I think this critter is a hummingbird moth possibly………The field is about to have an explosion of yellow pretty soon with goldenrod blooming out. It’ll be interesting to see what shows up then….I’m pretty sure it’s all the different colors that’s guiding them each in like airport runway lights.....red, blue, purple, white, yellow......

I wonder what color doves see best???

I got a theory that kinda seems like “Well duhhh”…..but maybe it isn’t ……But like I was talking about in the thread about deer health…..I would imagine that the health of a turkey or quail is just as dynamic as far as their needs…. especially when you start looking at the different nutritional needs within the different stages of growth. Like I said it’s just a guess but I’d imagine that the timing of the blooming of these different native plant species coincides directly with the nutritional needs of the young birds at that particular time. Each of those plants are drawing in particular insect species and its very likely that those are the ones that contain their current nutrient needs…..The general concept is what I’m after here…..Right now and over the last few weeks there has been a real boom in the amount of flowering species and in turn the amount of insect life has boomed with it…….which ought to coincide with the time when young turkey chicks are growing full steam and need an abundance of food……which would make sense…….Nature has a design to what’s occurring and why.

I have a theory.

Sleepy Orange

Actually enjoy some of this...if nothing else it makes me think pretty hard 😀

Careful......too much of that can be dangerous.

Ya well i was referring to tractor time, not your rambling...🤣



Just kidding man... I like the pics too, I'm ready to go after some deer after this summer we've been through...

Check out all of the pollen on these two......just thought it was kinda cool.

Black Swallowtail

So on that idea of thinking real hard……..I’m not sure how many that is now but that’s quite a few different species of butterflies that I’ve counted within a 3-4 acre area and there are still others that just haven’t held still enough yet. I bet I’ve got at least half of all the butterflies listed for Alabama using this one field……probably more. If you’re focusing on the whole picture when it comes to things like turkey and quail management then that should make your wheels turn at least a little bit…….even with deer management……..

An abundance of diversity……..check.

Mother nature is amazing. I enjoyed the pictures and the read. I have seen much of this before on the QDMA web site. The old farmer that was experimenting with this died I think. I was sorry to see that site go to crap. Much more than just deer hunting. I think you were on there too. I do some of this, but on a small scale. Our place is red clay hills and draws, not much flat land to plant on. Mostly broom sage and briars. There is more than one wat to skin a cat.

Thanks!......Yeah, I was on the old QDMA forum for a good many years as Crimson N’ Camo……That’s where the CNC originated from. I hated to see what happened as well…..I don’t think it ended up benefiting anyone in the end and it ruined what was an awesome thing they had going with that forum.

It's about that time.........This one cant be very old.......

Southeastern Bush Cobra

Ole spreadin adder

I hope he's dead now! I would've crapped my pants walking up on that.