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They definitely focus on a few parts of the property which is only amplified with 10" of snow.

There weren't any here when we bought. There were box elder/buckthorn fence rows, hay/row crops, and pasture. You can stay after them a little but pressure makes them tougher to hunt. My cover is good but not great, and way too big for one guy and a dog to be very successful. Just have to hope...

Update on the buck - never got a weight, but he taped at 147 7/8. Been after the roosters a few times. First trip we were flushing them like crazy but they almost always got up into the sun and I couldn't ID them. Had one bunch of about 10 flush and I doubled but we couldn't find one. Went out...

I don't think it's quite as doom and gloomy as you make it sound for deer in general, but I'm trying to come to terms with trophy hunting being extremely limited. I think there will always be enough to fill a freezer if so inclined.

Does your employer offer self directed Roth 401k account? That would be better tax advantaged than a regular brokerage account.

Have had multiple run-ins with trespassers over the years, mostly in MN more so than WI. Snowmobile trail connects to my land on the road right of way but doesn’t go through my land. You can guess how that goes...Basically zero enforcement from sheriff's office. They said they've only got one...

Ironically exactly what this thread is saying. Mature buck numbers in ground zero areas are way down, even hard to find. However, half the buyers either aren't worried about cwd or don't believe in it, so properties arent short on buyers (yet). It hasn't come as a detriment to property values...

I'll be perfectly honest, six months ago I wasn't very concerned with the disease. Having had two deer I harvested test positive (for the first time) and my direct neighbor's buck also be positive, it has caused me to dig a lot deeper into this. I haven't liked what I've gotten for feedback from...

WI. My land in MN isn't in a CWD zone...yet. Only a matter of time I'm sure.

I can't speak for others but we've seen a few does this year on camera that were withered away to skin and bones in summer time, incredibly unusual (as in haven't seen it before) for us. My neighbor found a dead doe by his driveway in mid September, emaciated, no visible wounds. Of course none...

There's a lot here, so I'll just say that nothing I know, have seen, or the people I've talked to will change your mind. This has nothing to do with DC, some people know that.

100% there are less mature bucks in the counties where cwd has been the most prevalent. I can't speak to deer populations in general but I suspect if the buck rates are higher, the general deer numbers are likely to follow. My county went from 5% positive rate in 2021 to over 15% this year.

Always impressed how many people you open your land up to for hunting. Congrats on the success for Wayne, and the fulfillment for you must be wonderful!

This may be Babylon Bee's best work yet.

They had months to do this correctly and still bungled it up. Bondi is something else.