Recent content by BenAllgood

I put a camera in a new location yesterday, and got a pic of a what might be a 10 pt that I've not seen before. Even on small acreage with a few cameras, bucks can avoid them. This one covers a wide area, so I had to crop it in a good bit.

It's not so much about the water harming the meat for me, as it is dealing with all the wet meat when processing. Like I said, for decades, I put the meat in an ice chest and kept it covered with ice with the drain plug open to let the water out. Then, I got a chance to hunt a couple places...

I prefer to keep the meat dry by putting it in bags and have ice around the meat but not in contact. I'll freeze water in bottles or plastic tubs sometimes. Or, I've put ice inside dry bags and position them to where they don't leak as they melt. I did the ice on top of the meat leaving the...

I like big 8s

I'm doing the lanes this year. You have a good bit of forbs out in there it looks like. Have you ever overseeded anything like clover into the mowed lanes?

That you Jay T?

More like 18 months.

How do you not let any deer cut your track in their sanctuary?

I'll bite on this thread. I've hunted and know guys that hunted commonly in the 40'-50' range. This was in pine country in LA/MS. We could start climbers out at the bottom basically at a 45 degree angle. With the Ol' Man or some other climbers, we could readjust them as we went up. There was...

What area of MO are you in? Shortleaf pine could be good. Eastern Red Cedar should be free and come in on their own in a lot of MO. In a pasture like that, you can create great bedding just by letting it go for the most part. Kill plants and trees popping up that you don't want and let the other...

I've had luck with it in Louisiana and Kentucky.

This acidic soil type is in my crop field and old pasture, or do you mean that it was forested historically? That buck in the background needs some tine length. And, that spot there is a mixture of all kinds of bad stuff. It was an old store site or something. I've killed tree of heaven and...

This one hasn't had an antler on that side for the last 2 years. This year, he's growing out something, but not sure if he'll always be behind on that one. I agree it's probably from being damaged. At his age, and with his history, we may decide to take him. I don't believe it's genetic on this...

Sweet tooth is making me want to pass up a 5 year old buck now that he's starting to grow out that other side. Not sure what he'll do when he gets to be 6 or older. Not sure my kids or myself will want to pass him this year though. It really is a cool rack.

Rice bran, if you can get it, works good for camera surveys.