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Post by wesb81219 on Dec 6, 2016 19:11:23 GMT -5
I know small land can still be good. I have the opposite of you. Security but not much food. I'm doing my homework and trying to figure out how to make my spot more attractive. I'll try a few things and see how it goes. I try something different every year ...unless it works really well. LOL I would like to be able to plant something for them to eat but where I'm at its not feasible. What I will do though is make a couple feeders out of pvc pipe and feed them all year until I'm not allowed to anymore.
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Post by (Not Ronald) Reagan on Dec 6, 2016 19:21:53 GMT -5
Only 4 in 7 years of hunting... It probably seems really low to a lot of people and it is. I'm just a stubborn kid who's let 130's 140's deer walk and only realizing as they walk away how big they really were. Dad's been shooting all the big bucks these last few years but I'm glad it's him over me, especially seeing as much time and money we've put into our property.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Dec 6, 2016 19:35:31 GMT -5
I try something different every year ...unless it works really well. LOL I would like to be able to plant something for them to eat but where I'm at its not feasible. What I will do though is make a couple feeders out of pvc pipe and feed them all year until I'm not allowed to anymore. Will they not let you plant or you can't get to it? I fed them on my second year. Of course, the coons ate most of it. Yep, they'll come around until the food goes and then they'll go some place else. They just do. They will go where it suits them best. I can help you plant if you can get permission.
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Post by wesb81219 on Dec 6, 2016 19:39:29 GMT -5
I have permission to do pretty much whatever I want on the land. The problem is there isn't anywhere to plant. It's all woods with a very high and thick canopy. There is one spot where the canopy is Clear but it's so small the vegetation would be gone in no time. I greatly appreciate your offer though.
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Post by (Not Ronald) Reagan on Dec 6, 2016 19:45:21 GMT -5
I have permission to do pretty much whatever I want on the land. The problem is there isn't anywhere to plant. It's all woods with a very high and thick canopy. There is one spot where the canopy is Clear but it's so small the vegetation would be gone in no time. I greatly appreciate your offer though. Maybe take a look at the Whitetail Institute No-till bow stand stuff it'll grow pretty much anywhere. www.whitetailinstitute.com/secret-spot-annual/www.whitetailinstitute.com/bowstand-annual/
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Post by swilk on Dec 6, 2016 19:46:58 GMT -5
I have no idea....a lot but couldn't narrow it down to an exact number with any certainty. I've been hunting deer for 30 years and have been fortunate enough to put boots on some pretty good ground over the years.
I do know I've killed one mule deer and one elk.
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Post by jackryan on Dec 6, 2016 19:53:02 GMT -5
I have permission to do pretty much whatever I want on the land. The problem is there isn't anywhere to plant. It's all woods with a very high and thick canopy. There is one spot where the canopy is Clear but it's so small the vegetation would be gone in no time. I greatly appreciate your offer though. Find a couple or three really nice middle aged white oaks and fertilize them.
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Post by wesb81219 on Dec 6, 2016 19:55:57 GMT -5
I have permission to do pretty much whatever I want on the land. The problem is there isn't anywhere to plant. It's all woods with a very high and thick canopy. There is one spot where the canopy is Clear but it's so small the vegetation would be gone in no time. I greatly appreciate your offer though. Maybe take a look at the Whitetail Institute No-till bow stand stuff it'll grow pretty much anywhere. www.whitetailinstitute.com/secret-spot-annual/www.whitetailinstitute.com/bowstand-annual/I will most definitely try the bow stand mix. Thanks a bunch
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Post by (Not Ronald) Reagan on Dec 6, 2016 19:59:33 GMT -5
I will most definitely try the bow stand mix. Thanks a bunch Yup, no prob. We've used it in the past for heavily wooded areas and had great growth.
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Post by M4Madness on Dec 6, 2016 19:59:40 GMT -5
Find a couple or three really nice middle aged white oaks and fertilize them. I have considered that myself in the past, but I read a recent article somewhere that stated that it would not increase acorn production. Any experience?
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 6, 2016 20:04:48 GMT -5
I've killed 3 each year since I have been an adult and around 2 a year while I was a teenager. Math makes my head hurt but I think that's around 55-60? I wish the DNR could give us that data.
