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| View of the south end of the linear brush pile from the deer stand. The golden Christmas-tree shapes are young Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima) |
I continued to drag brush out of the orchard.
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| Location of opening through brush pile |
I measured the distance from the base of the deer stand and made an adjustment. The opening through the pile is now 27 yards-to-30 yards from the stand and is 3 yards wide.
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| The gap that I hope will funnel deer to within 30 yards of the stand |
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| View of the north end of the linear brush-pile take from the ground, looking to the north. This picture was taken two hours after the first image. |
The brush pile now extends another 25 yards past the opening.
3-1/2 hours by-the-clock with 3 hours on-task.
I figured out that longer breaks mean I don't beat myself into the dirt in terms of fatigue. While it seems wasteful, it means I can get three hours of work done instead of two. That is a good use of my time because I have a bit more than an hour (round trip) invested in driving.
Blisters
I have a blister on the end of my big toe. That will probably impact what I can do today. Less walking and more trimming/cutting to breakdown pieces into more manageable sizes.
Interesting that what was once a poacher's trick is sport hunting.
ReplyDeleteI had a neighbor decades ago do a weekend in jail for doing the brush thing. Guess he was too obvious about it or that he sold seats in his stand?
But then again when I want to refill my freezer, I know exactly the range from my back porch to the apple trees. I call it deer taxes.
That comes pretty close to the State telling you where you can and cannot put a gate in your fence. I understand about zoning not allowing driveways to enter the public road at blind-spots (which is sort-of similar) but making it illegal to stack brush in a certain way is very intrusive.
DeleteHow pray tell?
DeleteA normal fence and gate don't "encourage" a deer's daily movements into your pre-planned kill zone.
If I kill deer to protect my farming efforts, it's not sport hunting. Its pest control.
Your gate is for your use to get through your own fence.
In my case the state (town actually) telling me where I put my gate kind of depends on where it's safe to go from MY Property into Public Roads.
They DON'T CARE where on my own property I install gates.
Something about DEEP Drainage Ditches. Now I can TELL them I want a gate HERE. They will Tell me a culvert at MY Expense must be installed prior as to protect both mine and the rest of my neighborhood's road drainage.
Planting 2 cherry trees. When I added the apple orchard I dug 2-3 per day, including planting. I got 1 in and started the next. Tomorrow is another day.
ReplyDeleteSucks getting old.
Rumor has it that it beats the alternatives.
DeleteWould you really want to be in your twenties now?
That brush pile will also pay in providing housing for small game - birds at your acreage. Making it a little easier for God's creatures - always a good thing.
ReplyDelete+1 Good bunny habitat and a surprising amount of song birds love brush piles. Too bad your a bit north for Bobwhite quail.
DeleteWe moved to the family farm when I was 10, my Dad spent the next few years cleaning up fence rows. I was the brush dragger and slash pile maker. Didn't care for it that much at the time. Learned a lot and look back on it fondly 60 or so years later.
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Standard warning about foot care, ERJ. Always something I have to pay extra attention to when I am on the trail - blisters two days into a five day hike are no fun.
ReplyDeleteI am wearing work boots today. My goal is one hour. My stretch goal is three
DeleteIn high school and college, for sports, a few of us would wear boots while training.
DeleteThese days I wear boots and a camelback when walking. For a good stretch workout, I pick up range brass and lead 3x/wk.
Numerous Drs, PTs, and PAs have recommended pacing as a means to increase stamina and decrease fatigue. It works for us older bulls who won't sit still.
ReplyDeleteThe hard part, for me, is to schedule in the breaks. Yes, formally schedule, because if I am casual about it, I won't break off. Which means I'll suffer.
A change in attitude is required.