A year in the life of a farm

[elgato]

Found these today. 3 yr old

[BillyloMexico]

Found these today. 3 yr old

Wow!! Awesome palmation!

[BIG BONE]

What were the mass measurements on that freak

[Mex. Bowhunter]

Found these today. 3 yr old

Straight up Bullwinkle Right there

[LHPanther]

My goodness Rusty! Wonder what that 3 yr old will look like in 2-3 years!!??

[FCTrapper]

Found these today. 3 yr old

Wow

[unclefish]

Impressive stuff!

Are they eating more in the food plots now or at the protein feeders.....or can you tell?

[louieagarcia]

Found these today. 3 yr old

Wow! whats his name, Bullwinkle?! Great young deer, I cantell even begin to imagine what he'll look like in a few years. awesome

[Bad-Karma]

I love a good farm

[Cajun Blake]

thread deserves another bump

simply amazing Mr. Rusty

[JMart76]

Just spent the better part of 2 hrs reading the entire thread! I couldn't stop reading, very impressive farm. Then you see the deer, unbelievable! Great work sir, looking forward to seeing more sheds and updates for '15!

[elgato]

Here is one of the typical food plots rotations on the farm now. You see wheat, rye, a little crimson clover, durana, arrow leaf clover, red clover, daikon radishes [ blooming ] and chicory. I added the arrow leaf this fall and if it does as planned I won't mow this till ~ July when the arrow leaf is finished. Come Sept. I'll replant the small grains and radishes and the cycle repeats.

[unclefish]

Good stuff Rusty.

I planted radishes one year and could not believe how quickly they start bolting in the spring.

Curious if you ever mow the tall stuff to "release" your clover?

[elgato]

I might if I could. Spring here tends to be to wet to mow the radishes so I let them go. The arrow leaf competes very effectively with anything in the mix. If the stand is weak I will mow to release the other clovers but probably after the small grain seed heads are eaten.

[unclefish]

Thanks.

My rye is just now starting to get tall in places and I usually mow once early to let my durana clover catch up. I may just let it go this year since the rye will terminate itself by late April.