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That is about as big, high scoring 8pt. you can find

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Notice the one with something in its mouth (running right to left) IMG_1167.mov

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Hunting deer at any time other than early morning or late in the day is only worth doing if you don't value your time and/or have gobs of it. My greatest mistake was dropping time early afternoon or late morning hunting. Just burning up hours when the deer were all rested. Waste of time, waste of effort, won't do it again. This year I plan on bailing two hours after sunrise unless I have some sixth sense that deer are out or they keep trotting by. Won't waste time again like I did last year. I would caution you on this (as I am sure many other will)... This is heavily dependent on which part of the season you are hunting and the intensity of the rut... Don't short change yourself by not hunting mid day, but instead, pick days that coincide with the peak of the rut/chasing.. you will sometimes be amazed at how much mid day activity there is.

I find this conversation interesting... I have always taken the time to till my brassica/turnip plots to prepare for planting and often wondered what would happen if I just killed everything off, seeded, fertilized and rolled... I always get a kick out of the fact that I always manage to drop some seed in my stone driveway when I am measuring and handling the seed. it always manages to grow in the stones and actually grows fairly well. So that has always made me wonder if I am over preparing if the stuff will grow in a stone driveway... granted it might be different for other types of plots, but brassica and turnips seem to be pretty tolerant.

anyone else with experience with the Browning Cams

when do you plan to start hunting out of it? If it is for gun season, mid September is probably OK.. If for bow, I would put it out now

I have read a lot of positive feedback on the new Browning Cams on tis site.. I am looking to add a couple of them to my portfolio of cameras, but am confused on what models are best.. There are the Dark OPs, Strike Force, Special Ops, Range Ops, etc... Any help on what model to go with? Phade, I think this question is right up your alley.

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that is REALLY cool!!

I can not believe this set-up is still available at this price... I wish I had the extra cash...

I agree... 20gauge... cheap to shoot and shells are easy to find

My camp is in 8M.. tons of deer... If there is ever an area that should be high/high, I think it would be 8M... I live in 8A (Western Monroe County) which is high/high and my observation is that there are more deer in 8M vs. 8A, but I must have it wrong.... LOL

you won't be disappointed

Stihl.... I just bought my wife one to use in the horse barn and she loves it.. I am amazed at how powerful it is for the size and wait.. Also has the "easy start" which is great... Think we paid $279... We have gone thru many home depot/lowes units.. this one will last a long time!

3 or 4 years ago I had just got done planting a food plot in an area I cleared in section of pines and thickets. I tilled, seeded and rolled it.. A couple hours later I went to put a camera up where I had planted to see what was moving thru. It had not rained in days and the ground was bone dry... As I was walking thru the freshly planted plot I noticed a wet spot near where I wanted to put the cam (something had recently urinated there)... All of a sudden I got that feeling that I was being watch... I looked over my left shoulder and there was a coyote standing just off the plot looking at me.... The hair stood up on my arms.. We starred at each other for what seemed like 30 seconds and then he slowly disappeared into the thicket. I know carry almost every time I check cams.... Just makes me feel more comfortable..

Bought one a couple of years ago when the opened rifle hunting in my area.. Love the caliber.. flat and fast.. have shot out to 200 yards and it does the number.. never had one go more than 20 yards.. I shoot hornaday American whitetail in 117 grain... perform very well and have not had a reason to change. Also, love the option to go to a 80- grain round that scream at around 4000 feet per second.. make a great varmint round.

the other help I need is how much to plant per acre?

I know I have read a couple of posts about people having good success planting corn by broadcasting it... I can not find the post and was looking for some help on the approach that is used. Without getting into all of the details, I am not able to use my planter, so going to try the broadcast method to get it done tomorrow. Any help is appreciated. Ground is tilled, so I was thinking about broadcasting, rolling, fertilizing and then rolling again... just add water..

I buy purple top turnips and dwarf Essex rape from a local seed store and mix it with Biologic Brassica (50/50).. I have had really good luck with it. The turnip greens get eaten from the time they start growing.. They usually do not eat the bulbs until the greens are gone.. The past 4 or 5 years, I have focused on ensuring that they have plenty of forage coming out of the rut to help them prepare for winter... It seems to have made a huge difference in terms of body size and overall health.. Here is an example of a bucks I got picks of late last summer.. Not the biggest rack out there, but never got deer this heavy before I started with the approach mentioned above

Honestly, if you have any sort of significant deer population 50x50 is not going to make much of a difference (especially if you do not lime and fertilize to accelerate the growth).. It will take some time to understand the heard size that you have, but at my place 50x50 would never have a chance to grow.. I plant 3 to 4 acres of turnips, brassica and other winter forage and it is usually pretty picked over by December 1st and it is all gone by January 1st. That is with corn and soybeans on 3 sides of my property.

this will work well for you... Get HEAVEY DUTY foil... Mike BBQ sauce to water 50/50.... Wet ribs with water and lay on foil.. cover with BBQ Sauce/Water mixture... wrap tightly in foil.... Put grill on high and cook on upper rack for 30 minutes.. flip over for another 30 minutes and repeat again.. 1 hour total on each side.... Un wrap and put directly on grill (low setting) and add BBQ Sauce (not watered down)... cook for 20 more minutes... they will come out pretty good... Pretty easy... I prefer my smoker, as I am able to make Restaurant Quality ribs, but this is how I used to do it.

.22, 25-06, 300 win mag

Do you have any open fields on the property? On my land I have found the majority of sheds on field edges and in heavily traveled trails thru the fields. I am not sure if that is because they are just easier to spot in fields, but have spent most of my shed hunting time in thick/begging cover and the yield is much lower. I also plant a large amount of brassica, which tends to keep them fairly concentrated during the first half of the winter. that said, I am far from a shed hunting expert (average 3 or 4 per year).