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    Question about site prep

    Hope I don't regret it, but unless WW III breaks out on my site I'm going to keep it mowed and just make sure plants aren't smothered, nothing sets seed, and bare dirt is getting sun. Planning on mowing three or four times the first year, then hopefully just once or twice the second year...
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    Question about site prep

    Ya, I goofed up waiting to long to burn and I did it at night. I didn't notice until the next morning that the residue didn't completely burn....must have been to damp from the frozen/thawed ground. So, I was stuck with not enough fuel to carry a fire, plus it stays damp anyway. Weed control...
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    Question about site prep

    Try this again. If you walked onto one of your sites with the intentions of frost seeding NWSG, and you saw 20% bare dirt with the rest being a thin but dense layer of grass litter, would you feel confident the freeze/thaw would work the seed into the soil?
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    Question about site prep

    I have a one acre area going into native forbes and grasses this winter (90 forbes/6 grasses, 50-50 mix). The area was a mowed turf type fescue blend. It has been thoroughly killed this year and I did a burn to get rid of the dead litter/duff. Well, I had a dense layer of litter at soil...
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    Getting rid of the three day doe season?

    I think honestly this season was brought upon bowhunting season to punish us a bit for not shooting more does. I remember 5 years ago or so, one of the DNR heads saying (about bowhunters) "If you guys don't shoot more does, you won't like our solution for the situation." Anyone else remember...
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    Seven Caught Poaching Deer

    Glad to hear they got caught! Hopefully they confiscate the vehicles involved too. If you ever hear shots at night or see a spotlight, it never hurts to hop in the truck and go look for a vehicle and get plate numbers.
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    I could vomit

    Good your using a fixed blade....any sign of him? If he was a hurting unit you would have kicked him up and found some bloody beds. It's been cold I would keep looking for him (dead or alive) for a few days. Keep sitting that stand too. I had two buddies last year shoot bucks high in the...
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    I could vomit

    I would say it's 50-50. Never know, there are alot of arteries if you hit to far forward, high and forward is not good, unless you were up fairly high and angled it down into him good. Did you hear a loud crack on impact? Did he keep chasing the doe? Did he tuck his tail or raise the flag...
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    Movement update...

    Hunted most of Monday and sat dark to dark in a funnel between bedding areas today in Central Iowa. Saw one that I would shoot the last 2 or 3 days of first bow (140ish) today at 2:00. Couple does this morning and 3 dinks. Then 3 young bucks between 90-120 inches up to 2:00. Couple more dinks...
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    160" Eight with Drop

    What did the scene look like where you found the arrow....look like a struggle? Did he pull it out or did it just "fall out". Penetration would not be good if it just fell out.....unless it looked like it pushed on through, however, if this happened you would have blood. The critical thing is...
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    Will i see him again???

    Don't worry, sounds like you have a solid set up. Bucks will be locked down with does in 10 days, but some will be cruising inbetween dates. You'll continue to see pudwackers that can't find a date cruising. The other best time to kill a giant is when the big boys start running out of...
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    Help

    not much to say here. Quartering away shot, had some branches in the way, and you you don't know for sure where you hit the deer. Look like crazy and hopefully you find him or see him moving away just fine. We've all been there, good luck.
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    160" Eight with Drop

    Best case scenario with that shot is 1 lung, liver, guts. Dead deer. Best scenario for deer is broadhead glanced off ribs, penetrated poorly, and gave him a superficial wound. Blood start to look watery at all.....was it about the color you expect blood to be? Those are probably muscle...
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    Movement update...

    I don't buy into Charles' theories at all. Fawns must hit the ground late enough to avoid cold/snow and early enough to put on weight for winter.....PERIOD! Length of day governs all of this - or, the amount of light present. IMO.....We need some cloudy weather. I think folks are seeing...
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    Movement update...

    10 does/fawns this morning.....not a single buck?????????????????????? Nothing from 9:00 to 12:00. Scratchin my head big time. This spot is usually good for 3 to 10 bucks per sit. Madison County. You guys think a lot of big post rut bucks died last winter in certain areas????
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    Movement update...

    Sat this morning until noon in Central IA, only 6 does/fawns, a forky, and a small 8. No grunting or chasing. Nothing much happening on this farm yet. No movement after 9:30. Like every year for me.....November 8th through the 12th will probably be smok'n.
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    Staying positive

    If you gave me the choice to either: 1. hunt for 2 hours every day of the bow season or 2. hunt all day for 3 days starting November 8. I would take number 2 every single time.
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    Success in the Rain??

    A moist environment with light winds creates optimal conditions for a mature deer to use his sniffer and sneak around without making much ruckus.......for me light drizzle is a go. Just after a heavy rain, deer stand up shake off and start milling around no matter the time of day....another...
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    Help me understand this

    That 300 is about in the middle on their chart for me, quite a ways up to the next spine and quite a ways down to the softer shaft. Bow is walkback tuned and bareshaft tuned. Bare shafts group 2-3 inches at 20 and hit same spot as fletched.....this all with 100 grain field points. Arrows...
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    Help me understand this

    Experimented with two different broadheads today. Thunderhead 125 and 100. Held a 5 inch group right with 100 grain field points at 50 yards with Thunderhead 125's. The 100 grain Thunderheads missed 4 inches high on some shots and 4 inches or so right on other arrows. Weird part, with...
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