and money. Plus the fact that we have a lot of cows out there right now so even if it did start to grow, they would have mowed it down. Next time I'm out there im gonna take some more detailed pictures of the soil underneath the mulch and compare it to the soil without mulch. I'll also take soil temps as well. Those are two lanes from one of our gun blinds. We will probably corn these clearings heavy in the fall.
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Originally posted by gingib View PostMay need to shread those roads 1-2 times a year to prevent any unwanted trees from growing if you want to keep the sendero/lane
The main reason we cut the lanes was to allow more rain and sun to hit the ground and allow better forage to grow. We removed blueberry junipers, so they won't resprout like redberry cedars will. We plan on removing strips of cedars like this every other year or so to help improve the habitat over time. You are correct that There may be a time where we need to use the shredder.
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Originally posted by courtstamper View PostRecently, someone asked me what my dream was. I didn't have much of answer then but I think I just read it.
Looks like a great place, with a ton of memories to be made.
Good luck - looking forward to seeing more with time.
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5/27/17 Update
We topped all of the feeders off this weekend. We adjusted our two timed protein feeders from being open 50 minutes in the morning and afternoon to 25 minutes in the morning and afternoon. At 50 minute feeding intervals, they were still eating nearly 1,200lbs every 3 weeks. Trying to get our 1,500lbs feeder to last around 40-45 days. All three of the Krivoman corn feeders are filled to the top and set to go off for 5 seconds each feeding. Each corn feeder has the eliminator spinner plate, so it really only throws corn for 3 seconds. At this setting, each Corn feeder should last around 3.5 months.
We didn't get any measurable rainfall last night. Everything built just to the east of us. I really hope we get some rain this week. It's gonna dry out quickly once we get in the high 90's. Going to get another load of cottonseed in late June and top off the protein feeders again.
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Everything said that we were supposed to get around 1 to 2 inches over the past 7 days. We received 1/4-inch for the entire week. We went from having a wet year from janurary through March to now a drier year due to the lack of rainfall from April and May. We still haven't received a rainfall over an inch since February. We are now 3-inches below the yearly average. Hoping for a wet June and July but I'm not going to hold my breath.
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