alt1001
Old Mossy Horns
I have a stretch of land behind my house I've always wanted to do something with however need some advice on what to do. Our land ends at this location however it's been a good location as a natural deer corridor for years. The only issue is that this mountain is rather untamed with very minimal development and road infrastructure, so the deer have a vast amount of land to roam. Couple that with minimal high nutrition food sources and it's nothing to see a deer once or twice on camera and hear about him getting killed 7 miles away the following month. There is a bedding area just up the stream from me in a large Rhododendron thicket, this thicket extends along this stream bank, down to my property and the deer use this to travel during the day. There is minimal hunting pressure around me due to the layout of the land, so I really think a small killplot could do wonders here in keeping the deer a little more concentrated around this area. It's hard to tell in the photos but this area right along the creek bank is a relatively flat for about 1/4 of an acre. We sit roughly at 3,000ft elevation. I understand a soil test would be in order first and it wouldn't be nothing to clear out the young trees and open the canopy a bit.
Based on experiences, what is a good seed variety for small, forested environments? As you can see, this is the area I am dealing with. I do have a lot of species that roam this little area. I don't care to keep bears around but anything turkey would feed on would be a plus. I will post more non-trail camera photos to get a better idea of the area.
Based on experiences, what is a good seed variety for small, forested environments? As you can see, this is the area I am dealing with. I do have a lot of species that roam this little area. I don't care to keep bears around but anything turkey would feed on would be a plus. I will post more non-trail camera photos to get a better idea of the area.
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