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  1. shaman

    Quick solution needed

    Perfect! Just what I needed. Many thanks.
  2. shaman

    Quick solution needed

    We have 200 acres of fallow farm in SW Bracken County, KY. My sons decided to clear a disused pasture for a campsite. It had a lot of poison ivy in it, so they sprayed gly back in the spring. The results were good-- too good. Nothing has grown back. Is there something we could throw...
  3. shaman

    Jeff Sturgis

    It's funny you say that. We've got a stand of hickory trees next to our family campground. I've never seen evidence of the deer eating our hickory nuts either. I never said anything, because deer and hickory nuts -- who would believe me?
  4. shaman

    Jeff Sturgis

    You guys are making me feel better. About 10 years into owning the place, I had a fellow that lived about 10 miles away confide in me that our ridge system was known for having gobs of deer, but few shooters. That was about right, too. Oh, there'd be the occasional monster. However, we had...
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    Jeff Sturgis

    Look, I don't want to sound like I'm bashing Jeff Sturgis and WHS. It's probably just me. I made a point this winter to hit his Youtube channel on a regular basis and make a studied effort to really try to grok what this guy has to say. My head was swimming when I started, and it still is...
  6. shaman

    How do you know when a deer is coming?

    How do I know? Lessee. I'm going to limit this to my experiences in the stand. When I'm in a ground blind overlooking one of my pastures, it's there really is no good cue. I've had deer show up within a couple of minutes of sitting down. Up in a stand, there are usually some warnings. My...
  7. shaman

    Mystery Forbs

    I agree it may be location. One is the merest hint of a gully, the other is undoubtedly the steepest grassy hillside on the property. I guess I have two questions at this point: 1) What are possible candidates for the mystery forb-- what grows in a pasture such that it maintains a...
  8. shaman

    Mystery Forbs

    That's a good idea. Thanks.
  9. shaman

    Mystery Forbs

    This one is going to be a limited information problem. It's just a matter of I just don't know. What I do know I'm going to try and share. Maybe y'all can fill in the missing pieces, maybe not. Background: Here's my farm: http://deerhunterforum.com/index.php?threads/der-bauernhof.3819/...
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    The Weather Widget

    KYHillChick presented me with a weather station for my birthday. Details are here: The Weather Widget I've been wanting one of these since forever, but the prices for personal weather stations was crazy. She got this one for $120 off Amazon. It is the least expensive out there that would...
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    Doe in heat urine in bulk

    Good link. You want a tried and true tip? Try whizzing off your stand. No kidding! Back when I was on D&DH, I decided to test a whole bunch of accepted principles. One was this thing about carrying out your own urine. What got me thinking about it was one day I was out with #3 son. He...
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    Doe in heat urine in bulk

    I started hunting during Reagan's first term. I have to admit, I bought Tink's 69 before my first season. Over time, I came to question doe estrus products and scent products as a whole. When you think about it, how many deer would you have to have in order to harvest that much urine over...
  13. shaman

    Treestand rant

    The big problem I've seen with chain is its tendancy to grow into the tree. It does a lot of damage to the bark when you first cinch it down, but once it is solidly in place, the bark grows back. For a permanent blind, that's probably a good thing, but if there is any chance you'll want the...
  14. shaman

    Another Fawn Recruitment Thread

    I had one of the doe bring her new fawn up into the yard yesterday, and the security camera caught it. If you're interested, I have a link to a video here: Momma, I want to Swing! My guess is she's learned it is safe to stay close to the house. She normally beds just across the road in...
  15. shaman

    Hunter Responsibility For Deer Density?

    To really experience high deer densities, y'all really ought to come to suburban Cincinnati. Hamilton County supposedly has some of the highest densities in the world-- 1100+ per sq mi. It's an almost daily occurance to see deer on the way to work. I saw one this morning, munching on...
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    Hunter Responsibility For Deer Density?

    Deer density too high? To high for whom? Me? I couldn't be happier with the deer density around my place. I love the fact that we can each fill a couple tags and have plenty of venison every year. On the other hand, the state thinks we have too many and wants us to cull as many as...
  17. shaman

    Hunter Responsibility For Deer Density?

    I've got 200 acres in the Trans-Bluegrass of Kentucky-- Zone 1 in SW Bracken County. Our area is crawling with deer. For us, it's been being in the right place at the right time. All the farmers around here took the big Tobacco pay-out and either split, or converted to beef cattle. There is a...
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    Fawn Survival Evidence

    I seem to remember from way, way back that there was a were enough fawns dropped to nearly double the herd, but that mortality before and during hunting season created an overall recruitment of about +10%. About 50-60 % of overall mortality was due to hunting and about 30-40% was due to fawn...
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    Fawn Survival Evidence

    Random thoughts: 1) I was in the barber shop a while back. Some lady was in with her kid. We were talking coyote hunting. She blurts out that she's feeding hers out on the back porch. Yikes. 2) In 17 seasons the ace #1 deer management tool I've found is limiting access to the property. If...
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    Fawn Survival Evidence

    I quite agree. It's gotten so I have stopped worrying. For a while there, we were pushing hard to take coyotes, but in reality, we hardly made a dent in them. Between them and the feral dogs, it seemed like we were screwed. In reality the deer just kept filling in from outside the property...
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