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Post by Woody Williams on Jan 15, 2018 17:25:42 GMT -5
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Post by boonechaser on Jan 15, 2018 17:34:05 GMT -5
Good ole days are gone. James knows his stuff and we should take notice.
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Post by esshup on Jan 15, 2018 20:11:12 GMT -5
Thoughts are this is 3 years and 4 months old. What has been done to address the issues that he speaks of?
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Post by boonechaser on Jan 15, 2018 20:42:42 GMT -5
He predicted herds would keep declining and they are. And I would say his thoughts on actual herd management are accurate. There isn't much done. Our state at least manages for harvest just like he said. IMO.
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Post by coaldust on Jan 16, 2018 18:50:10 GMT -5
Deer herds will continue to decline. Loss of habitat all around. Farmers are now harvesting crops & immediately turning the fields over. Just 7-8 years ago I was constantly covered up with deer, now if I see more than a couple in a sit its a good hunt.
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Post by subzero350 on Jan 16, 2018 20:58:26 GMT -5
Loss of habitat all around. Farmers are now harvesting crops & immediately turning the fields over. ^This. More housing additions going up in the once rural areas in my AO. Farmers are stripping every square inch of land of trees they can to make it tillable. And just like coaldust said, as soon as the harvest is completed - they are immediately turning over the fields. I also think the herd is getting smarter every year. I see more deer on land that is off limits to hunters than I have in the past. It is like they know where they are safe. I've also noticed that all the deer in the areas I hunt immediately go nocturnal opening day of gun season. Of course I'm sure it doesn't help when you have a lot of deer hunters driving into the woods with their loud trucks and ATVs. I laugh at the hunters that spend time and money on masking their scent and "hunting the wind" when they show up to the woods in a 4x4 with open exhaust. If I can hear their trucks from a mile away I'm sure the deer can too! |
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Post by thebellcompany on Jan 18, 2018 1:10:26 GMT -5
I think.. deer hunting on private land can improve quickly by land owners improving their habitat. Habitat is the key ingredient to attracting and holding deer. On my small 20 acre parcel I know the deer that come and go and each year I make the land more and more useable to the deer. Year 1 I saw maybe 2 deer per week pass through the property. Last year was year 3 of my habitat work and my property was home to 2 spikes, 2 8-pointers, 1 6-pt, 2 does and 2 fawns. And I’d say that’s the limit so next year maybe I take a nice buck, maybe a doe, maybe a spike buck. We’ll see. But improve habitat and regardless what the neighbors are doing you’ll be the one with the deer
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Post by firstwd on Jan 20, 2018 6:20:45 GMT -5
I think.. deer hunting on private land can improve quickly by land owners improving their habitat. Habitat is the key ingredient to attracting and holding deer. On my small 20 acre parcel I know the deer that come and go and each year I make the land more and more useable to the deer. Year 1 I saw maybe 2 deer per week pass through the property. Last year was year 3 of my habitat work and my property was home to 2 spikes, 2 8-pointers, 1 6-pt, 2 does and 2 fawns. And I’d say that’s the limit so next year maybe I take a nice buck, maybe a doe, maybe a spike buck. We’ll see. But improve habitat and regardless what the neighbors are doing you’ll be the one with the deer or put our thousands of dollars or feed and minerals for most of the year and draw all the deer possible from other properties. This happens every year by hunters, non hunters, and anti hunters alike. That property nobody is allowed to hunt? Is it lack of pressure that is keeping the deer over there or is it endless amounts of supplemental feeding? It is truly amazing how long deer have survived with what nature has provided, but within the last 10/20 we humans have decided that they have no chance of making through one snow storm if we don't intervene. |
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