I got out and mowed my big woods plot at one property. Ended up spreading some oats into it before I mowed. The deer are destroying the clover, so I need something to help it out, might be a lost cause this year.
Thought I would share an image of my Kentucky hunting area. Property lines are approximate but pretty close and the best I could do with Google Earth.
This property until the last couple of years was used as kind of a community hunting area but my brother and I have really tried to limit access by placing gates, signs and enlisting the help of DNR to discourage tresspassers. We left notes on all the treestands we found giving them a chance to remove and have tried to move toward just bowhunting and managing the deer herd by only shooting mature bucks. More work to do to try to create better hunting.
yeah, KY being one of them. You'd think a KyBowhunter would be paying attention. I went back over his history he's usually only active on his Team pages, but he has historically been pretty active during the season. Was last year, anyway. Seems like a decent dude hunting decent area; although sounds like eastern KY is getting hammered by EHD this year. Maybe he gave it up to let the herd rebound.
Ok so I went and asked for a replacement. At this point if he shows up, it to late. One week til bow opener for me and hoping to be tagged out for the contest by next Saturday! Also I may have just picked up a new farm tonight! It is walking distance from my house. I plan to sit a observation stand this week to see how the deer are using the farm. This could be a game changer for my season. I already know what bucks are there, and there is a couple big boys over there!
Hey guys, Doug from Wisconsin here and damn happy about it. I will tell ya all about me later but the Packers are playing right now. I never see a game once hunting starts so I have to take it all in now.
OK I'm back. I'll read through the thread and see what I missed so far. I have some decent buck on camera but the bruisers at still in hiding. I'll upload some pictures soon. The Packers won in case you where wondering!
