Recent content by MN Slick

I'm back to thinking cell cams spook deer. I had 5 different deployments this past season where I had 1 to 2 days of great action right after setting them up followed by almost nothing. All were set up to send pictures immediately and were set up in pinches during late October through the rut...

I agree.

Can you expound on Charlie Kirk being a criminal?

I believe the original question the OP asked in this thread was basically: are the days of high potential bucks getting to 5 plus years of age on a somewhat consistent basis over. And to that I say yes,unless you are are in a unique situation or they were missed by someone.

I'm not sure there is any official data or if it's just anecdotal. If the population is down signifcantly in Amana, like much of the state, it could simply be too much hunting pressure on high potential bucks.

There is an example in Iowa where the buck quality actually went down after going to one buck. Don't hold me to the details, but the Amana Colonies is roughly 26,000 acres of restricted access hunting. Around 20 years ago it was changed from 2 bucks to one buck and the buck quality has gone...

What suppresser do you recommend for a 350 legend. It's a Savage Trail Hunter Lite, 18" barrel. Thank You

I'm not sure if my blower lacks CFM or I'm getting an air leak, but it seems to either throw too much or too little clover seed with one click of the gate. On another note, I ended up going Peter North with chicory coverage in one small area of my plot. I thought the gate was closed and...

It's embarssing to be from MN. I need to change my forum name! A Precarious State good documentary about the situation in MN from a long time news guy.

I wish for it, as long as there's a good population of deer and a reasonable amount of hunters.

In short, high grading and EHD has really hurt areas in Southern Iowa. High grading is the reason in my little world of Missouri.

What has really hurt my area is there are guys that used to shoot the first 120-130 are now passing them waiting for a big one, which are often 3 or 4 year old high potential bucks. I long for the days when my neighbors tagged out by 9 am on opening day......and for the days before crossbows!

I believe it in MO. Heck, there are farms in Southern Iowa that kicked out mega giants back in the day that now struggle to get them past 160.

Do I dare say the swear word that is........Crossbow!

I've noticed a real lack of use with Enlist beans. We planted some in a 1/2 acre plot so we could spray Liberty to clean up marestail and there were still pods in the spring.