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I pulled a tick off my puppy today. We had lows a week ago of 5 degrees - which is cold here. Did not get above freezing for several days. First day after the cold and ice when it got in the mid 50’s, skeeters were out

I think a lot of folks, like myself, when speaking of nocturnal bucks are referring to a specific buck that is almost totally nocturnal when on the land you have access to. One of my properties is 62 acres. A specific buck may be 100% nocturnal on my land, but wander around in the daytime like a...

My son’s houseboat slip west central arkansas. Boat dock roofs all over the state caved in. Girl who cuts my hair has parents that live about 20 miles from me. Own four chicken houses. All four roofs caved in under weight of ice, sleet, and snow. 25,000 chickens each house ready for market the...

They dont get bigger if they are not alive. About 75% of our harvest occurs Thanksgiving weekend or before. If I see a good deer I would think about passing, I usually dont do it unless it is after thanksgiving weekend. If much before - I dont - but That depends on where and what else I am...

Would you have shot it if you had known it would be killed in a food plot later in the year?

From our experience - I would say about 30% bait killed and 70% non bait killed for mature bucks. We killed the majority of ours either during rut or in a food plot - but we hunt with rifles a fair bit. This year was an odd year - we did not kill a mature buck early over bait, even though we...

I believe even the wariest buck will slip up now and then. The buck I have been hunting for four years now has been on one of my cameras in shooting light four times in four years. My buddy who hunts the next property over has him three of four times during daylight in the past two years. The...

There are less deer in AR now than there was five years ago This is a question I have always been curious about the answer - not just AR - but as a whole. AR allows baiting through every season of deer hunting - 8 weeks gun, five months bow - and us hunters harvest our kill the 20 to 25% of the...

No doves

The time estimates and cost estimates are a shot in the dark. I did keep track of my dove planting this year on 8 acres. I had $1700 in it not including diesel and 29 hours Killed 18 doves and four pigeons. Really got my money’s worth😎

Do you have research data supporting that statement or is that your opinion?

Another reason to hate on feeding. Squirrel chewed through my plastic feeder barrel and must have over indulged. They feed under my feeders by the dozen - never had one feed from inside my feeder😎

USDA traps here free of charge. Where I was killing 150 in six months - I havent had a picture in 14 months.

Your deer look right at home👍🏻

I wouldnt argue that. AR has been doing telecheck for a long time - and to be honest - when we switched to telecheck, the overall harvest numbers did not change a lot. I think before telecheck there were a lot of hunters who didnt check because they had to drive 20 miles out of the way. Before...

The reason I was curious is because of the numbers of deer claimed - around 1,000,000 and the number of deer killed - around 140,000. Typically, most states look for an annual harvest rate of 20/25% of the total herd numbers. Without checking every state’s numbers, KY has got to be very near the...

I am sincerely interested in what KY G&F has said to you about the reason they allow baiting

I use a guy every year for some herbicide and seeding work. I would like to have a rig like his myself - but too much money for personal use. He can spray gly, switch out the hopper, and spread seed right back over the same area

Out bait thy neighbor and kill them early😎

The big problem I have with baiting as most people consider baiting - is the ease with which it can be done. A hunter can buy a $150 feeder and dump 200 lbs of corn in it for $30 and greatly increase his odds of killing a deer - in most places. Let me be clear, I consider planting food plots and...