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New Shooting Lanes
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07/12/18 07:16 PM
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/12/18 07:53 PM
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Nice. Makin a hand.
I’ll bet there’s deer there already.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/12/18 11:37 PM
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Yep. They seem to love the smell of fresh turned dirt. We'll push cedar and the next day fresh tracks from overnight.
Last edited by Erathkid; 07/12/18 11:38 PM.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/12/18 11:42 PM
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Yep, I agree those deer were in there that night. Bet it will also create new travel patterns in that area over time. Post up the finished pics if you can.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/12/18 11:47 PM
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Looks really good Bar-d. You be a good man!!
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/13/18 03:17 AM
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Get some mesquite spray ready, & make a pass thru there mid Sept.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/13/18 03:26 AM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/13/18 10:13 AM
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Looks good, as mentioned bet the deer are already in there eating on what ever tender roots exposed
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/13/18 01:58 PM
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Mr. T.
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Look great, I hope your hunters appreciate what you have done for them.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/15/18 01:12 PM
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All those spots where the soil was disturbed, late August, September, get yourself a couple of sacks of oats, and broadcast by hand. If you can catch a little rain right afterward you'll have a pretty good deer attractant. If you don't spray those root stumps with 50/50 mixture of Remedy (herbicide brand), and Diesel, it will reclaim pretty fast before deer season.
Last edited by Jimbo; 07/15/18 01:18 PM.
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/16/18 05:11 PM
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If you don't spray those root stumps with 50/50 mixture of Remedy (herbicide brand), and Diesel, it will reclaim pretty fast before deer season.
I've made suggestions to the land owner on maintenance of the lanes. It's up to him to keep it cleaned out and he enjoys working on his place.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/16/18 05:50 PM
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Many discussions on mesquite, and at bottom line of all, it should read, "Mesquite is Satan's toothpick." I have cleared a bunch, with lots more to go, and the only method I have found to be somewhat permanent is to spray with remedy/diesel mix, and once dead push over, cut, or grub, and then be ready to spot spray regrowth, repeat.
Starting with the grubber, before broad spray, I think will work just as well, but there may be more regrowth to tackle. Will be interested in hearing of long term results.
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/16/18 07:57 PM
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I assumed you grubbed the mesquite good. Those machines are supposed to grub it easy.
Still, there will be re-growth to spray, & some new growth.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/17/18 12:49 PM
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I assumed you grubbed the mesquite good. Those machines are supposed to grub it easy.
Still, there will be re-growth to spray, & some new growth. If by grubbing the mesquite good you mean you thought I got every root out of the ground then I guess I did not grub it good and it ain't that easy. Mechanical mesquite control will not remove every trace of the roots. Once started, it is an ongoing battle to stop regrowth. If you stop plowing a field that has been in production for twenty years and let it go fallow, mesquites will start growing again. Believe me, I know this for a fact. I have 94 acres of cultivated land that has been in the CRP program for many years. I have to go in and grub new mesquites every 3 or 4 years or they will take the place over. I have a neighbor who had a mesquite pasture sprayed about 5 years ago and got a good kill. After standing a couple of years, he had a dozer come in to push and stack the dead trees. The next year mesquite sprouts are everywhere and now he has 2 to 3 ft. tall mesquites on the entire pasture.
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/17/18 04:55 PM
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Mechanical mesquite control will not remove every trace of the roots. Once started, it is an ongoing battle to stop regrowth. If you stop plowing a field that has been in production for twenty years and let it go fallow, mesquites will start growing again. Believe me, I know this for a fact. Exactly! It is on ongoing battle. Neighbor of mine decided to push over 4 or 5 acres of mesquite along road frontage. It looked great for about a month, but there was no follow up control, and now after a year or so it is covered in 2-3' tall mesquite bushes. As I mentioned above, even with combination of mechanical and spray, there is a lot of ongoing control needed to keep it from coming back. One method I am considering is to spray a pasture, but let the dead trees stand until I am sure I have good root kill, and then do a controlled burn. Anyone here ever try something similar?
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: New Shooting Lanes
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07/17/18 05:28 PM
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Wilhunt
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Looks great! May have to put you on full time.
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