Robert Busch
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Thank you j-bird
Any time. Not sure how many folks from north of the border we have here, but if you are a deer habitat nut like the rest of us you will fit in just fine.Thank you j-bird
Welcome to the forum. You have great priorities, church, family, hanging on to a good job. And getting away sometimes to your own special piece of real estate.I lurk a lot and post a little - sometimes feel like a "hit and run" poster, so maybe it is appropriate to at least introduce myself. I was a member of the 'old' forums for 4-5 years, but only rarely posted there.
My name is Neil, I am 42 years old, married for the last half of those to an awesome girl I met in college, with two daughters and a son (13-18 y.o.). We live in central PA, where I grew up on a dairy farm. I grew up hunting groundhogs, all kinds of small game, and whitetails, and fishing the trout stream that meandered through our pastures. My mother died suddenly when I was 22, and my dad sold the family farm a couple of years after that. I hunted PA public land exclusively for years, plus public land in several other states - WV, MD, MO, VA. KY ... and a couple of western hunts. Archery hunted until about five years ago when back/neck issues forced me to begin using a crossbow.
We bought 88 acres in northeast KY in 2012 - quite a journey that led us there. Even though it is 7 hours' drive from our front door and we don't get there nearly often enough, owning and working on that land has been a dream and a blessing. A good friend from our area in PA purchased 120+ acres near ours in Kentucky at the same time we bought ours, and in 2013, we partnered with him to purchase 70 acres that lies between our two properties. He added about 30 acres in 2015, so between the two of us we have a little over 300 contiguous acres. Of that acreage, about 45 acres are in soybeans, and we each have some small plots.
I love hunting with my kids, running trail cameras, planting trees, hunting most anything, fishing, and traveling. I am a civil engineer by education (haven't sat for the licensing exam and don't plan to), have been the construction manager for a small commercial/industrial construction company for 21 years, have done taxidermy on the side for years, and am heavily involved in my church. That last phrase really should be first, as all I have is His, and I am so humbled by His grace to me!
Really enjoy the information exchange here, and especially like following along on the property tours you folks share. Since I live so far from our land, I am reluctant to start a tour of my own, but maybe I'll take the plunge one day.
Welcome, your in good company. I'm up in Rapides Parish . You?I am Dustin I'm 30 years old,I reside in the great state of Louisiana.I love hunting whitetails and it's about all I think about consistently throughout the year.I currently hunt exclusively in Mississippi and North Missouri.Heard about this place the other day on Missouri Whitetails so figured I would check it out
Are you the same Dry Creek from TBH? Welcome . Good to have more retired folk on here.
Welcome Chad, you're gonna like it here !
Welcome Chad. Sounds like you have some turf to roam and take care of. Enjoy and we are glad to add your experiences here.
Arrowheads, planting, growing, watching the deer herd... This is the difference between a true outdoorsman and a one dimensional deer hunter.My name is Chad Myers. I'm 36 and live in South Georgia. I have a 2 year degree in wildlife which taught me a lot about managing for many different wildlife species. I have a lease in Brooks County that's around 700 acres and a few other leases near my 700 acre lease. My family also has 2 farms in Cook County and 1 in Berrien county. I'm a firm believer in trying to let my bucks reach at least 4.5 to 5.5 before harvesting, but it's not easy getting the neighbors to buy in. I've always been fascinated by Whitetails and love learning everything I can about them. I'm also very big into hunting arrowheads or any other kind of Indian artifacts. I also enjoy shed hunting and watching my bucks grow from year to year. I also have a passion for growing and planting trees and plants.
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