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Has anyone setup a rifle for night hunting? KY just changed the regs and we can now hunt coyotes at night with rifles. I am looking at the following scope: ATN x-sight 4k pro 5-20x The price is reasonable and I am planning on putting it on a Savage .243 that I already have. Shots will be in...

One of my target deer was killed by a neighbor this year. I started paying attention to him in 2018. I probably had pictures of him in 2017, but it is always difficult for me to identify them after the fact and I don't do a good job of keeping photos of younger deer. He has a very distinctive...

Before I make a huge mistake, I wanted to see if others have any experience with this. The Emerald Ash Borer has killed almost every ash tree around one of my favorite stand locations (including the tree my stand is currently in). The ones that aren't completely dead are top killed and...

I have a great spot that is back in the timber that currently has a 10yo ladder stand set. I would like to build something that would provide some more comfort/cover, but don't want to be enclosed in a box blind. I'd still like to be able to shoot 360 degrees (I've killed deer in all...

How many of you have successfully targeted a specific buck and figured out his core area and killed him? I have been very fortunate to kill one of my 'hitlist' bucks each of the last three years. However, I can't claim to have patterned them and killed them on THEIR pattern in THEIR core area...

I'm sure this topic has been covered, but a quick search didn't turn up much. I am clearing some new ground to create a new food plot and would like to get something growing in the bare dirt this spring before I come back in with the LC Rye/Perennial clover mix this fall. Should I plant...

I’ve been thinking about selling a few bow only hunts a year on the farm for the past couple years. I’ve been really thinking about it hard the last month or so. My thought was 6 hunts, two hunters opening week (opens first weekend of September), two hunters the week before gun season opens...

I have a ladder stand that is in a great spot, but when the leaves come off I stick out like a sore thumb. What do you all use to brush in your deer stands? When deer bust me here it is usually a doe that snuck in from behind and caught me moving. Getting this stand set perfectly and brushed...

I got it done on the farm in KY yesterday. I’ve been hunting as hard as a full time worker can for the last three weekends. A couple all day sits and a few morning/afternoons. I hunted the same stand each sit and saw lots of deer each time. It all came together at noon yesterday. My best buck...

I’m thinking about getting a 2 row planter to plant corn and soybeans. I found a standard John Deere 3pt 2 row planter for around $500. Assuming it’s in decent condition, is this a good option? Would I be better off looking for a no till planter? My thought is I’ll regret not getting a no till...

I’d like to hear how you all place your cameras and what strategies you use to get pictures of the deer that use your property. I have good luck with cameras over corn and minerals in the early season. I get consistent pictures until acorn drop then nothing. Pictures at these sites pick up...

I am going to be spending the majority of my habitat management time this winter in an area that was logged about four years ago. It is very thick with 5 - 10 foot poplar, briers, locusts, etc. There are some nice points that offer good bedding opportunities as well as many benches (old...

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As some of you know, I was lucky enough to be drawn for a bull elk archery tag in Kentucky this year. I found out in April and scrambled to learn as much as I could about elk hunting and the next steps to select my area to hunt in KY. I decided not to hire a guide fairly early on. I wasn’t...

I got lucky this year and drew a KY bull archery elk tag. Season opens 9/15. I’m planning to use my whitetail setup. GT Velocities around 430ish grains (need to weigh them) tipped with Rage hypodermics. Thoughts on this? Also looking for any advice on elk hunting during the rut. I’m...

I had a dozer operator come in and clear roughly 2.5 - 3 acres of plots. I’m planning to plant the LC rye mix in them this fall. I’d like to get something productive growing this spring/summer prior to plowing it under for the fall planting. I’m also going to take some soil samples. The...

I saw this today when I was out doing some post season scouting. My buddy was telling me about trees like this, but I never really looked for them. Not sure it’s old enough to have been done by a Native American, but it definitely has the look of a marker tree. There is also a huge white...

Does anybody have luck with mock scrapes? If so, what do you do? I’d like to do something to have a better chance at getting pics of cruising bucks during the rut. I heard a podcast that featured a guy from the Midwest (can’t remember his name) and he talked about hanging a rope parallel to...

KY is a one buck state and I killed during our modern gun season. My buddy had been hunting hard but hadn’t seen a buck he wanted to take. We decided to hunt my in laws farm that hadn’t seen any pressure all year. I also decided to video for the first time. Bringing the camera and getting it in...