Recent content by swat1018

I'd only plant roundup-ready alfalfa. So, it doesn't mix well.....

Coyotes are pretty easy to catch, really. I'd definitely run a few traps on the outskirts of your yard or where the chickens are. Not sure I'd wade deep into your hunting areas making sets until you figure it out. Just learn a basic dirt hole set. You can even use pre-made baits like "Top...

Yesterday would have been my Mom's 93 birthday, if she had lived. She was killed by a drunk driver at 56.... I've killed a few on her birthday, and even on mine, Oct. 18.

Not sure what is causing it to be "gamey." The only red meat I consume is venison, I process 5-6 per year and it's great. We don't add anything to it, unless we make a batch of sausage or summer sausage. I do take care to make quick kills and get them gutted and hung in a walk in cooler...

I wish I knew. Drought seems to ve a never-ending issue, which brings EHD. This year was as wet as I can remember -- until the end of July. Then drought set in and rumors of EHD again in my area. It definitely doesn't discriminate on what deer it kills. Now, throw in more liberal seasons...

I haven't killed a buck since 2019. And, yes, it was a big one. I'm 56 and at the point that I won't kill a buck under 170ish, I already have a house full of heads, and I'm not paying $1000 for another unless it's a booner. I'm just as happy shooting my 5 doe a year. But, I definitely enjoy...

Yep, and some obviously drink the Kool-Aid.

Well, we'll just agree to disagree. You can forget anything that looks like QDMA, as long as these agencies pretend that they know what they're doing when it comes to CWD. Between EHD and the "kill them before they die" management, the herd is already on a downhill spiral. For years I always...

If the rate you are trying to accomplish calls for the transmission to be in position 3, then leave it. The drill will put down the correct #/ac regardless of ground speed. As you slow down, so will the drive wheel on the drill, making the only adjustment needed, automatically. You saw you...

I would scrap the track idea. Having to have a hole in the building, and a hole in the cooler isn't worth it. I have a "meat pole" made of metal and on caster wheels. I can roll it out to where the electric hoist is. I then can lower the deer down and hook it directly to the rolling meat...

Yea, but it's easy to blame that 6% for everything...lol.

When you don't gun hunt during the peak ruts, a by-product is the big bucks aren't killed as easily, contributing to a better age structure. IMO.

Yea, they've got it right. Wish MO would follow.

A track would be nice, but it will be difficult to incorporate into a cooler. I have a cooler here at the house and at my hunting farm. I wouldn't trade them for anything. I have standard refrigeration on them, but have heard good reports on a window A/C with a cool-bot. I also have an...

I'm with Bill, if you're going to fence them anyway, plant Ag beans. I'd only plant forage beans hoping to keep ahead of the deer during the summer grazing period.