Persistence

Persistence. It’s an easy word to say sure enough. But how easy is it to live out? Sometimes things just come at you and you want to throw up your hands and say forget it. We’ve all been there. This year, as I’ve read through the TalkHunting Forum I’ve seen a lot of that frustration. Especially in preparation for food plots this spring. The weather this spring hit so many of us in so many different ways. The north just never seemed to get a break from all the rain. Fields were too wet to plow and plant, or camp roads were flooded to the point of not even being able to get in to check just how wet the fields even were. Much of the south has been thirsting for a good rain for some time. Fields are so dry much of the planting has barely taken root. Seeds have been eaten or blown or washed away.

For me this spring, I was determined to get the plots in on time. I was a little late last year, and though I had decent success with them, I wanted to ensure early growth and good forage sooner than last year. Finding time was a tough thing to do. Seemed this spring every project known to man came crashing in all at the same time with the changing of the season, both at work and at home. The same time frame I was planting plots I was seeding my newly graded back yard. If I wasn’t a green thumb yet, they were definitely turning a shade of light green at the least!

Determined, I finally squeezed in a couple days and we got the plots sprayed. Then later spread the lime and fertilizer, tilling, and eventually the planting. Everything seemed right on track. All we needed was some rain, and that had been forecasted for the next couple days. And rain it did. We had downpours as opposed to showers with washouts everywhere. The Whitetail Institute No-Plow we planted seemed to do ok because of its quick germination. The Alpha-Rack however I thought was ruined. And in some places it did get washed out. But we held on, fertilized on schedule, and let nature take its course. Thankfully we have some good growth, even if not the full growth we were hoping for. But the trail camera shows the deer have moved in anyway, and overseeding is always an option come August. The point is the persistence. There were several times when schedules or weather, or other obstacles could have forced our hand and sent us packing. But we stuck to it worked it the best we could. Hopefully your persistence has paid off this summer as well. And come fall, hopefully in a full freezer for all of us.

God bless. Stick to it and remember, “You can’t get one if you’re not out there.”