Recent content by MN Slick

And it still hasn't sold

That is a cool map. I didn't expect to see so many small tracts back in the 30's. It makes sense though since you didn't need as much land to make life go back then. Here's a current listing for 297 that has multiple smaller tracts listed separately as well...

Unfortunately, the fragmentation has begun. There have been some listing recently that have been chopped up.

Cool program. Out of curiosity, what kind of camera do they provide?

Our new farm has taught me how much they move around. We've had it for 3 seasons and it's more of an island of cover vesus the one we sold which had lots of connecting cover. They likely aren't any more nomadic on the new one ,but it's now clear that when they are "gone" , they are truly...

Zero reported in Mercer but one of my buddies was so demoralized during his bowhunt he didn’t gun hunt. He has two farms 15 miles apart and both were void of deer.

Deer and coyotes absolutely get boogered by them but it only seems to be an issue in certain cam locations. Our Go Cams absolutely spooked bucks completely off scrape trees on plots on one farm. On a different farm they seem ok with it on a scrape tree. Interestingly, on that farm the...

I've heard the Whitetail Property folks drive up markets on more than one occasion but it doesn't make sense to me. Agents don't make money unless a property sells so why would they inflate the price? They do market properties better than other companies, especially early on. That said...

I've moved 3 times to improve hunting. Sold in Wisconsin to buy farm 1 in North MO: huge hunting improvement. Farm 1 to farm 2 in MO was another jump and we thought it was our forever farm. It wasn't perfect, as there was a ton of pressure to our west, along with an outfitter an 80 away...

If it's that easy to shoot mature bucks on bait, I think this is more of an indictment on bait than it is on cell cams.

Check out this book by the MSU Deer Lab guys, Strategic Harvest System: How to Break Through the Buck Management Glass Ceiling. Cliff Notes: 33% of the bucks in a herd have below average antler potential, 33% have average, and 33% have above average. Do you best to identify those in the...

Yes, they kill quite a few bucks. A guy I know ran into one of them in full camo actually hunting in Iowa during MO rifle.

I emailed the MDC and that was the answer I got.

I don't see many road hunters but am not out looking for them. What I do see is guys leasing wide open pasture with a few trees as long as it's next to big blocks of cover. The rely completely on random rut movement then fire away. No offense to the southern guys on this board, unless your...

Too many gun days. I'd love to see a later gun season but it will never happen due to CWD. The new extended CWD rifle season effectively takes away 5 days from bowhunters. The only way you can bowhunt those days is with an open rifle tag. How about adding them to the front end of bow season.