Recent content by SwampCat

Turned my fish feeder on today at my pond for the first time this year. While I was working in it, this school of 8” bass swam up. I need to thin the herd. Not sure I couldnt have caught most with a cast net. Might fry them whole like a bream if i could catch enough

I have to admit, I was surprised when KY allowed spin feeders in cwd zones. I am pretty sure LA banned all baiting in their cwd zone - which also surprised me.

But there is also the perception - and truth - too many coons, possums, coyotes, etc - means fewer quail, turkeys, and rabbits. Most of us dont have the perception that too many deer are limiting other sought after game animals - even though the deer over population might be damaging a...

If it was in AR, they would pay three times as much for duck property as for deer. If it had pheasants too - maybe six times as much😎 Wouldnt matter if a deer never walked across it.

Brand new June Gold peach tree. Was putting in a limb spreader and split the main crotch. Can I salvage - and best method - or just go ahead and cut off right fork?

A potentially huge difference between WI and increasing deer numbers n cwd hot spot and AR and decreasing deer numbers in cwd hot spot Fawn recruitment, WI. .84 fawns per doe Fawn recruitment, AR. .38 fawns per doe - lowest of central and eastern whitetail states The fawn recruitment...

Never, ever, say it cant get worse. The left would go out of their way to prove you wrong💩

Picked my trailer up today. I paid for all materials - new fenders, screws, paint, and treated lumber. Backwoods paint and body guy welded fender on, straightened other fender, sanded rusts spots, painted frame, removed deck and replaced with new boards. Charged me $325. I thought that was a...

I would guess a combination of coyotes, bobcats, and house dogs. But mostly coyotes and bobcats - fawn recruitment is low even in areas a long ways from folks houses

Do you freeze your dehydrated apple slices?

I read where some folks say predators typically do not eat ehd infected deer. I wonder if that is the case with cwd killed deer. I think I did hear in the AR cwd podcast that the researchers did see scavenged cwd deer. I have owned my property for almost 25 years and found two dead deer that we...

Yes - fawn recruitment and excessive doe harvest next to my land - my opinion of course - results in a high local harvest. I was just curious - how many deer do you take off your land and the density remains that high? I also realize your winters are different than ours - and you may well...

100% my opinion. I in no way believe anyone in intentionally killed all the deer in that area. What I do believe is different about AR - that I never hear anyone mention - is the extremely low fawn recruitment rates in this state. Fawn recruitment in the Ozarks - NW AR - averages about .4...

So the regulations allow you to kill one on a regular license on your property and allow you to purchase two more tags for a total of three deer. No one else can hunt your property?

I do that and often times something has eaten it out of the trap