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Most years, I'm praying for a good rain to get the plots up. This year I've been waiting on a long enough dry spell to plant. Still ended up spreading the seed with a manual seeder on a cpl plots because it was just too wet to get the tractors in there. Damn beavers!!Speaking of tractors, we only got one (the 4wd) stuck...twice. It was rediculous! Felt like I should have been planting rice, rather than winter wheat! Seeing the farmers down here, desperately trying to get their crops out of the fields, struggling with the same soil conditions, reminded me that its been rough on everyone this fall. It also reminded me why I'm glad I didn't choose farming for a career. My hat is off to farmers.
Jerry in MS. Teach your kids to hunt and you won't have to hunt for your kids.
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i like how most people thiks that farmers have a easy job.i'm glad to see that someone has seen it from our point of veiw.it's fun.glad you got your plots in.hope they do good for you and goodluck this season.
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Thanks farmer red! I grew up farming, and its years like this that steered me away from farming for a living. Too many variables. I do respect and admire the men and women that ride that roller coaster.
Jerry in MS. Teach your kids to hunt and you won't have to hunt for your kids.
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I get to find out tomorrow if my plots are coming up. If the spilled wheat seed sprouting in the bed of my truck is any indicator, I should have good luck.
Jerry in MS. Teach your kids to hunt and you won't have to hunt for your kids.
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if your plots got the same moisture that the truck bed had,then your in business.it's been so wet around here that it's been hard just getting crops out of the fields.i just got my wheat put in yesterday.some of it got mudded in.planted one of my foodplots at the same time.not what i really wanted in there but,had to go with what mother nature was giving me.
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Yea, farming is a tough life. I do like to see the big fields being worked out in Iowa, Ill, Mn and SD on my drive out to bird hunt.
Must cost a fortune for those giant rubber tracked tractors,combines, drills etc.
Got my plots in the end of Aug, winter wheat and turnips.
did not grow too well until the rain hit a few weeks later.
T.H. Werth US Army (Ret) DA Civilian (Ret) Viet Nam Vet NAHC Life member NRA member
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All but one of my plots are up and doing well. I hung a pie plate over the place where that damn beaver has been building a dam and flooding that food plot. I dug out the dam, AGAIN, and drained it down over the weekend. The seed was still laying there, so I hope it will sprout on up, given a few days without rain or standing water.
Gonna have to introduce that beaver to a healthy dose of lead!
Jerry in MS. Teach your kids to hunt and you won't have to hunt for your kids.
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dynomite if legal will rid the damn for once and for all.
they rebuild in no time if you do not discourage them completely.
winter time is a great time to blow the damn, that puts them in trouble with the elements etc.
T.H. Werth US Army (Ret) DA Civilian (Ret) Viet Nam Vet NAHC Life member NRA member
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Post 9/11, dynamite is a bit difficult to obtain. It wouldn't work for this application as the beaver's are damming up a water contol structure on a 36 in pipe. We used to blow dams all the time, when we were farming. Drop 6 sticks down a hole leaving the top one sticking up 2-3 inches painted bright orange. Nice target practice with a .22....no question when you hit the 'bullseye'!!LOL!!
Jerry in MS. Teach your kids to hunt and you won't have to hunt for your kids.
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call the dnr and tell them the dam is flooding your fields.they should come out and check it.then they will tear it out themselves or contract someone to do it.they may also contract a nussiance trapper to rid the beavers from the area.if you would blow it up yourself and damage the tile,you would be liable for it if it's a state or county tile.
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Yea, guess the drain tile would cause a problem in blowing the dam.
Used to punch a hole in them with a tankers bar, tape a stick or two to a one inch sapling, wire it up and touch it off with the 4 whleer battery.
Great fun. They never rebuilt either.
Yea, maybe the DNR will help you out. They can be a pain in the ass.
T.H. Werth US Army (Ret) DA Civilian (Ret) Viet Nam Vet NAHC Life member NRA member
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The old pie plate trick is working perfectly...no dam building activity at all. Seems all the seed were ruined by being submerged for a week. Imagine that!!LOL!! Replanted Tuesday....time will tell.
Jerry in MS. Teach your kids to hunt and you won't have to hunt for your kids.
NAHC LM, Buckmasters LM, NRA, DU
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