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My dad killed one really similar to that one last year down here in SW MO

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Hinge 1/3, flush cut the other 2/3. You can even treat 1/3 of the flush cuts as well if you want. I see no reason to hinge anything higher than hip high...This will get sunlight to the forest floor, provide side cover, put stump sprouts at a height deer can eat, and is much safer. I'd say...

We've got a bunch of 20-21' River's Edge stands. Takes time to put them together, but man they are nice to sit in. One thing we do to make them a bit safer when putting up, is we attached the ladder 1/2-2/3 of the way up with a ratchet strap that goes around the tree (or 2 straps put...

Skip, Been enjoying the almost daily video blogs. I really like how it's a quick 5-10 minutes with a summation of that days hunts. And, showing setups based off or maps / topo. Keep up the good work.

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You're right...probably just shagbark hickory up there. :)

Great opportunity...But, I thought in Iowa, all y'all had were shagbark hickories and white oaks...? :)

DWGH...Are you concerned about the strings on your bow? Great idea, i just didn't know if this would have an adverse effect. I know i've heard on the sitka rubber suspenders it can damage them.

I've also got OnX...you can get your state for $25 with discount code. I really like the OnX offline feature, and tracker. I've also downloaded DeerCast to see how that jives this first year...Also Hunt Wise with all my stand locations so I can log stuff in. I'm probably going overboard.

By far the worst summer (specifically the last 4 weeks) for our trail camera's. Here in SW Missouri we need rain bad, and so I've got to believe bucks are bedding where they have safe access to water. Our creek just has a couple of pockets of water that it is holding...which it is normally...

Pretty simple for me. Until Oct 25th or so, I stay out of bedding areas and hunt field edges / food. Also, I wait for a cold front to move in. When a cold front comes in, I try to get out and sit that evening because I have always seen good movement or the right kind of movement. Last year...

Looks like our place in SW MO

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Try to get some does as early as possible in bow season...Then back out and let farm settle back down for late october / first of november. Unless, of course, a mature buck comes by. Only hunt fields early season, and wait till chasing starts to move into woods / bedding areas.

I think mature bucks also know when we call (grunt or rattle) and it "just doesn't make sense" to them for one reason or another. Don't get me wrong, I've grunted and rattled and it has worked...but, i've also seen mature bucks and have done the same and they immediately know for some reason...

My first thoughts when i read / heard the study..."Did they have a control outside of these licks?" Also, did they test any of the soil in scrape locations? Licking branches? Food Plots? What's the prevalence rate in that area? Is it steady? Growing? Diminishing? So many other factors...

I guess I didn't realize how many people believe they can kill a 200" deer if they owned a chunk in Iowa, or killed a 170" if they just hunted a week there. I've got my PP's saved, and I've driven through some incredible area's of southern Iowa where the hunting is top notch. However, my...

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As of February of this year, George Moore scored 31 200" bucks from Oklahoma from the 2017 season. I'm not sure what his latest up to date numbers are. I would bet those folks don't enter them into the B&C to keep word down about the quality of bucks OK has killed the past 10 years.