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Have you seen any of the work by guys like Lance Krueger? He gets really close (bow range) to some giant bucks and uses a pop up ground blind with Ozonics to do so on many occasions. What are some photographers whose work you like?

I have a good bit of blackberry coming up in my old field areas. Not too much right now, but I can see that I will have to spray some of it next year. The deer seem to like bedding up against it. I was surprised to see very little browse pressure. It also looks different than the blackberry or...

Do you a mix it yourself or buy it pre-mixed? I've been using the Stihl pre-mix, but I'm about to go through a bunch of fuel.

I was working on fine tuning some of my bedding, and like to use maps to start with. CalTopo has some great features. Terrain Shading allows you to color code areas based on factors such as degree of slope, canopy cover, elevation, and aspect. For example, I was wanting to narrow down some flat...

I know someone has to have a clever idea of how they're wrapping their ladder stands with camo, but still be able to get in and out easily. I like the type of netting I have on this stand, but getting in and out can be a pain sometimes. If I cut a slit in it, it can blow around easily or is hard...

I'm looking at a property to potentially buy in LA. It's 60 acres completely surrounded by soybean farming. It's in the delta area which is the top spot for trophy white-tails in LA. The problem is, the feeder habitat. It is an island of cover in a sea of ag. There is a small river several...

Just thinking about this for a future burn. The last burn on my property in my prairie establishment had wide firebreaks disced around the edges of the field. I'm trying to create a softer edge transition between it and my woods. What if I put the firebreak inside the woodline past where the...

This work was just published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, but I've seen mention of it before it was approved for publishing. Several big names in the scientific deer community were in on this one, including: Craig A. Harper, Bronson K. Strickland, Marcus A. Lashley, Mark A. Turner...

I saw a publication recently about testing preference of genetically modified soybeans to deter deer browsing. Scientists keep closing in on making soybeans less palatable to deer because of the damage they do. I don't think it's a matter of if, but when. The nutrition offered by soybeans in...

Ever since I was a kid, I've loved maps. Kentucky has released 3" high resolution for the entire state. It doesn't compare to drones, but it's still pretty cool. Here's the link to the site for Kentucky https://explore.kyfromabove.ky.gov/ It's called "Oblique Imagery", so it may help you locate...

The MSU Deer Lab has a movement ecologist who has joined the team. She is analyzing some of the data collected. They are excited to bring new information as they come out with it. Here's some brief takeaways, but I'd encourage people to watch this episode. They do note that, while the data is...

I'm running out of what I've been using to shoot nutria in a suburban neighborhood pond setting. I need quiet and accurate ammo. I've been using the CCI Quiet-22 Segmented HP 22 LR ammo. They're 40 grains at 710FPS. I've been pretty happy with them. My shots are usually about 100 yards. Before I...

I was at my mom's today for Easter. I planted this Durana clover 17 years ago. All that's been done is mowing. The whole pasture isn't as thick, but does contain a very large percentage of it.

Has anyone seen this? This is a pretty cool idea. Most of us have done something to encourage native plants/trees on our hunting properties. This is an idea from Doug Tallamy who is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of...

KDFWR just announced a confirmed case of CWD in Ballard County, Kentucky. It was a 2.5yo hunter harvested buck. https://fw.ky.gov/News/Pages/Chronic-wasting-disease-confirmed-in-Kentucky-for-first-time.aspx

My farmer has been planting corn for the last two years on 4 acres. It's been a great draw. We have a deal worked out in which he keeps the corn and puts in a cover crop after harvest. The only drawback is that the cover crop gets in late and leaves a little too much time without much food for...

This fall I'm considering dispersing a bunch of tulip poplar seeds in a stretch I want to screen. I know they grow fast and I know they start shedding limbs as they get taller, but what about coppicing them once they get a few years old? What size do they need to be before cutting and allowing...

Below is a link to Interesting new research by Dr. Johnson at UGA that shows evidence that creating a doe factory IS what you want to do in order to have more bucks. The study took place from September through December on 3 different properties. In September, the does and bucks used different...

I know corn kernels don't contribute much in the form of nutrition besides energy, but has anyone seen nutritional values for growing corn leaves (fresh growing).