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Post by wesb81219 on Dec 6, 2016 20:08:27 GMT -5
I will most definitely try the bow stand mix. Thanks a bunch Yup, no prob. We've used it in the past for heavily wooded areas and had great growth. It's gonna take some work but nothing easy is gonna be worth it. I'll only have maybe 2-3,000 sq ft to plant so one bag should get me 3 times to plant. So I'll do one trial in the spring and then again as needed to keep it going all year.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Dec 6, 2016 20:09:45 GMT -5
I don't know how far they go back, but they do keep track of how many we check in. This thread didn't ask how many we've checked in. There could be a discrepancy with some of these fellas ...just sayin' .
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Post by drfleck on Dec 6, 2016 20:13:57 GMT -5
I have had the good fortune to kill six deer. This is my fourth hunting season. Started when I was 31 years old. Will hunt till I die. Figure I got about 70 years left in me.
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Post by M4Madness on Dec 6, 2016 20:19:58 GMT -5
I don't know how far they go back, but they do keep track of how many we check in. This thread didn't ask how many we've checked in. There could be a discrepancy with some of these fellas ...just sayin' . Does that mean I get to count the gut shot doe that a landowner found at his pond one year and asked me to finish it off with a knife, and the 4-pointer I killed with my Jeep? How about the time my cousin shot a doe with a muzzleloader and didn't have a reload, so I had to kill it with my bare hands when I showed up to help him drag it out? Lol!
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Post by deerhunter23 on Dec 6, 2016 20:25:41 GMT -5
I've killed 3 each year since I have been an adult and around 2 a year while I was a teenager. Math makes my head hurt but I think that's around 55-60? I wish the DNR could give us that data. Since weve gone to the online check-in, if you log onto the DNR website it will tell you how many you have checked in. I do believe theres some discrepancys there though because i know theres a couple of mine that arent on there. Im not sure how many ive killed over the years, i wish i would have kept track. I know my first was my 17th birthday. After that i killed every year til i joined the military. .more times than not several a year. In my 7 years in the military i took 2. I was medically retired in 2012. Since then i try to fill my bundle..2 does and a buck. Always get my 2 does, but i will say im into my 6th straight season without a buck. Like most, ive passed hundreds of deer in that time. Passed just as many bucks up as i do does yearly.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 6, 2016 20:30:19 GMT -5
Here he is folks! THAT hunter who was wiping out Indiana's deer herd and created the reason for the One Buck Rule...... I know, I know. I'm not a good person. This is in jest right? Woody!??! You wound me. Absolutely this was in jest. With about 2400 hunters a year doubling up on antlers, there was absolutely no herd health reason for the OBR. Now, with crossbows allowed all season, I believe there would be more than those 2400 tagging two sets of racks a year. I also don't believe there is a herd health reason for the OBR with current weapon rules, but that won't help get rid of it.
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Post by medic22 on Dec 6, 2016 20:48:25 GMT -5
No idea. I know if this season continues as is ill be 1 for 4 over the last 4 years.
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Post by medic22 on Dec 6, 2016 20:51:10 GMT -5
Woody!??! You wound me. Absolutely this was in jest. With about 2400 hunters a year doubling up on antlers, there was absolutely no herd health reason for the OBR. Now, with crossbows allowed all season, I believe there would be more than those 2400 tagging two sets of racks a year. I also don't believe there is a herd health reason for the OBR with current weapon rules, but that won't help get rid of it. Could you imagine the IWDHM reaction if they eliminated the OBR All I can think about is how many spikes would actually get put to use instead of left in the field.
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Post by greghopper on Dec 6, 2016 20:53:21 GMT -5
Woody!??! You wound me. Absolutely this was in jest. With about 2400 hunters a year doubling up on antlers, there was absolutely no herd health reason for the OBR. Now, with crossbows allowed all season, I believe there would be more than those 2400 tagging two sets of racks a year. I also don't believe there is a herd health reason for the OBR with current weapon rules, but that won't help get rid of it. The OBR is not going anywhere anytime soon.... But this is Dec. and Christmas so I guess your allowed to WISH.
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