windgypsy
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Location: Kanabec, Wright, and Itasca Counties, MN
Zone: 4A / 3B
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Post by windgypsy on Oct 7, 2024 21:03:29 GMT -6
Bumping this thread because it came up in searches for me. There are a fair bit of deer on my land but ZERO bucks this year. The prior 3 years (how long I’ve owned it) it was a boys party every night in the food plots from august til the rut. I don’t know of any odd neighbor situations that would cause it.
A guy on another forum posted a pic of a stud he killed at night with thermal/suppressor/subsonic ammo and it made a lightbulb go off. Just feels like it could be depredation or worse, poaching. I’ll reach out to my area manager to inquire. I’m curious [mention]smsmith [/mention] why landwehr told you not to contact yours?
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Post by smsmith on Oct 8, 2024 5:18:02 GMT -6
Bumping this thread because it came up in searches for me. There are a fair bit of deer on my land but ZERO bucks this year. The prior 3 years (how long I’ve owned it) it was a boys party every night in the food plots from august til the rut. I don’t know of any odd neighbor situations that would cause it. A guy on another forum posted a pic of a stud he killed at night with thermal/suppressor/subsonic ammo and it made a lightbulb go off. Just feels like it could be depredation or worse, poaching. I’ll reach out to my area manager to inquire. I’m curious [mention]smsmith [/mention] why landwehr told you not to contact yours? I may have used some abusive, belittling, and profane language in prior emails
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Post by Bwoods11 on Oct 8, 2024 14:18:37 GMT -6
Bumping this thread because it came up in searches for me. There are a fair bit of deer on my land but ZERO bucks this year. The prior 3 years (how long I’ve owned it) it was a boys party every night in the food plots from august til the rut. I don’t know of any odd neighbor situations that would cause it. A guy on another forum posted a pic of a stud he killed at night with thermal/suppressor/subsonic ammo and it made a lightbulb go off. Just feels like it could be depredation or worse, poaching. I’ll reach out to my area manager to inquire. I’m curious [mention]smsmith [/mention] why landwehr told you not to contact yours? Killed at night ? Huh … meaning with a special tag ?
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windgypsy
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Posts: 129
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Location: Kanabec, Wright, and Itasca Counties, MN
Zone: 4A / 3B
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Post by windgypsy on Oct 9, 2024 6:55:35 GMT -6
Bumping this thread because it came up in searches for me. There are a fair bit of deer on my land but ZERO bucks this year. The prior 3 years (how long I’ve owned it) it was a boys party every night in the food plots from august til the rut. I don’t know of any odd neighbor situations that would cause it. A guy on another forum posted a pic of a stud he killed at night with thermal/suppressor/subsonic ammo and it made a lightbulb go off. Just feels like it could be depredation or worse, poaching. I’ll reach out to my area manager to inquire. I’m curious [mention]smsmith [/mention] why landwehr told you not to contact yours? Killed at night ? Huh … meaning with a special tag ? Yes, with a depredation tag. Farmers with depredation permits can shoot them whenever they please and this dude was apparently targeting mature bucks at night with a thermal scope.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Oct 9, 2024 10:25:40 GMT -6
That’s unbelievable! Stupid !!
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Post by benmnwi on Oct 9, 2024 12:27:36 GMT -6
Killed at night ? Huh … meaning with a special tag ? Yes, with a depredation tag. Farmers with depredation permits can shoot them whenever they please and this dude was apparently targeting mature bucks at night with a thermal scope. Did they say what state that was in? That's crazy if they allow thermal scopes for night hunting deer.
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windgypsy
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Posts: 129
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Location: Kanabec, Wright, and Itasca Counties, MN
Zone: 4A / 3B
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Post by windgypsy on Oct 10, 2024 23:28:40 GMT -6
Yes, with a depredation tag. Farmers with depredation permits can shoot them whenever they please and this dude was apparently targeting mature bucks at night with a thermal scope. Did they say what state that was in? That's crazy if they allow thermal scopes for night hunting deer. Virginia I think. rokslide.com/forums/threads/which-way-to-go-with-a-re-barrel.372901/#post-3789478It’s not hunting (wink wink).. it’s “depredation culling”. I’m pretty sure landowners with depredation permits in MN can do just that.
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