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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5419907" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>I've read or heard it said that a land manager should break his property into 50 acre sections and in each section evaluate bedding, feeding, water, fawning ground, etc....and try to give deer everything they need on each 50 acre section (obviously not always possible or practical...but it's a target or goal to work towards).....so out of curiosity I did this "on paper" with our property....and following the timber stand improvement project and the addition of new food plots... we actually looked pretty good in each category..... except for water sources......two of the 50 acre sections each have their own spring...another 50 acre section has the neighbors pond just over the property line....but the remaining sections of the farm dont have water...nearest year around running creek is 1/4 to 1/2 mile away....so do the deer on our property "need" more access to water... probably not...or no...but the idea of giving them everything they may use or benefit from does sound appealing.</p><p></p><p>My hesitation in the past with water troughs has always been the labor of filling them....but Ski, your comment about never having to fill them is interesting.... obviously cleaning out leaves annually....but them being plastic and naturally holding water makes sense....and even occasionally having to add a little water doesn't sound so bad.</p><p></p><p>In the past I've hauled water for newly planted Chestnut trees and sometimes there's water left over in the tank....I guess that water could be used for freshening up a trough.</p><p></p><p>I do like the idea of a plastic trough better that trying to make a small holding pond which could end up being a mud hole.</p><p></p><p>My wife will be so excited when I share with her the potential for a new habitat project to add to my list. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5419907, member: 20594"] I've read or heard it said that a land manager should break his property into 50 acre sections and in each section evaluate bedding, feeding, water, fawning ground, etc....and try to give deer everything they need on each 50 acre section (obviously not always possible or practical...but it's a target or goal to work towards).....so out of curiosity I did this "on paper" with our property....and following the timber stand improvement project and the addition of new food plots... we actually looked pretty good in each category..... except for water sources......two of the 50 acre sections each have their own spring...another 50 acre section has the neighbors pond just over the property line....but the remaining sections of the farm dont have water...nearest year around running creek is 1/4 to 1/2 mile away....so do the deer on our property "need" more access to water... probably not...or no...but the idea of giving them everything they may use or benefit from does sound appealing. My hesitation in the past with water troughs has always been the labor of filling them....but Ski, your comment about never having to fill them is interesting.... obviously cleaning out leaves annually....but them being plastic and naturally holding water makes sense....and even occasionally having to add a little water doesn't sound so bad. In the past I've hauled water for newly planted Chestnut trees and sometimes there's water left over in the tank....I guess that water could be used for freshening up a trough. I do like the idea of a plastic trough better that trying to make a small holding pond which could end up being a mud hole. My wife will be so excited when I share with her the potential for a new habitat project to add to my list. :) [/QUOTE]
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