Recent content by Catscratch

Lol, that's great! When I was a kid and first bowhunting I put up a stand near a fence line. One morning I heard this buck from the other side of the fence grunting. I'd grunt back but he wasn't budging. Lol, wasn't until I crawled down the tree to leave that I saw the other guy sitting in a...

Back in the late 80's I had a big buck bedding a doe in a thicket on a hillside. I couldn't sneak in and get a shot at him. They only came out at night, so I snuck in in the middle of the night with an alarm clock set for after daybreak. It worked that they left when it went off, but I picked...

I'm spiteful enough to spend a few hunts sitting right next to a guy like that. But only if I really suspected he wasn't facing into his own land the whole time.

I'd say he's mature. I'm no good at aging deer after their first couple of years. I've had history with bucks that I know are over 6.5, but look the same as they did as a 3.5. I'd say yours is 3.5 or +

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.