My herd of grand daughters from 7 to 15 yrs old and a boyfriend was in this weekend and killed all but one of these in 45 min Sat eve

You'd probably be a good'un. Folks back in my hometown still can't believe DNR hired me. I was a tad poacher-ish back before my GW days.

…. You know that makes you a hypocrite right Uncle Swamp lol

Nah, they make the best green jeans.

Not full on poacher, but poacher adjacent.

Back on subject with some deer greens

Nice.

Y’all got some decent plots and land.

Keep up the good work.

I want to hear the story of killing that buck.

… well that was Johnny Crabclaw Jr…. He was conceived in a thicket on the noreast corner of my lush brassicas and genetically modified super radish plot in the fall of ‘19

… from the ultrasound pics I got … had feeling he was going to be the one

… his first few years I watched him grow up …. Excelling in reindeer games to point I thought I could lose him to Santa’s sleigh … yet he stayed around

…. In 2024 his b52’s and f16’s popped !

… so on the opener … I waited till my cell cam told me where he was …. Slipped in with a creedmore topped with my trusty Leupold… waited till his eyes were concealed by the foot tall brassicas so he wouldn’t charge me looking for shelled corn

…. Took my shot and it founds its mark

… raised my finger towards the sky and gave thanks for my harvest

… what a hunt …. That’s what it’s all about!

Lol

This was a good and interesting thread. To bad it got hijacked!

…. Prayers sent

… and on a half (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) serous note … ol uncle swamp knew this was going to happen the minute he posted it lol

… and I trap for people that do all the feeding and farming and naming … grateful for the access and beer money they give me

… it is a little sad that it’s become a big money activity to deer hunt now … my main trapping property is 6500 dollars a gun … and they don’t shoot much … just watch them hoping one gets big enough… sad to me

My youngest got connections and has a big property here to hunt but most of his friends are shut out of places due to big money from Houston leasing up and deer farming all the land trying to be like the Drury brothers

…. I had a hundred acres lease for my family for years till it was sold to one individual out of Houston that turned it all into feeders and foodplot waiting to grow a boon and Crockett

… I kill them in the government woods … its work but we don’t go hungry

… what say you about that Mr Bear tracker ?

This dummy speaks a lot of truth. Antler hunters and expensive leases are ruining hunting for the “common” hunter.

It’s the new commercialization of wildlife.

Folks like to shame a person for not letting a deer grow to a “trophy” level. Whatever that is. They have forgotten what it’s really about.

Now, if you want to name a deer and hunt that one deer, good for you. But don’t shame the guy who wants to shoot a spike because he bought the tag for it and he wants to shoot it.


Y’all deer farmers keep up the good work, glad you have a hobby and are doing what you want.

Please don’t judge the normal folks who don’t care about carry handles on a deer.

Some guys like playing farmer and some guys like hunting. Give me a mature buck bedded with a hot doe a mile and a half back in a pasture draw filled with plum thicks and all day to stalk him over a tractor seat any day.

Sounds like a dream hunt!

Are there cameras on those Deer feeders ...so you can just " Time them up ".

Also just wondering also ..if you get a phone alert..?

To a point I think so. here in Nova scotia asides from the odd field we're mostly all 2nd cut timber. 50 yards is open, 100-200 is a dream, usually. unless it's a cut over corn field but vast majority of deer, or any game, are 50 or less. my first deer this year was probably 25. so we all grew up stand hunting thats 90% + of hunters here, but I can't stand sitting on my butt doing nothing.

Sitting in a stand over bait doesn't feel like hunting at ALL to me, i understand there's work and money put in, but I wouldn't call it hunting.

I'm not bashing it, I do it from time to time. it's really, really difficult to successfully hunt any other way down here in thick woods and brush where there isn't a foot or two between trees.

It's like shooting fish in a barrel, no skill, talent, nothing really. pick a travel route set some bait sit for awhile and boom. may as well be putting down a hog in your yard. Again, not bashing sorry if it seems like it but it's just not hunting. stalking animals and still hunting is hunting.

I do like seeing the wildlife though! I'd probably sit in a stand over a food plot and enjoy watching the herd. sure beats television!

….. the ones I’ve talked to while trapping for them will have multiple stands with cell cameras…. If they’re sitting in one and the “target buck” gets sent to their phone at one of the other stands …. They’ll get out … jump on the side x side and ride over to it

… I bite my tongue when they brag about such things as they pay me to trap