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I completely understand the appeal of hunt camps and their necessity in many situations. I enjoy the comradarie that comes from activites with close friends - my annual fishing trip is exactly like what many describe in their memories of hunt camps. It's not what I am looking for when hunting...

For me, hunting is a solitary activity. A way to be in the woods - quiet, peaceful, contemplative. In my circumstances, a deer camp is very unattractive. Nothing seems worse to me than spending a week or two with people who I may not actually even like. Factor in the usually lousy sleeping...

My rye rate is ridiculous - 300lbs+/acre, everything else is about double the stated rate. I have turkeys that will practically live in my plots after top-seeding rye , so I can never seem to get enough down

Plot looks good, Wisco. I can't completely answer your question, but I can share my experience. You obviously won't be able to feed deer with a plot that size, but you can definitely shoot one. You have some decent biomass there with the maturing rye, but you can always use more. My plots are...

I use a bag of feed corn for the same reason S

I'm in Canada and had similar problems. I ordered mine off of Ebay out of a place in Florida.

Hi All, As a Canadian, I have followed the events of the last couple weeks with much interest. Throughout all of the US boards that are discussing Dicks, LL Bean, etc there is always the statement that these stores have, to quote Catscratch, "slapped the constitution in the face". As an...

Specific to this problem, I always spread a bag or two of feed grain whenever I seed my plots. This usually occupies the turkeys and other critters long enough for the smaller seeds to germinate.