Recent content by Catscratch

Lol, I have a little "mini-pontoon" boat with a trolling motor that's more maintenance than I thought it would be. Dad gave me some sage advice when I was younger; if it flies, floats, or fu#$'s... you're better off renting it.

Ya, I love that long geeky answer! Makes me want to be an ocean fisherman.

It was early season, hot, and a school night... we took it straight to the processor who is also a taxidermist. I think he said he injected stuff under the velvet and that it's easy to do, but I've never tried it myself. A friend has done a couple himself as well as a caribou. Says it's not...

My son has a velvet buck on the wall. Just antlers on a plaque. Looks good and no maintenance.

A lot of the cams I've had have a sensitivity setting. I'm guessing you've played with that?

That's something I absolutely have going for me and where I live. It takes half an hour of driving to find subdivisions, or gas, or groceries, etc. Civilization is the rare thing, not the normal. I like it!

I wonder what Baker's guidelines are for buying NR land?

I find yote scat most days of the year. Very rarely is there deer or calf hair in it. Lots of bug shells and berries. They absolutely love corn too.

I'm not really up on NR regulations. Throw in Hunt-Own-Land tags and there is opportunity for confusion.

I wouldn't consider a lot of KS a good buy. I think it's cheaper than a lot of other states but good hunting land has been gobbled up either by a owner or leased by outfitters. What's not spoken for usually isn't that great for hunting. A outfitting neighbor will often bait and over harvest...

I've never considered land in another state. This thread made me question why. Turns out I've never looked at land without weighing it's possible yearly income before weighing it's huntability. If land doesn't make money I rule it out. Now you've given me something to think about.

Bingo! Indiscriminate killing of deer takes nature's mechanisms out of the equation. It would be unfortunate to take out any genetics that could have resistance.

Nice!!!

The door is open any time! Just got done frying about 30lbs of fillets for the church's anual Fish Fry and Ice cream social. Couldn't keep up! The wife kept coming out saying "we're out, better hurry up and send in another batch"

KS is a no go. No big bucks here anymore. Probably better off looking in Oklahoma.