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I just got home from the event, Mike and the guys did a great job pulling this together. Kip did a fantastic job and I deff got some pointers.

Here is a pic from this fall. Its almost identical to the one I lost in the first pic the previous yr. Kinda wierd.

I always make sure broadheads are good to go. I have always been happy with muzzys. I think I clipped the top lung and lost to his shoulder blade?

Muzzy broadheads. My bow is set at 60.

Wife and I purchased a home almost 3yrs ago. Home sits on alittle over 3 acres. Back part of property is an overgrown field that backs up to some woods. Only real disadvantage it that my strip of land is only 172ft wide and can be a challenge. Any ways on Vets day 2011 I was sitting in my stand when just off to my left a nice buck was walking down my mowed path right towards my little food plot. I noticed as he walked in front of me he had 5 on this right side. I let him walk at that point because I was still slowly getting my bow off the hook. He mills around the plot, I get full draw on him at less than 15yrds, release arrow and I see it sticking out of his shoulder kinda high. Tracked him for close to 300 yrds with decent blood (never found arrow) then it stopped. Searched and searched with no luck. Then 9days later I found out via my t cam he was still alive. Finding this buck on my t cam 9 days later and seeing exactly were I shot was just crazy. I would have guesses he would have been 2 countys away after that. Has anyone else had this happen to them??

Darn family is sick, its now gonna be a game time decision if i can get to it.

Basically our problem is the pendulam is either WAY to the left or WAY to the right an never hangs in the middle.

I do get ur point. I have the same situation as you (home vs camp). I dont shoot yearlings, yet one time I did miss judge. It can be a challenge. At the end of the day nothing will change.

If infact u had to tag a button buck as a buck, The brown its down mentality would severly deminish in my eyes. Imagine if people actually had to think before they shot. But it would never fly.

What if we could eliminate the people shooting button bucks each season? Think about how many more 1.5yr olds we would produce each yr, then how many of those turn into 2.5yr olds? Add that into our current buck population and I think we have a better adult buck herd and more mature bucks!! Here are the DEC Stats, Antlerless Take (fawns and adult does) 5yr avg 113,668 Buck Fawns in Antlerless Take 5yr avg 17.8% Maybe if we start making people tag button bucks with their buck tags those numbers will decrease? Just a though.

Its right down the road from me!! I'll be there!!

Need a hunting buddy????????

Me too, any free shipping specials???? haha

Its fine if u have limited area. Doing nothing gets u nothing. I got a bag of seed from pheasants forevers site. It was a blend of sorghums, sunflowers and corn. After I spread the seed I added triple 15 fertilizer. Then just before or during rainfall I would spread 37-0-0 fertilizer. Its all nitrogen. That worked well. I hunt on my 3acres behind my house. I have 3 different plots. The one I mentioned, clover, chicory & alfalfa, last was brasssica's. All worked well except brassica's. They are all still there. Again anything u do helps.

I agree with growalot. I planted a small area last spring, and just used my roto tiller (dont have a disc) to break up the top soil then ran over it with my tractor to pack it down. you would never know the diffrence on how it was planted.

Maybe ill try and dig a couple up an see if that sparks there intrest?

This my second yr. Similar results last yr. The barassic is really green & tall. Im also in a pretty high deer density area to. I had 13 cruze thru my yard at dusk.

I'll take two

I have a small brassica plot next to a small clover, chicory & alfalfa plot. With all this snow by brassica plot is untouched still. Yet they are digging thru snow to get to the other. I dont get it, brassicas is the cats meow from what I hear and read. Anyone else experience this?

I think the diff between the two is the chinese is more resistent to desease.

After today news in Webster, all the more reason to give thanks to the ones we love!!

Yeah its pretty freakin amazing we have to deal with this crap. Not sure why people with issues tend to invole innocent people with there crap.

I just stumbled on this site a couple months ago and really enjoy it. Its time to throw down some good old whiskey egg nog, tell hunting stories and enjoy the family!! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas & New Years!! Happy shed huntin!

I have always had good luck with the dec seedling, also your county water & soil dept might have their own seedling sale. Around me monroe & ontario co both have sales.

Im interested in more info for sure, i am planning on attending 1/21.