Take what I say from the perspective of 1 guy but I have had the opportunity to hunt 3 of the best whitetail states for 10+ years in each state (Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana).
Hands down the state where the DNR has had the most positive impact on the deer herd is Indiana. Several reasons I say...
1. Rifles - we are full rifle in Indiana now, started straight wall and well it didn’t take long. Get rid of all of them including straight walls. I own one. It just for my boy to shoot
2. Cell cam dumps anytime - go to 1 time a day and not during daylight
3. Gun season lengths - 1 week gun...
Got my first earlier this week here in Indiana. I have been here for nearly 20 years and have never had a buck in any of my farms shed before Jan 1. Definitely odd
I would say I did see rutting activity earlier - but the best activity was still Nov 5 - Nov 12. I have shifted my hunting a bit to include more days in late October but always take the 1-17 of Nov as vacation
I know there have been some more deer harvested in last few weeks with gun season. Let’s see some of them fellas!!!
This site is great because people share info, pics and stories. Would love to see some more.
Mine have been hammering the food last 2 nights. I have 2 farms where they absolutely poor into late season. Funny because they bed quite a ways away, 1/2 mile or so, but make the jaunt to the food every night. Makes hunting them decently easy when the wind is good!
I am ok with calling in the dogs and drones if you have done your job tracking the deer and come up empty. To take the shot and immediately go to I am going to use these tools is a little greedy and unprofessional to me! I get wanting to recover your deer - but make the effort to track, learn...
Well a heck of a week for me. After harvesting my IN deer I took a few days off then headed to Illinois.
Had an awesome morning hunt that was packed with action from the time I sat down in the stand. Had continuous buck movement with not more than 10minutes of not seeing deer. At about 8:00 I...
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Kratz
Two years of knowing about this guy and the first time I lied eyes on him I was able to make it happen.
Last summer I got a picture a a very unique buck that appeared to be 3 maybe 4 and I have to admit when I saw him I hoped he would never show his face!
2024 velvet
As luck would have it...
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