A couple of flaky days.

[ncnurseryman]

Went hunting the last two days in two different fields and along the river. Nothing but a lot of flakes, rocks that fooled me and ended up in my pocket and a broken coffee mug (I think). Still any day out looking is better than not. Keeping on !!

Oh yeah, and a big mussel.

 

[NC field hunter]

I think you have a few scrapers Paul. You defiantly have a promising spot. Do you mind my asking what river you are on? I ask because of the mussel. I've never found a mussel in flat river. I have found a few on or near Eno. You have found good hunting grounds. The only bad thing is the crop. It'll be another year before tobacco is planted in that field.

 

[rock]

I still see allot of bare spots in the field. If you walk it you should still be able to find some good ones. You just have to look straight down. Looking across will be like looking at a grass pile. Good Luck

 

[ncnurseryman]

It was on the flat river. There were much smaller shells everywhere. Along with coon tracks.

 

[ncnurseryman]

Rock. Its some kind of cover crop sown in tight rows. It doesnt get very tall. The field has been rained on a lot this year so it cleaned up all the surface material. The field in the pic I've only found four worked pieces and a few flakes. That field has tons of quartz material and I don't have a good eye for quartz points. Seems kinda strange to not produce much to be high ground near a river. Most of the flakes came from a much smaller bare field that has produced several points a few miles away.

 

[rock]

Try closer to the water. I have hunted fields like that. There might be 1 or 2 dominated areas they liked to camp on. It will just take allot of walking to find those spots. Nice looking area

 

[monsterrack]

They all are good finds and you can't find anything if you don't go.

 

[ncnurseryman]

That's the truth. Eddie.

 

[ncnurseryman]

Thanks Rock. I'll try it.

 

[NC field hunter]

Rock. Its some kind of cover crop sown in tight rows. It doesnt get very tall. The field has been rained on a lot this year so it cleaned up all the surface material. The field in the pic I've only found four worked pieces and a few flakes. That field has tons of quartz material and I don't have a good eye for quartz points. Seems kinda strange to not produce much to be high ground near a river. Most of the flakes came from a much smaller bare field that has produced several points a few miles away.

Paul, I am sure that you know more about plants and horticulture than I do. What do you mean by "cover crop"? I thought that was wheat. On my second glance, I noticed it does look tougher and darker green than wheat. What is this, if not wheat? Can we walk on it without damaging a farmer's livelihood? I know some farmers are curious as hell over wheat crops. Others say its fine to walk wheat at this stage. They tell me what I step on will follow the sun and pop up the next day. I'm not sure which farmers are correct on this theory.??

 

[ncnurseryman]

Rusty. A cover crop is a planting that is often used to add nitrogen to the soil after crops like tobacco and corn. It helps put back in nutritionally speaking what monetary crops take out. Its also used as a means of erosion control. I'm not sure what this planting is. It doesn't seem to grows very large and it looks like fescue. ?. I thought winter wheat got a couple of feet tall. This stuff is tough too, shows no wear when I stepped on it.

 

[NC field hunter]

Rusty. A cover crop is a planting that is often used to add nitrogen to the soil after crops like tobacco and corn. It helps put back in nutritionally speaking what monetary crops take out. Its also used as a means of erosion control. I'm not sure what this planting is. It doesn't seem to grows very large and it looks like fescue. ?. I thought winter wheat got a couple of feet tall. This stuff is tough too, shows no wear when I stepped on it.

If it's not wheat it must be fescue. I know tobacco drains the land of it's nutrients, causing farmers to rotate crops. I wish they could plant tobacco every year! The snow that we have had should make for some healthy soil. I like the idea of erosion control through planting rather than using netting. Those nets, to me, seem ineffective and make hunting points impossible. I am hearing more and more about no till farming. Once again, to me, that sounds ignorant, flat out stupid. However, I've yet to study "no till" in great depth. I guess it must have its perks.

 

[ncnurseryman]

I saw some of that netting in the drainage areas. I think they do no-till farming as another means of erosion control. Less disturbance of the soil. Not good for us hunters though.

 

[NC field hunter]

I saw some of that netting in the drainage areas. I think they do no-till farming as another means of erosion control. Less disturbance of the soil. Not good for us hunters though.

That's what I understand. It's an erosion thing. Instead of plowing weeds under to choke them out, they spray chemicals that kill the weeds. The concept tips the scales wrong in my eye. In an attempt to control erosion gullies, we will spray poison.?? That's what I gather, that may not be the whole deal. Water erosion is not as bad as drinking water polluted by crop poison. I have called changes in the past "stupid" because I wasn't smart enough to see the big picture. I hope I'm blurting out ignorance once again. Time will tell.

 

[rock]

They used clover here last yr talk about thick. But when they spray it I am hoping it dies fast. If they spray it early it will be bare and then maybe something will show up for me.

 

[ncnurseryman]

Yeah, I'm ready for the field to be worked, been thinking about doing more river hunting. It seems like hunting the rivers would be harder to see an artifact.

 

[rock]

Yeah, I'm ready for the field to be worked, been thinking about doing more river hunting. It seems like hunting the rivers would be harder to see an artifact.

If the river has a flow system on it then yeah it will be tough to hunt. I dont hunt the river near me cause its against the law here. I do hunt the creeks though where I have permission to be by the property owners. That is legal here.