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Pretty sure raccoons not doing anything outside this weekend! :D

I’m not for outfitters but how so? Commercialization of deer hunting horn porn on social media and greed!! I have ran the numbers multiple times and for me I could go on a pretty good guided hunt every year for the interest alone on what some of these rec properties are bringing. My brother...

I wondered if that was not the case, you are getting the transient population that realizes Joe and Sally coyote are gone so the neighbors move in. I feel sorry for you but I hope the neighbors get every fawn killed in the spring!!!!

Wyoming is going to be interesting with the changes mentioned above and the winter kill in multiple states last year. Do your homework in regards to populations. I’m playing the game in several Western states for multiple species and I think the next 3-5 years gonna be interesting. Demand...

I worked pretty closely with the MO DNR on their deer studies a few years back and coyote predation was BAD for the first two weeks after fawns started traveling out with their mothers rather than hiding away. Do they kill some adults as they get older yes, but not as often as you’d think...

Maybe it is all relative to people’s expectations. I would not say our population in the two states I hunt have changed much. Coyotes to me need to be managed yes, but not eradicated. They are part of the ecosystem. Curtis I can tell you a guess where some of the increase in fur sales came...

As I’ve mentioned before…. I can’t even fathom this amount of coyotes. IMO the problem sounds like access to me. Not being a butthead but every Tom, Dick and Harry has a thermal these days and around me, right or wrong, there is A LOT of lead thrown at coyotes from the road with every fresh...

GOOD LUCK and keep us informed! A BIG group of us here thinking and praying for you both!!

VERY IMPRESSIVE

I’ve heard of some videos coming online this week of deer exhibiting EHD symptoms in the last couple weeks.

Just based on the consensus of comments here the grays were gone WELL before the fur market fell apart 4 -5 years ago!! I’ve been less than impressed with the answers provided by state biologists and this comment further supports that feeling.

Another option depending on what your overall plan is and long term use of the property is going to be. Also may not work with the requirements but way less invasive to your bid than hand cutting. Spike herbicide is a pelletized brush killer that works really well. I’d still lean toward foliar...

If you can do a foliar spray within the parameters of your plan I would suggest spraying the MFR in late May to early June when the MFR has its white blooms with a foliar application. Leaves need to be fairly damp with a remedy, 24d and crop oil mix.

I think a lot of this is perceived rather than reality with Skips scenario, here’s why…. You cull out what is determined to be inferior genetics. At that point what is left, the bucks that are living having the ability to grow bigger racks because they have better genetics to start with so as...

I would say no if you are looking for feed value and tonnage. Natives grow very little until temps increase late June through August. I have saw some decent growth with a July 15th mow for hay in Missouri which is the earliest you can cut CRP. I’d guess a July 1st ish cut would maximize feed...

Great deer and true story but it would be interesting to see how the teeth come back on that deer as the triggers I look for say he is 100% 1 year older in each picture than you are thinking, just my opinion. If truly only 4, he needs to walk. . Nice deer. The concept on cementum annuli is...

Granted I have been fortunate to shoot more than my fair share of really nice deer and I am sure it has helped me chill A BUNCH in this conversation but one thing I bring myself back to now is deer are a renewable resource and if someone shoots a nice up and comer and they are both happy and...

Yikes, I always wondered why my deer scored less but looked bigger! :)

I have a couple arguments here. Tell me that with the pressure to PRODUCE good content the aforementioned hunting personalities don’t hunt a little closer to the feed if the camera shows him there. We know Lakoskys have their cam at the feeder. Tell me Bowmar doesn’t hunt over feed, he did...

This is what I was referring to on hunters and hunting having a larger impact. I have heard that places in Illinois where the outfitters are prevalent that genetics have degraded and 8 point deer are more prevalent because the deer with higher scoring antler genetics have been...