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mrmiji
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:39pm
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Sank this into the ground today. 100 yards ahead, you'll see some black steel with a couple short segments of sucker rod welded to them to hang a sheet of plywood with targets attached. I'm a happy boy.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:58pm
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nice set up. will you use sand bags or a lead shed on the bench??? i have a 100 range at my camp--mine is set up in a food plot,. I use it off season.
nice feeder BTW as well.......;-)
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mrmiji
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:07pm - Edited by: mrmiji
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Much of my ranch is sand so....
The portable feeder is getting parted out; the other one will be moved forward. This side of the ranch is viable only during bow/blackpowder. After that, it's better to be on the east side of the ranch. The rust colored barrel is monster-tough and is assembled from re-purposed steel left by the PO which makes me quite happy.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:29pm
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Quoting: mrmiji The rust colored barrel is monster-tough and is assembled from re-purposed steel left by the PO which makes me quite happy.
nice does it have a fence around it to keep the hogs off the feed????
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mrmiji
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:54pm - Edited by: mrmiji
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No hogs at my place...but there is a fence on the perimeter to keep cattle out. I bought a JD 3720, a ranch rake (grapple), a tree shear and a mower last week. I've broken enough bones making the place right but this year it'll come around.
We're looking to start a peach orchard. The deer hunting will just be another bonus.
For you...This year, a nice turkey spent 3 hours in front of the blind but I didn't have the correct firearm to dispatch him. That will never happen again.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:10pm
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Quoting: mrmiji For you...This year, a nice turkey spent 3 hours in front of the blind but I didn't have the correct firearm to dispatch him. That will never happen again.
do you have rio's on your ranch????
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neb
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:26pm
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mrmiji
Nice bench you biult. I don't shoot much anymore but did take the gun this fall after a very tough bow hunting season for me. I just try to bow hunt anymore.
How big of spread do you have there?
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:45pm
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80-ish acre. Don't know what a rio is.
My place is a tremendous defuser plug for life. My wife thinks it's the prettiest piece of land she's ever seen in OK and I really can't disagree. This area is quite successful prior to the rut.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:59pm
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http://www.forestry.ok.gov/Websites/forestry/Images/Turkey%20Mgmt%20in%20OK,%20OSU.pd f
i did not know if you had eastern or rio's turkeys---on your place. the linc above tells about OK turkeys and mangement of them.
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mrmiji
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# Posted: 29 Jan 2012 07:36pm
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We do have some turkeys and I'm working to improve habitat for them...eradicating cedars near black willow and cottonwood.
I built about half of this from leftovers from the shooting bench.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 29 Jan 2012 09:05pm - Edited by: turkeyhunter
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Quoting: mrmiji do have some turkeys and I'm working to improve habitat for them
me too--i mow roads/ fields and plant food plots for them & planted saw tooth oak trees, and leave their nesting area's undisturbed.
BTW--nice job on the bench!!!!
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