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Don't give up on me yet!!! :cool:
Who is "popeyoung9" on QDMA?
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Don't give up on me yet!!! :cool:
browndog
5 year old buck +
Is this where you wake up in the morning and say, "oh geez, what forums was I on last night and what did I post?:):)
foggy
5 year old buck +
great thread. I wish I cudda responded to Doofus' post about not being able to defend himself. I wudda posted something about being banned from the idiot forum for stating there is no QDMA club in Pequot Lakes......and not being able to defend myself.....why should he? Then, asked if they ever got it launched even after SIX years have passed and they claim they have a club here.....but they don't. ;)
ON that site....it all depends about whom is cowering to whom or whom has hunted at doffus' place.
ON that site....it all depends about whom is cowering to whom or whom has hunted at doffus' place.
habitat
A good 3 year old buck
I guess I get a whole different impression from QDMA.I don't think it will be the downfall at all.It is not about everyone shooting a 5.5 year old buck.It is about providing the best habitat for the wildlife that lives on that land.Almost every piece of land has 4.5 or 5.5 year bucks on it sometime during the year as bucks don't just die when they turn 5.I have lots of pics of older bucks but just because I can't get them to walk by my tree doesn't make them a ghost.I think more than anything I got the wrong impression about ATH,I thought it was a forum about how to make better habitat for the land but I just haven't seen the info here that I find over there.
Riggsgwp->
5 year old buck +
^^^See ya later than habitat. The habitat info on this forum is second to none in my opinion.
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wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
You have to realize that many of the guys on this forum are pretty seasoned veterans when it comes to plotting and habitat management, so if you are looking for basic info for the novice, you won't find it here unless you pose the question on the forum and have a thread for guys to post answers to those questions. Many of the guys on here don't "need" to ask basic questions, they have the basics down already. Of course we all can learn a thing or two, none of us knows it all, but we also don't drag out threads with page after page of the same info, get an answer and move on. Also realize that this forum is less than a year old and has quite a small membership, which is perfectly fine with me and many others on here. If a new guy comes onboard, and asks questions on just about any habitat related subject I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that they will get some of the very best advice that can be found on any forum on the world wide web, bar none. Of course Habitat Talk doesn't have the amount of information that QDMA Forums have, that forum has been around a very long time in comparison to this site which is still in it's infancy. You aren't going to find huge 30 page threads of habitat information that go on and on about a subject that has been hashed out over and over with the exact same responses from 20 posters on every other page, the forum is too new and the answers here are shorter and more to the point.
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Steve Bartylla
5 year old buck +
The thought that you were trying to call out my advice didn't even cross my mind. So, no worries there. When I see a topic/comment that I'm interested in, I often use it as an excuse to try to explain my thought process in how I approach management. As I'm always as interested in the thinking/motivation/rationale behind others' habitat & management projects/approaches as I am in step by step instructions. So, I figure others must be interested in it too. My response was nothing more or less than that.
Steve Bartylla
5 year old buck +
Unless they are from me. then they tend to go on and on and on and on, saying in 8 pages what could have been said in 3 sentences
wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
And I am personally Ok with that Steve, as I tend to do the same thing.;):D
phil@thesidehill
5 year old buck +
Yep what whip said X2
If you don't like what you see feel free to do one of two things...1) contribute here and "change" what you see or 2) keep it moving right along to some other site of your choosing.
phil@thesidehill
5 year old buck +
Well since you have literally written books on the subjects...I wouldn't expect anything less! Lol.
wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
Those are the responses that are thought provoking and keep the threads interesting, whether they are posted by Steve or anyone else. Thinking outside the box, as it were. I also love to see Steve's input, as I feel it is beneficial to see what a "professional" habitat manager does to keep his clients "happy". Also, Steve's information is more varied than what almost any of us could provide, given he does habitat work on many different properties each year. He can most likely give examples of an individual habitat improvement that he has done that has worked on one property for him and failed on another property.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I have the feeling that this site has more posters from the northern 1/2 of the country than the southern half and I like that. I'm not saying this site is regional as all are welcome.
In my way of thinking, the QDMA site has more of a southern leaning in thought and in habitat information.
In my way of thinking, the QDMA site has more of a southern leaning in thought and in habitat information.
Riggsgwp->
5 year old buck +
You're probably right Art but he showed up a few weeks ago complained about setting up his account posted a few pics of bucks and then bad mouthed the site. He has hardly given the site a chance and he obviously gets offended with negative QDMA talk so maybe this isn't the place for him.
I think he didn't want to see what he didn't want to see. You beat me to the punch.
j-bird
Moderator
Did I miss something? Where did the connection between "experts" and "QDMAer" come from? Just because I'm a QDMAer - doesn't make me an expert in ANYTHING! "Expert" comes from years of experience - not from being a member of some organization. I can name at least 3 of our own experts: Steve B, Maya and John W and if I missed others - I apologize. I'll be honest - his comments put a knot in my tail as a fellow QDMA member - he makes it out like if your NOT a QDMA guy you can't be an expert or know what your talking about.
Since I started the thread and I don't want to see this get ugly - I will ask John to shut it down. If you disagree - I apologize.
Since I started the thread and I don't want to see this get ugly - I will ask John to shut it down. If you disagree - I apologize.
