I could do a consult that would be as good or better than anything else out there….. There’s zero doubt in my mind…. & I can think of group of guys on here that could also give results that are top tier!! Only ones I’ve done are when funds get raised for charity orgs, etc. Maybe someday I do a couple a year if it makes sense. I love working on my own farms & helping folks for free so it’s an “odd situation” I find myself in when folks want to pay someone. Clearly I could book a gazillion consults …. Spose a handful might make sense…. Bout only one that does make sense … “Hey man, I have lots of $ & no matter what, I’m gonna spend on a consult & I need ____ (any) complex issues done right & Shave off years of mistakes & make massive gains fast” Those folks exist but fairly unique. For the everyday dude, I try to think of myself when I started & was broke & how I got info for free (HERE) that is factually top tier advice. Love helping dudes for nothing.
With folks on here - we probably get u all the value a virtual consult would for free. If u wanna fire me aerial, as many pics of timber & pics of farm…. I’ll at least fire u some feedback for free. I’ll go through it and respond. $0. Need to know: what ur goals are, what problems u have. Neighbor situation. Deer density, hunting pressure in area, how frequent are mature bucks. What’s planted now on open areas & what u got for plots. U fire me that, I’ll get u some thoughts & that’s free.
I’m all in! Would the best approach be to post a write up on here, via text, email? I really appreciate it. I’ve got 5.5 years to no longer being a cop and can’t wait. The Az Mexico border sucks for deer hunting, I’m on big deer and killed handful of great coues with bow but the density is so low and immigration and rattlesnakes added to the mix has kept my boys out. I started hunting at 18 and it was game on, as they will be teenagers I’m hoping I can get some good family time in, for now it’s just one week a year in November on the Ohio ground.
Goals- pull the big boys to me and bed a couple, neighbors don’t tsi, do food plots, etc. and are pretty sloppy. Im looking to get the large 14 acre field designed to best potential(I don’t have the brain to build the design). Whether that be food/switch/etc. Get ideal locations for TSI, be more pockets than large cuts, may be able to get away with cutting a few acres total.
Problems- road front has potential for bad actors. Corn baiters on the neighboring properties. In general, sw wind is very common during early months of season, I can’t wrap my mind around how to build locations around this wind to be effective.
Currently I have portion of the large field planted in clover and cereal grains with approximately 30 crab/pear in their 2-3 year. I have more trees coming this spring. I have a tractor, tiller, cone spreader, cultipacker, two row corn planter, and potential for a drill. I have 5 acres of RC big rock in bags still. I do have a buddy that will assist with planting and tsi. Deer density didn’t wipe out my 3.5 acres of corn last year and ai had several shooters where this year no corn it was depressing.
So farm is 91 acres split between my cousin and I, he’s just getting into archery hunting and all pumped up. For SE Ohio, the bucks I’ve got on cam the last 3 years are top tier for the area. Issue is they aren’t bedding on me, they did when I ran 3.5 acres of corn two seasons ago but this fall was a bust. I’ll be able to do some TSI but I won’t be able to go all out due to family enjoying the aesthetics. My issue not spending much time there is I have limited knowledge in where and how I should do cuts.
Let me know what’s best approach for coms with you guys. I’ll try and pull some pics up. Property has some elevation changes, in the rolling hills.
