A year in the life of a farm

[elgato]

Absolutely phenomenal deer. Did he cross in EP in mid-January?

If so, I ran into him and his group checking guns and such. That deer is unreal in real life!!!

I think they crossed about then at E.P. Rack would wear your arms out so heavy. Cool deer. Crazy what a big jump he made from previous year

[unclefish]

Great stuff Rusty. Your results are undeniable and incredible. Thanks for doing this thread!

Love the shift as well. Its great how mother nature can overcome obstacles....especially when humans work with it and not against it.

[wdtorque]

Love following along Rusty. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share. Steady On,

[breederbuck33]

To watch the video, then see the size of those sheds you realize those deer and your normal hill country deer are not even close to being the same thing.

[Drop Tine]

This is the best thread on TBH. Sharing your extensive knowledge and experience is very kind and always interesting.

[elgato]

Here's a bit of a buck fight as a prelude to Super Bowl Sunday

https://youtu.be/zkBUj5qM9w4

[tbgascorer]

^ Great buck fight! Thanks for sharing!

[Coyote Canyon]

Better than the Super Bowl.

[GarGuy]

I don't know how they had tines left.

[Backwoods101]

Awesome video!


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[camoclad]

The results have been that organic matter has increased from a bit over 1% to nearly 4% on most of the cultivated areas.

Lots of questions but this jumped out. After all those years of cover crops, crimping, selected soils building species, and no till, this is the result? Where is all that organic matter going?

[elgato]

Lots of questions but this jumped out. After all those years of cover crops, crimping, selected soils building species, and no till, this is the result? Where is all that organic matter going?

Very astute observation and question. Couple ways to look at it. First it shows that soils can improve over time using not till and multi specie plantings. This in contrast to conventional ag which reduces OM over time. Secondly it shows the glacial pace OM build up takes utilizing strictly cropping with no additional inputs. Observing this is why I am moving down the path of introducing large grazing herbivores. My study shows that inclusion of herbivores is an essential step for rapid OM improvement.

Additionally , my goal is to maximize not only food plots but also dramatically impact forest microbiology and ecology which comprises the majority of the farm. This requires intensive use of grazing animals. Much more on all this as we move into this new year .

[elgato]

This video is what you do when weather has you under house arrest all week. Part 1 with the best yet to come.

https://youtu.be/hIPzJ54wVN8

[El General]

Additionally , my goal is to maximize not only food plots but also dramatically impact forest microbiology and ecology which comprises the majority of the farm. This requires intensive use of grazing animals. Much more on all this as we move into this new year .

Buffalo?

[Droptine3030]

Great Video as always. I can’t get the videos open fastest enough when I see u post a new one. Just magnificent animals.