Saturday was sunny and almost 50F. I got the Bobcat out and finished clearing the trail that I started on last week
I also made the camera tour and put out a salt block.
At a couple of cameras, I put out some corn. My hope is that I'll get some bucks showing up so that I can see when they drop their antlers. It usually happens anywhere from January to March.
I read an article in QDMA magazine about setting some cameras to try and photograph predators. It recommended putting some venison out in front of a camera.
I set up a couple of cameras with some venison tied with butcher twine. We'll see what shows up.
Saturday evening I tried calling in coyotes or fox - no luck.
It was a nice sunset from the barn stand though.
Poop of the week is this massive pile left one step off of our porch. It's clearly a domestic dog but he's got some hair in his diet too.
This is a likely candidate - we see him fairly often.
This yellow lab is also a possible suspect - she's big enough. I ran into these dogs out in the field Saturday and chased them back home.
Sunday morning I started a project to create more cover and browse by hinge cutting less desirable trees.
I could stay busy for months doing this on maples and poplars. I picked an area below the barn field that has a fair number of smaller maples mixed in with some oaks and cherries.
Many times it ended up being more than a hinge cut. The idea is to leave a connection to the stump so that the tree doesn't die immediately. The deer will browse on the tree end twigs.
I found this rub on a really large tree just below the barn (see background). The big bucks are closer than we think.
This buck bomb was right by the rub.
I also took a walk around the plots. This chicory plot is almost bare.
The turnip field has almost no green left but the bulbs are still there.
There are all sizes from small to huge.
It appears that they're still working on them.
This time of year, the travel routes are kind of obvious.
You can see their trails thru the grass.
And also in the middle of the turnip field. I walked right down the center of this field just to take a look for sheds. It was muddy.
This ant hill is 8' long and 4' high.
Rubs are everywhere.
Some of these trees are so damaged they may not survive.
It's everywhere.
This shot of does in the barn field is during the last evening of muzzleloader season. Leo was making a stalk on them.
The only buck on camera this week.
Lots of does around.
Five in this frame.
It says 45F - I believe it. Very nice for a January afternoon.
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