Ol Copper
Twelve Pointer
Hopefully I can train these deer to visit the area during the day rather than the night.
They will if you give them a sanctuary on the property vs food plots, on an area that small.
Hopefully I can train these deer to visit the area during the day rather than the night.
The state needs to reduce the number of allowed bucks to 1 and anterless to 3 in the North Western, Western and Central Zones. Also, a bounty on Coyotes and Red Wolves to reduce their counts will help tremendously.Over 61,000 bucks are reported killed so far across the state.
That contributes to reduced sightings.
quadruple that and that might cover car, unreported, wounded and die numbers.
they just aint around like they were.
well good luck with any of that happening.The state needs to reduce the number of allowed bucks to 1 and anterless to 3 in the North Western, Western and Central Zones. Also, a bounty on Coyotes and Red Wolves to reduce their counts will help tremendously.
I'd be selling that property to someone who would build a nice trailer parkEvery year my deer disappear with the opening of gun season my moron Neighbors start walking the property line shooting at anything that moves in and out of the woods constantly. I've only got 30 Acres all good habitat I've done lots of hinge cutting have a food plot but they can only stand so much pressure
well good luck with any of that happening.
i dont even want to explore why you think that is needed and I suggest you just harbor those thoughts and avoid discussing them here. It wont be pretty.
WV has a 3 buck limit but no more than two during rifle season.Well, I bring it up because I have lived in this state nearly 7 years now and have hunted multiple portions of it. I think I have a good idea of what the population looks like. The game lands seem to be the worst for deer populations. Very similar to what West Virginia used to be.
At one point the state had as many as 8 buck per square mile in some place and others had barely 1.5. Some genius in the state capital thought it was wise to up the statewide bag limit to 11 of which 3 were bucks. Obviously not considering the consequences for the locations with lower populations or areas with high concentrations of hunters. This devastated the public (WMA) Wildlife Management Ares and after a couple of years you were lucky to see a couple of deer a day or even a week in WMAs. After a a few years those buck limits were lifted on most WMAs. They have excellent hunting now.
Private land however had the opposite effect. Since most private land did not have as high a concentrations of hunters and given that landowners were not very forthcoming in allowing hunters to come on their land; the deer population kept growing. For example, On one occasion in one 8 hour hunt (all in daylight) I counted 194 deer crossing a single 350 acre farm. They looked like Elk migrating. An yes, before you ask, they were all different deer herds. To this day teh farmer takes about 20+ on crop damage permits but only allows limited hunting from non family members.
When the state did the obvious thing and implemented variable and tighter seaon bag limits, especially for WMAs; populations improved in the WMAs. They kept the 2 bucks per year statewide limit but restricted the WMAs to one buck per year per hunter and on average 2 does per year per hunter on WMAs; give or take depending on the WMAs location. To this day the overall bag limit varies from year to year depending on the previous harvest of course. If a hunter wished to bag more deer he then had to do so on private land.
I guess the point after all of that is that NC could and probably should do something similar for its game lands. It would help improve the populations and allow us, the paying hunter, more opportunities to harvest a quality whitetail. Leave teh private land alone.
Just some thoughts.
Define Redneck culture! Perhaps you are referring to a working class white person from a rural area? Or do you mean Farmers? Please expound.WV has a 3 buck limit but no more than two during rifle season.
WV has been doing an awesome job with land acquisition in the past 10 years and I guess that’s the most important. There hasn’t been much actual management of the most of these areas though, funds are an issue as well as enforcement, the atv/ redneck culture unfortunately makes many of the state owned WMAs a joke it’s just a”mudding” grounds and beer bottle shooting fiasco
Well ya just have to work with what youhave been blessed with. At least my aging father will have a place he can hunt safely.I agree with Turkeyfoot. 11 acres is not enough land to hold them. Keep the corn out and you may get some on the move to hang for a bit or more likely stop in for a bite.
Not just my eleven whole acres but I hit South Mountain, Pisgah, Alcoa and Uwharrie game lands as well. I tend to actually get off my rear end and actually get in the woods an hunt for my deer. But thats Just me. As far as bag limits changes, it would be worth it to have more deer, healthier deer and larger racks to harvest. Because when they are over hunted and you can’t find them you will be singing a different tune. I’ve been there and it’s no fun.So the guy hunting 11 whole acres would like to limit other hunters because he’s not seeing any deer. Makes perfect sense to me
I wasn’t for the two antlered deer limit in the eastern part of the state and definitely wouldn’t want a one antlered deer limit.
Best of luck to y'all. Enjoy your time together. Spending time with your father is indeed the true blessing. A deer would just be a cherry on top.Well ya just have to work with what youhave been blessed with. At least my aging father will have a place he can hunt safely.
Thanks so much. I have been hunting with him since I was 5 (52 now) and he is my best friend. The man is a deer whisperer For sure and I still feel like a Padawan Learner when I am with him. Still a lot to learn from him for life in general.Best of luck to y'all. Enjoy your time together. Spending time with your father is indeed the true blessing. A deer would just be a cherry on top.
I guess if it gets to the point they are hard for me to find I would really be deer hunting then.Not just my eleven whole acres but I hit South Mountain, Pisgah, Alcoa and Uwharrie game lands as well. I tend to actually get off my rear end and actually get in the woods an hunt for my deer. But thats Just me. As far as bag limits changes, it would be worth it to have more deer, healthier deer and larger racks to harvest. Because when they are over hunted and you can’t find them you will be singing a different tune. I’ve been there and it’s no fun.
Not just my eleven whole acres but I hit South Mountain, Pisgah, Alcoa and Uwharrie game lands as well. I tend to actually get off my rear end and actually get in the woods an hunt for my deer. But thats Just me. As far as bag limits changes, it would be worth it to have more deer, healthier deer and larger racks to harvest. Because when they are over hunted and you can’t find them you will be singing a different tune. I’ve been there and it’s no fun.
Define Redneck culture! Perhaps you are referring to a working class white person from a rural area? Or do you mean Farmers? Please expound.
naw no nerve hit. I'm a proud redneck. I just don't think he knows what the definition is. There's a big difference between redneck and white trash.Hit a nerve, huh? I believe he explained what he meant if you read the second half of his sentence. You ought to know what culture he's talking about and it's not farmers and "working class white people".
There's a big difference between redneck and white trash
You buy your wife some earrings for Christmas that also can be used for fishing lures.I heard you would be a redneck if: