Clearing Land for food plots Southern Illinois Kioti tractor & Bobcat mini excavator FULL LENGTH

APRIL 2021 Join us for a rare Full length movie or a project day of clearing land for new food plots here at my friend Curtis' 101 acre Southern Illinois hunting property. Today we'll be using my Bobcat mini excavator (Bobcat e42 mini excavator) and Curtis Kioti tractor (Kioti RX6620 utility tractor) to clear land of trees and autumn olive bushes to connect multiple food plots for deer and make one future large food plot with multiple finger directions for his awesome Southern Illinois hunting land! Today is a rare, full length movie with this land clearing project so be sure to let us know if you enjoy the longer video or our usual shorter ones, we really appreciate that feedback. This is a really great piece of hunting land that has an abundance of deer bedding habitat, but does not have any decent food sources, i.e. food plots as of yet. So we will tag team with my Bobcat mini excavator and his new/used Kioti RX6620 utility tractor and we will create a big clearing that will connect multiple smaller food plot fingers together to form one large, odd shaped food plot. Recently he had a forestry mulcher come in to create the beginning of this big food plot, but the mulcher ended up leaving many larger trees and invasive species such as some BIG autumn olive bushes that I had to tackle with the Bobcat e42 mini excavator. Also we will be field testing the Kioti tractor by pushing over a large hardwood tree and doing some dirt grading and light land clearing with the tractor as well. Thanks for joining us, don't forget to hit the Like button, and comment if you enjoy our content! Thank you! This really helps us on this crazy KZbin platform! Thank you! Also consider subscribing to follow all of our Illinois and Kentucky land management projects, Food plots, waterfowl ponds and food plots, deer food plots, Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer projects, Bobcat e42 Mini Excavator projects, Branson tractor projects, DIY rustic home decor, Kentucky farmhouse rehab projects, DIY rustic barn wood projects, Excavation projects, DIY landscaping, and much more country living adventure! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

[@sandrarivera285]

Curtis have to admit I love that u put the camera outside the tractor the viewer sees n hears the wk yur do. Better then see n more then the inside of the cab n get n alittle view wk b n done... 😏

[@kapperoutdoors]

I agree it was a good video angle!

[@ernestospadolesto8126]

So much work has gone into getting this bush under control. Hardly possible without heavy equipment. It's a shame about the occasional beautiful trees, but the clearings create space for a lot of other life. Nice job K&C!

[@kapperoutdoors]

Yep you are correct on that. I used to do light land clearing like this with a chainsaw!! LOL. Most of these trees are scrub trees anyways and the new food sources will benefit wildlife much more. Thanks.

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

You cleaned that up really well and the tractor should make it look a lot better. Lots of time before deer season opens. If he had a small two tooth ripper behind the tractor he could clear a lot of those small roots before he when and planted it.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Yep I told him he could borrow my old home made ripper that would do just the trick. Although with me pulling the stumps and him scraping it, it is really coming out pretty darn clean. Cheers

[@haydenuk02]

Looking good and that tractor sure does come in handy and is a time saver. Excellent work and thanks for sharing this with us take care and see you on another one

[@kapperoutdoors]

you bet thank you. It was a good tag team for sure. Got a lot cleared in a short time.

[@haydenuk02]

@@kapperoutdoors No problem and yep it sure was and yes you both sure did. 👍

[@bretts1]

95.5K April 24th 2021. When Curtis was pointing out what he wanted removed, I thought well he should just paint on tree a color Kapper could tell that he wanted saved. That conversation reminded me of when Beavis and Butthead told the neighbor they trim his trees. Neighbor comes out, all the trees cut down! ❤️

[@curtisrogerslandbroker]

Yes that would of been easier to do for sure.

[@bretts1]

@@curtisrogerslandbroker Thanks Curtis, love to have fun with Joe. He starts it lmao, with the 8 ton stump😂😂😂. Has to be fun working with him.

[@roypeavy3542]

It's looking good. Be a great food plot.

[@kapperoutdoors]

That's the plan! Will be a great spot for sure buried in that thick cover. Thanks

[@larrytremarki9458]

Looking good guys, that tractor is definitely a game changer and nice upgrade for Curtis. Keep up the good work.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thanks! Will do!

[@drunkdunc8738]

For those of us who could never be trusted with guns alternatively this would be an awesome 4 hole private golf course after a few mows🤔🍻

[@kapperoutdoors]

lol we sure could make some nice fairways!!

[@DigginLife21]

🔥🔥🔥 WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ KAPPERRRRRR👍👍👍👍

[@kapperoutdoors]

What's going on man. Hope all is well!

[@dustdevl1043]

I had to break out the popcorn for this one! 🍿

[@kapperoutdoors]

lol thanks! People ask for longer vids, so here one is!!

