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Awesome videos! I've heard of other guys successfully wizzing in their scrapes to!

Nice shot...gotta love the 2 blade Rage!

Great job....congrats!

Way to go Bubba......fresh venison!

Nice job! Looks like a big bodied deer too!

I agree QDM can go wrong if you take too many does. It definitely sounds like that farmer did. I can say based on my own experience, that QDM does in fact work. I've been practicing all elements of it on my small property (115 acres) for the last 7 years. I've planted nwsg's, had duck ponds dug, tsi work, food plots, planted trees, don't shoot any bucks smaller than 6 pts, and shooting as many does as we legally can. Over the last 4 seasons we've been seeing more and bigger bucks, good rut activity, and overall enjoying a better hunting experience.

I'm heading out to sleep in my shooting house after the baseball game tonight. I sat up there this evening but only saw a spike and some turkeys. I left my muzzleloader and gear up there, and have the sleeping bag all ready to go.

Same here......unfortunately.

Too funny! That's like the guy who went to a gunshop in Alaska to buy a handgun for bear hunting. The guy sold him one, then told him he should file the front sight down. He asked the shop owner "is that so I can draw it out of the holster faster?" The guy said "no, it's so it doesn't hurt as much when the bear shoves it up your ass." I've got a Glock 23 (.40) that I've never had any issues with. Great gun!

Did I say it was only me?? I said earlier that you have stereotyped ALL qdm'ers.

Domestic animals are fenced in, while unless you have a game farm, wildlife is not. I plant food plots for three reasons.....help deer herd health, attract wildlife, hunt over. I spend a lot more time doing other habitat work than I do on food plots, all of which helps me reach my three goals.

"QDM thinkers call everyone else selfish, when the truth is that they are the most selfish lot of all." Being a QDM'er, you are accusing me.

When did I say I think QDM should be practiced by everyone in the State? I don't recall ever telling anyone how to do things on their land. If someone wants to legally shoot a deer on their land, it's none of my business. You really need to quit stereotyping everyone who practices QDM.

VERY nice! Great looking property too!

Everyone of course can do what they want where they hunt, but when I have guys hunting here on my property, the rule is NO alcohol until after night watch. If they don't like it, go hunt somewhere else.

You're certainly out of line with this bs statement. I've been practicing QDM for years and shockingly, I've never called anyone selfish. Me? I'm not selfish at all. I enjoy working on my property and improving the habitat. How does that make me selfish? Kind of a broad statement, don't you think?

Great looking plot there! They're not hitting mine yet, but are hammering the clover/chicory plots.

Those would be a great addition to the man cave.

Nice setup. Beautiful place you have there!

Not at all....that picture doesn't show the larger trees that will be harvested!

Excellent....great job! As requested above, please let us know how he does.

The forester is costing me $750.00, but I'm going to make a minimum of $400.00 an acre.

My 25 acre woodlot is WAY too park like, and I'm taking steps to change that. I've been working a small section every year by cutting my firewood and doing some hinge cutting. This is only helping small areas, so I've hired a forester to help me mark trees to have a logging company come in and doing a selective cutting. I sat down with him and explained my goals of increasing sunlight to the floor, and releasing crop trees. The main trees to be cut are ironwood, ash, basswood, and a few poplars. This will leave red and white oaks, hard maple, hickory, beech, and some birch. I'm debating on whether or not I should have them take the tops...... Here's an area that was marked a few days ago. I don't want them to bring in their equipment until the ground is frozen, but I'll post after pics when the job is complete.

Thanks for the congrats everyone. He only weighed in at 135 after dressing him out. Looks to be 2.5 years old.

Since I didn't fill my bow tag last year, I was able to start hunting on the 27th and had the good fortune to make the most of it tonight. I hustled home from work and was in my stand at 4:20. It was very windy, and threatening rain. I was sitting over a small clover/chickory plot up in the corner of my woodlot. I saw my first deer at 5:00, a spike. He browsed awhile, then got downwind of me and took off. Around 6:00, I had 3 does come through about 5 minutes apart. At 6:30, a 4 pointer made an appearance. Believing they are still in their bachelor groups, I was hopeful he wasn't alone. He browsed his way through and wasn't gone for a minute or so when what I thought was an 8 pointer showed up. He hardly even slowed down as he walked through the plot, so I grunted at him and he stopped right where I was hoping he would, at 25 yards. I got my pin on him and let it fly. I heard the arrow hit, and he bolted off into the woods. I wasn't positive, but thought I heard him crash. No more than 10 seconds after the shot, the sky opened up! I decided to climb down and check for sign, before it was gone. I found a good blood trail and followed it for about 10 yards and found my arrow. It was broken off, with the broadhead (Rage, 2 blade) missing. Blood covered 2/3 of the arrow. With it raining so hard, the blood trail disappeared before my eyes. I decided to back out and wait until morning. About 3 hours later, I couldn't stand it and went out to look for him. It took about 10 minutes before I found him 60 yards away. I'm glad I didn't wait, as there are quite a few coyotes around here.