Recent content by BenA

I jumped about 4 on my first trip looking at the place, but nothing since. I'm leaning towards a faster burn rotation. I just have to work out the logistics of permanent firebreaks.

Sweet tooth is making me want to pass up a 5 year old buck now that he's starting to grow out that other side. Not sure what he'll do when he gets to be 6 or older. Not sure my kids or myself will want to pass him this year though. It really is a cool rack.

I think @Native Hunter has it right

Maybe Stokes Aster?

Very interesting and promising article on an area not that big. https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2025/06/04/restoration-efforts-help-quadruple-quail-population-in-nanticoke-river-wildlife-management-area/

I almost forgot about Aldo Leopold's, A Sand County Almanac. That would be a great discussion.

That would be even more unsustainable and even unrealistic.

Quick googling reveals about 15.77 billion acres of habitable land on Earth and about 7.8 billion people. With only 2 acres for every one person, I think we're overpopulated. Imagine having a deer for every 2 acres in your county and the damage that would cause.

Kids will read if it's something they're interested in. When I was a kid, it was hunting magazines, Louis L'Amour, Tom Swift, books about mountain men and frontiersmen, and books about turtles or other animals. My daughter likes to read age appropriate murder mysteries. Maybe books made into...

The children now dress up like dogs and cats, barking and hissing at each other in the school hallways; they shoot each other in the classrooms. Children utter profanity at each other and elders. They rule the house because parents refuse to discipline them.

I agree that we are seeing more of the negative news from around the world, but it seems with that comes more tolerance of it or at least people are more accustomed to it. There's always been evil. Now, more of it is out in the open and accepted.

It was a fascinating and well done video. With just one video, he's gained a ton of subscribers and followers including some big names like Don Higgins. Don was even talking in the comments. Southern Outdoorsmen wants him on their podcast. There were a couple others on there as well. He took the...

Technology will continue to advance; that is a given. Look at one of the things that's changed hunting dramatically as an invention in most of our lifetimes, the compound bow. That wasn't a thing when I was born. But, today, it is hard to talk about hunting without mentioning it. Phones in our...

There's a degrading moral compass across our country and a no consequences approach in our judicial system. Both go hand in hand. Our local jail/prison system is like a revolving door. It's nothing now to see someone killing someone else while they're on their 5th bond release. I don't see a...