[@bobpaterson1845]

Some serious work to be done there great start 💪💪

[@alanm3438]

Food plot................I will have to trust you on this. It looks like no tree is safe but I am sure that your plan will work out without my understanding. I am not a hunter. I just buy mounts on eBay. Right now I am going to do some metal art on my CNC plasma cutter; a goose. Good job on the video. 😃😃😃😃

[@kapperoutdoors]

Well its not just for hunting. Hunting is actually a small part of it. It benefits all kinds of wildlife, thanks. Good luck on the plasma cutter!

[@mikesutton8452]

Put aPirannah tooth bar on that loader bucket. It will make it much more efficient. I have one on my DK4510 and it my opinion doubles the digging capacity of the loader.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Good call we talked about that for him in the future.

[@markschroeder3154]

hmmmm think Curtis will need a watering hole in that area now. Great video as always.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Good call! WE found a nice spot for one!

[@photocontrol]

Good job! You guys accomplished quite a bit of clearing in a short time for the plots!

[@dustdevl1043]

Most folks here call a culvert a tinhorn. I had to learn a whole new language when I moved here!

[@kapperoutdoors]

lol yeah if someone asked me to install a tinhorn, I'd give them a sideways look..... Then silence........ Then I'd probably say something like, sorry sir I am not an electrician!!!!

[@dustdevl1043]

@@kapperoutdoors There are no road graders in Texas. That's a maintainer.

[@chrissterling3225]

Well Kapper..i think it's time i spent some of your interest in the bank lol . As often as you two are clearing properties...i think a forestry mulcher on the skidsteer would be the perfect purchase . It would save lots of time and effort...follow up with a york rake and no brush piles to deal with . When you order it..add a 54 inch tiller as well..my birthday's in june 😁😁

[@kapperoutdoors]

ha ha, happy early Birthday! Trying to pinch down on the pennies as far as equipment goes! For now I'll keep the combo's that I have they can get plenty done! Thanks.

[@aped3]

Does Curtis have any Trail Cams ???

[@curtisrogerslandbroker]

Yes sir, i have several trail cams. I will be putting more out in late summer

[@dave5litre462]

Been watching your videos since the start of the pickers paradise now and I like what you’re doing , if this land clearing is what you’re investin* into I’d add some kind of industrial chipper /mulched and maybe a tip truck or trailer to save on some cost saving to hire skip bins etc , I’m sure you could have made some extra cash back on scrap metal and clean up costs may have equaled out significantly, I use to do demolition and salvage for a business before they bring in the accreditation card idea here in Australia, and initially invested into my dads old business to keep him going as he had wound down business to go into semi retiring because he had no inclination into hiring young blood to train up, the new laws changed a lot and work methods change so walking walls became illegal and second hand buildin* materials harder to offload thanks to government intervention,, I sold my skid steer and tipper but I’ve kept my dads tools of trade , a modified miners pick and modified hatchet axe and a few business cards lol . Great videos and great to see Curtis operating machinery...cheers from down under...

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thanks for joining us appreciate it. This is a side business but mostly just a hobby to keep me busy for a few hours here and there. I definitely don't want a full blow business for this stuff. Much better to just do a few gigs here and there. Take care.

[@randycarpenter2914]

Looking really good. Looking forward to more

[@kapperoutdoors]

Awesome, thank you!

[@sandrarivera285]

Curtis r u go n to have any BURN fires? Nstead of leave n all that mess n plane view. It would make the property look neater... 🙂👍

[@curtisrogerslandbroker]

Im just going to leave the pile of trees along the side of the cleared areas. It will create habitat and a secure place for rabbits and quail to hide in.

[@jeffmayeux1692]

Mr. Kapper, I know you use several machines, but if you had to advise someone with 5-10 acres of land which machine would be the most useful? Thanks in advance.

[@kapperoutdoors]

A small 4wd tractor with a loader and mower or bush hog would fit perfect. Best of luck thanks.

[@craigcail9126]

Should Curtis be running RPMs so low, when running at this lower RPM do you find that you have to regenerate more often? I just bought a 7320 and was wondering about the regeneration.

[@kapperoutdoors]

yes you are right, these tractors want to be run at or near full RPM's to stay hot! So the more you run at higher RPM, the better the regen cycles will be. Thanks.

[@craigcail9126]

Thanks again from northern Canada, I look forward to seeing all your video posts. Keep it up.

[@markstewart1278]

Will the E42 run a brush cutter 36"

[@kapperoutdoors]

yes it will, matter of fact it's on my hit list to get but can't afford it right now. That would be a great addition for sure.

[@markstewart1278]

@@kapperoutdoors Thanks

[@nickfletcher7997]

Dydhdhdhdh and I have been working on this

[@kapperoutdoors]

No idea what this is supposed to mean..