Sweet rig.
Passing along some info shared to me on this forum, so you may want to get a grill guard for use with that grapple. Limbs and branches can be unforgiving and you'd hate to puncture the radiator when pushing into a pile.
I understand offering retirement plans and I think that's a great idea, I don't understand why they feel the need to match any money. That shouldn't be the taxpayer's responsibility IMO.
I've seen folks use snow fence or similar zip tied to t-posts, it seems like that works for a screen application that isn't super wide. The deer must not like to have that smaller landing area to jump into, at least that's my theory.
Here is a video showing the fence they chose to use.
Jobs market downward trend continues. Virtually no uptick in construction jobs, so these "trillions" in investments aren't happening yet, color me skeptical they happen at all. Hopefully better news coming but not off to a great start.
Number of deer taken is variable by year, but the answer is - not enough. This year was two does and one buck.
There are seasonal shifts to food for sure. My property starts to stack the deer in around the beginning of October and they usually stay until the food is gone, generally December to...
I agree, same around us in WI. Both of my bucks were positive this year in WI, you couldn't tell it by their age or body size. Both were mature.
As I've mentioned before, there are areas in SW WI that have (anectdotally) had a problem getting older/mature deer sightings in the past ~5 years...