Recent content by marshall

More evidence of numbers being down. Folks are not buying additional tags because there are so few deer to hunt. Lots of deer seem to be shedding earlier than normal which is also not great...

Continue to think about this. Do think there are lots of variables, causation and correlation are not the same but here is my speculation. Ehd ?% Habitat loss/urban sprawl/new acrages ?% Predators Cwd ?% Increased hunter efficiency/increase pressure on less Habitat ?% All of these known...

Hard to say where I hunt due to corn coming out late this year but numbers have been down going back to 2012 ehd, seems like every time we start to build back get hit with another round. Lots of young bucks this year but only saw 1 mature buck all bow season. One thing I wonder is the role of...

I generally give youth hunters the green light on any deer that gets them excited. The window of time they are that age is too short and I want it to be their hunt. I have tried to encourage my oldest son to continue to raise the bar on what he shoots. We talk about shooting does for...

Not super familiar with the deluxe. Just throwing out a price would you take $225? Feel free to direct message me.

My Darkhorse double bull blind got wrecked in a windstorm last turkey season. Loved that blind but they no longer make them. Hoping someone has one (or similar) tucked away in good shape. Needs to be in good shape and not too faded.

Might work well to have it climb up tower blinds. Give some cover climbing in and out. Would be a pain if you had trim to keep from growing over windows.

For me things seemed less intense each year. Seems like there is significantly better movement in Oct. Deer numbers seem ok in summer early fall the they seem to hunker down in the rut. Less chasing and cruising that pre ehd days. Deer seem lazy... Decent numbers of scrapes. Disclaimer...

https://iowawhitetail.com/threads/land-acquisition-the-opposing-view.60952/

I believe there was a law proposed, possibly passed trying to limit buying more land for public use.

The wind storms the past week trashed my ground blind. Any recommendations on brand for new ones. Had a primos dark horse and loved it but they don't make them anymore.

Warm Temps this morning had a few gobbles on the roost. I am taking my son out on his first turkey hunt this year.

Good to know. Appreciate the info.

Any recommendations for a place that rents skidsteer with mulch attachment or trail mower. I have spot full of multiflower roses that I plan to take out and put in a plot. Also need to do some trail clean up in the timber for better access. Farm is in southern warren county.

Curious if now that season is closed if anymore thoughts emerged. For me I think it comes down to more human pressure in a variety of forms, more dogs around than ever before and generally hot weather. Deer did not go to usual spots this late season. Think alot got pushed off the farm by...