I’ve lived in OK for 50 years and am often amazed at the diversity in ecosystems here. Drive an hour east of I-35 and it looks like the Osaka. Drive an hour west and it looks like the desert SW. I’ve been watching Growing Deer for years and been burning my 1/4 section for about 5 years with great results. Thanks guys!
I don't know I would agree about it looking like the desert SW, but there is a lot of diversity. Actually, on my trip from Arizona to the far east coast, I thought that Oklahoma west of OKC on I-40 looked like Pennsylvania. In fact, I thought that shortly after I got east of Amarillo, it started to look like the Midwest and north east. This was May 8 and 9 and there had been a lot of recent rain causing it to be very, very lush. 18 years before, going west on I-40 in August of 2006 it was dry but not really desert like. Still diverse.
Another Great One Grant and interns. May be a stupid question, but do the cedars grow back after falling and burning them? I don’t have any on my farm in Georgia but see tons of cedars taking over fields in Kansas each November.
Quail populations declined where I live years ago primarily due to the conversation of quality native habitat to fescue pasture. Almost none of the cool season pasture grasses are good quail habitat. In addition, fire was almost totally removed from the habitat. There's good quail habitat at my place now, but there are no quail in the area to populate the areas. Quality deer and quail habitat do overlap, but prime deer and prime quail habitat are a bit different.
I’ve lived in OK for 50 years and am often amazed at the diversity in ecosystems here. Drive an hour east of I-35 and it looks like the Osaka. Drive an hour west and it looks like the desert SW. I’ve been watching Growing Deer for years and been burning my 1/4 section for about 5 years with great results. Thanks guys!
I don't know I would agree about it looking like the desert SW, but there is a lot of diversity. Actually, on my trip from Arizona to the far east coast, I thought that Oklahoma west of OKC on I-40 looked like Pennsylvania. In fact, I thought that shortly after I got east of Amarillo, it started to look like the Midwest and north east. This was May 8 and 9 and there had been a lot of recent rain causing it to be very, very lush. 18 years before, going west on I-40 in August of 2006 it was dry but not really desert like. Still diverse.
Looks like an old golf course from the thumbnail pic nice work!
Thank You!
Outstanding burn results 👍👍👍
Love seeing results within a few hundred miles of me! Exciting results
Great video - Thank you!! Once again, a great educational video, and wonderful work with cutting cedars/burning!
Glad to know wild quail are getting some help-they need it! Good Job Guys!
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Good show! I have land in eastern OK and have been working on improving the habitat. Its already starting to pay off.
We have the hog dogs and more than happy to come out and create some content chasing pigs around!!!
Another Great One Grant and interns. May be a stupid question, but do the cedars grow back after falling and burning them? I don’t have any on my farm in Georgia but see tons of cedars taking over fields in Kansas each November.
Young vigorous ones can sprout, but not as they get older.
Cedars don't sprout if the stem is cut below the bottom limb.
@@GrowingDeerTV Many Thanks! That’s good to know!
You both mentioned having quail previously, but now you have deer.
Are the required habitats orthogonal to each other?
Quail populations declined where I live years ago primarily due to the conversation of quality native habitat to fescue pasture. Almost none of the cool season pasture grasses are good quail habitat. In addition, fire was almost totally removed from the habitat. There's good quail habitat at my place now, but there are no quail in the area to populate the areas. Quality deer and quail habitat do overlap, but prime deer and prime quail habitat are a bit different.