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Post by jabba on Apr 27, 2010 8:57:05 GMT -5
I am 41 years old. I have been hunting since I was 9 years old. I have trapped. I fish. I have seen all my old spots developed into subdivisions.
I also remember deer hunting when you got a single buck tag, and no doe tags, and were lucky to see even does. That ain't the good ol days to me.
I have spent deer seasons living in a teepee with 8 other guys. Carrying water. I have "washed up" using diet coke. That ain't the good ol days to me.
Today, we have a nice cabin, with water, toilets, shower, electricity. We cook good food, and sleep in beds. There are a lot of deer out there. I pass on small bucks a lot. Not out of condescention, but rather because I prefer to eat does, and I'd just as soon let someone that really wants a small buck get him. I have never killed monster buck. My best this last season at 118" and 168 lbs. Nice deer. No MONSTER.
There are turkeys now, when there never was before. The grouse and quail are down... but that's a habitat issue IMO. That and allowing predators (yotes and raptors) to proliferate.
Overall... I think hunting was more fun when I could small game hunt more. But big game hunting is better than ever IMHO.
Jabba
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Post by drs on Apr 27, 2010 9:10:37 GMT -5
I am 41 years old. I have been hunting since I was 9 years old. I have trapped. I fish. I have seen all my old spots developed into subdivisions. Jabba You can say this is a fairly typical statement.
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Post by jabba on Apr 27, 2010 11:39:09 GMT -5
While it's sad... it's the way of the world. Cities grow. Populations grow. People want to live in suburbia. There is a lot of money to be made catering to that. While I am saddened by "progress", it's not my place to tell someone they are not allowed to sell their family land, or to tell someone else they are not allowed to build a Mega Mart-mart or vinyl villiage on it.
If I could afford it... I'd buy up a crap load of land to STOP progress. But I ain't got THAT kind of money.
I have a house on 1 1/2 acre in suburbia. Who am I to stop someone else from buying into the American dream?
Jabba
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Post by drs on Apr 27, 2010 13:02:30 GMT -5
While it's sad... it's the way of the world. Cities grow. Populations grow. People want to live in suburbia. If I could afford it... I'd buy up a crap load of land to STOP progress. But I ain't got THAT kind of money. Jabba Maybe someday you will be in the position to buy some Hunting Ground. Don't give-up.
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Post by jabba on Apr 27, 2010 14:10:44 GMT -5
We have 40 acres now. In Martin county. I would barely call it hunting ground though. 15 acres of pasture and 25 acres of billy-goat cliffs. I'd LOVE to buy more... but my money ain't even the right color.
Jabba
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Post by vortex100 on Apr 27, 2010 19:45:59 GMT -5
The good old days!!!!!! C'mon Man!
Any day you can enjoy wildlife and/or life itself is a 'good old day' in my book no matter what year it may be. Especially if you happen to be in the woods.
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Post by drs on Apr 28, 2010 6:36:10 GMT -5
We have 40 acres now. In Martin county. I would barely call it hunting ground though. 15 acres of pasture and 25 acres of billy-goat cliffs. I'd LOVE to buy more... but my money ain't even the right color. Jabba Jabba, you should find good Hunting on your 40 acres in Martin Co. I use to hunt in that County years ago. All you would need to do is manage it for the game you wish to attract, like planting food plots, some fruit & mast bearing trees, etc. So instead of trying to buy more land, just make do with what you have and put the money into improving it.
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Post by jabba on Apr 28, 2010 6:41:21 GMT -5
The thing is... we border Martin State Forest and Hoosier National. We have a lot of deer already. We have about 10 guys that hunt out of that property. We have permission to hunt neighbors property too. Our hunting is very good. For now. I'd like to have some land up in the central part of the state and grow some rabbits and quail. That's what I'd REALLY like.
Jabba
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Post by oneshot on Apr 28, 2010 10:25:30 GMT -5
My view is this .....Everyday on earth is a gift. Therefore, every day that I go hunting is "the good old days". I cherish every moment.
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Post by drs on Apr 28, 2010 13:00:23 GMT -5
The thing is... we border Martin State Forest and Hoosier National. We have a lot of deer already. We have about 10 guys that hunt out of that property. We have permission to hunt neighbors property too. Our hunting is very good. For now. I'd like to have some land up in the central part of the state and grow some rabbits and quail. That's what I'd REALLY like. Jabba My Sister & Brother-In-Law Live up in Clinton County, Indiana, and they seldom see Quail or Rabbits. Before the bad winters of the 1970's they had lots of Rabbits & Quail, but between the winter of the mid '70's & development the population on both are very low. It sounds like you live close to Loogootee & CRANE (?) I use to hunt on an area that bordered CRANE on the Southside.
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Post by jabba on Apr 28, 2010 14:30:35 GMT -5
I live in Greenwood. Our "camp" is in Martin County between bedford and shoals south of US 50 near the US Gypsum Plant.
Jabba
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Post by steiny on Apr 28, 2010 18:57:25 GMT -5
Took awhile, but I have a great population of quail, rabbits and pheasants on my 140 acre farm in Cass county, as well as great deer hunting. Main thing I had to do was provide good heavy cover. Hard to beat native tall grass prarie, switchgrass, big bluestem, etc. for small game [protective cover.
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Post by drs on Apr 29, 2010 6:40:56 GMT -5
Took awhile, but I have a great population of quail, rabbits and pheasants on my 140 acre farm in Cass county, as well as great deer hunting. Main thing I had to do was provide good heavy cover. Hard to beat native tall grass prarie, switchgrass, big bluestem, etc. for small game [protective cover. GOOD JOB steniy!! Looks like you have a very sound program for habitat management. Got native tall grasses on my property too & LOTS of woods. Sure sounds like you know your Wildlife Habitat & Biology.
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Post by jabba on Apr 30, 2010 7:29:31 GMT -5
We can't grow a pheasant down south at all.
Jabba
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Post by drs on Apr 30, 2010 7:45:38 GMT -5
We can't grow a pheasant down south at all. Jabba Because the climate is too Hot & Humid to incubate pheasant eggs. They can only be incubated in a controlled environment for release "Put & Take" Hunts.
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