The countdown to opening day has started. Soon it will be time for us deer hunters to once again hit the woods in search of a giant buck or meat for the freezer. For me September is a month to observe as my stands have been in place since last
Bow hunting mature bucks is often viewed as a man vs beast sport, matching wits with a single animal. A passion can evolve into a sport in which it is easy to get caught up in my situation, my properties, my food plots, my bucks. As we enter another hunting
Recently, Dr. Clifford Shipley wrote a short blog entry about the changing weather from a very wet spring to dry summer. This presents some concerns for deer farmers and hunters. Check out this short article he wrote for his fellow deer farmers…. Hot, dry weather has hit us after the
“When you’re in a tree stand and a coyote goes by it instantly becomes a predator hunt. We try to immediately eradicate the problem! In this week’s blog we discuss how our thoughts can be toxic to our minds and when thoughts arise that aren’t based on the truth
Hot, dry weather has hit us after the wettest year (April to April) ever. This has affected pastures and food plots as well as pastures. My pastures suffered terribly from the wet but my frost seeding with the clover/chicory mix from RWWP came thru great…since the drought and hot weather
Be Still Are you feeling like there’s more to life? Feeling like you have to constantly be worried about something? Do you feel stressed or that life is out of your control? Psalms 46:10 says “Be still, and know that I am God”. The word “still” in the original language
June is probably the month that I do the least in regards to things related to deer hunting. That doesn’t mean I do nothing however. My mind is always thinking about how I am going to tag the next big buck and it seems that I always find more to
The Mark of a Mature Christian May 2019 It was a frigid, snowy evening in early January. Season was winding down. The temperatures had been in the single digits for multiple days and the barometric pressure was on the rise. I knew my Real World soybeans would be chalked full
Champions are Made During the Off-Season On May 7th I finished hanging my final stand for the spring. Yesterday I sprayed some old native grass test plots that will soon be planted in Real World switchgrass to improve the bedding cover on my farm. Last week I spent three days
Doc Shipley writes: Finally a few nice days with sunshine and no rain! It has been an incredibly hard winter throughout most of the Midwest. Snow, rain, wind, sleet, more of same and repeat from November to mid May. It’s the perfect case for supplemental feeding
