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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 30, 2022 21:23:16 GMT -6
The one at the bottom should be pushing Booner in 23??
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Post by badgerfowl on Jan 4, 2023 12:37:02 GMT -6
I'm thinking Cat lives on 1,000 acres surrounded by 10,000 acres that nobody hunts.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jan 4, 2023 12:40:45 GMT -6
I've been going through the cards the last couple days that were out all fall in the tactacams. Only found one instance of a daylight buck that I never got a pic of. Also have to ask my dad if he was sleeping at noon on opening day of gun as I've got a buck running behind a doe not more than 50 yards from his stand. He may have been looking the opposite way but still. haha.
I've got a few survivors that hopefully make a nice jump next year. I think I passed most of them with the bow. Some of the ones I passed ended up getting shot by the neighbors w/ the gun but a couple made it at least. One I really thought long and hard on but glad I passed. He made it and should be ok next year.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 18, 2023 9:00:05 GMT -6
He officially survived in Iowa. This will be one I’ll be after if he’s there in the fall !
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 18, 2023 12:18:19 GMT -6
You should be able to see his sheds from a mile away! Hopefully you can find them this spring before the squirrels do-
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 18, 2023 20:44:22 GMT -6
You should be able to see his sheds from a mile away! Hopefully you can find them this spring before the squirrels do- We found one of his sheds last year and he got a lot bigger . I passed him this year during gun (he was off limits) pic attached … we just decided what the hell he can potentially be a giant. Plus he had 3 broken tines. His home range is small, we only get him camera on about 80 acres… my neighbor has not seen him at all on camera this year . I know his pattern pretty well. I guess we will see what happens in 2023??
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Post by Catscratch on Jan 19, 2023 6:42:17 GMT -6
^^^ Got to love those small range bucks that the neighbors never see!
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Post by Catscratch on Jan 19, 2023 9:18:05 GMT -6
I'm thinking Cat lives on 1,000 acres surrounded by 10,000 acres that nobody hunts. Probably closer to true for me than for you guys. Plenty of hunting around me but I don't think the deer feel a lot of pressure. Lots of bucks die due to hunting, roadkill, and poaching. I'm always thrilled when a buck or two that I'm familiar with makes it more than a year or two. I work really hard to keep pressure down; don't hunt plots, don't bait, don't enter/exit in the dark, only hunt with good wind, hunt from the ground a lot to get better site options based on movement, don't walk or cross trails unless I have too, etc.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 19, 2023 10:00:55 GMT -6
I'm thinking Cat lives on 1,000 acres surrounded by 10,000 acres that nobody hunts. Probably closer to true for me than for you guys. Plenty of hunting around me but I don't think the deer feel a lot of pressure. Lots of bucks die due to hunting, roadkill, and poaching. I'm always thrilled when a buck or two that I'm familiar with makes it more than a year or two. I work really hard to keep pressure down; don't hunt plots, don't bait, don't enter/exit in the dark, only hunt with good wind, hunt from the ground a lot to get better site options based on movement, don't walk or cross trails unless I have too, etc. Where I hunt in Iowa, there are mostly gravel roads and fewer deer get hit by vehicles. I’ve had one buck poached so far . Now in Minnesota it’s a different story. I lose a few deer to vehicles on tar roads every year . I don’t recall having any poached in Minnesota.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 14, 2023 8:39:49 GMT -6
The first few gun season survivors !
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 14, 2023 11:13:09 GMT -6
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 14, 2023 11:18:42 GMT -6
We have another CWD gun season that starts tomorrow, so I'm not getting too excited until a buck makes it through the weekend.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 14, 2023 12:55:01 GMT -6
We have another CWD gun season that starts tomorrow, so I'm not getting too excited until a buck makes it through the weekend. 🙄Never ending !
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 14, 2023 13:05:49 GMT -6
We have another CWD gun season that starts tomorrow, so I'm not getting too excited until a buck makes it through the weekend. 🙄Never ending ! Unlimited either sex tags for only $2.50 per tag. Valid for both residents and non-residents for that price. I'm sure there will be quite a few guys from Wisconsin headed this way to do some deer drives on public land. It is pretty frustrating, but it sure seems like just a matter of time until it is this way everywhere.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 14, 2023 15:49:39 GMT -6
Unlimited either sex tags for only $2.50 per tag. Valid for both residents and non-residents for that price. I'm sure there will be quite a few guys from Wisconsin headed this way to do some deer drives on public land. It is pretty frustrating, but it sure seems like just a matter of time until it is this way everywhere. [br I fear the same thing but I did see that northern cwd areas do not have the late season.
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