Recent content by Catscratch

Outstanding! Congrats!

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Great hunt! I'm kind of amazed that he bounced around from 180 to 210. I always thought they had an upward trend in growth until they started declining, then a gradual trend the other way. Weather and forage conditions are known factors, but it seems his antlers jumped around quite a bit...

I considered doing that. Looked into the best trees to buy and everything. Called a local forester just to check (I'd read on the internet 40 yrs would get you to harvest). He said that in my location it would take 80. 80yrs of cattle seemed like a better alternative.

I don't think they even bag corn in white bags anymore. Was in a CO-OP recently and they had pallets stacked high with camouflaged bags of corn. Said that's all they ship now. All the other feeds and whatnot are still regular bags. Big business!

Any benefit to cutting the lower limbs or fertilizing younger walnuts? I walked our place recently and found several trees that I could barely get my arms around and touch palms on the other side. A friend of mine said they'd probably need 15 more years. Wondering if that can be sped up some.

Holy crap! Shelled corn, on the cob, a block, and apples! Quite the pile!

2 weeks ago. I think he looked better in real life, but he looks pretty hagard now.

This pic just screams old and worn out to me.

"Expect" to see zero. Usually see 3 to 10. Depends on time of season and how I'm hunting. I could sit the edge a bean field and see 20 does and spikes a night. Or I could sit a mile away on a small bedding area and maybe see one mature buck and nothing else.

Any Ag seed should work. But there are lots of different varieties. Talk with a CO-OP or a dealer and should be able to come up something that fits your needs perfectly.

Congrats!!!

The deer did not like going into my milo plot this year. It was full of pumpkins and sunflowers. They ate the edges but stayed out. First time in a loooong time that I had sunflowers make it to bloom. I never thought milo could be used to protect other plants but it did. I think it's...

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Black powder would be fun! I'm thinking .22 or .17hmr though. Sounds like an easy enough way to skin them.