Two oaks up there dropping acornsIf it found anything to munch and nibble on at your stand, it'll be back. You can count on it.
They seem to make deer scarce when they move in. They gotta go.Then they'll be back. No doubt.
And maybe even run off the deers for a while if they're territorial enough over the vittles.
Yes I imagine a steel trap is pretty indiscriminant.
You might be really put out if you happen to catch a skunk by accident.
In a very rare switch, I have more bucks than doe this year.
There is a 10 pt, a 6 pt, and a gnarly 5 or 6 pt. hanging out regularly.
I don't know why, but we don't have as many nuts falling this year as usual. And we've had a lot of rain this year too, so I don't know why the nut production is so little.
I'm going to be giving them corn as a supplement for them for the next couple of months to try to help them through the winter. I may not even deer hunt this fall unless something changes. But I only have 6 or 7 deer coming to the salt lick, so I don't want to put any more pressure on them than they are dealing with already.
This is one of those times when I stop hunting and start conserving.
Ever heard of kudzu ?? How about the millions of Walbachia infected genetically altered mosquitos being release by the Gov to maybe help curb mosquitos population ???? Maybe it works maybe it wont harm animals eating said infected skeeters ??? Time will tell. LolWhen I was growing up there in the 70's, there were no deer there. I've worked too hard to blow it now.
I have seen the elk disappear due to the state tranquilizing and moving them to the next county near where they plan on opening up that animal preserve and "school" (I use the term loosely, it's mostly a bunch of animal rights activist people).
I've seen the state introduce coyotes in our mountains and watched the grouse and turkey population steadily decrease. Grouse is virtually extinct in my area now. Turkeys have been declining far too quickly too also because of the predators.
I'm a far better steward of the land than the state wildlife and game commission are.
At least I don't do stupid stuff. They seem to excel at it.
If there is some sort of federal program handing out grant money, they'd introduce alligators to family swimming pools if they think they could make a dollar from it. Then protect the alligators from the homeowners.
They suck.