Hawthorne wrote:Good write up! You bigwoods guys have my respect.
Thanks for the comment- we have some excellent big woods hunters here on the Beast. I always look forward to their posts!
Hawthorne wrote:Good write up! You bigwoods guys have my respect.
ihookem wrote:I also hav eland in northern WIs . in Price co. Where I am it is very heavy wet soil. It grows very big bucks but it takes at least 5 yrs. There are some problems there that keep them form getting old enough. First and foremost I am sure poachers take about half the trophy bucks. This may seem judgmental or like I am jealous. I am not. It is all but a fact. I knew a kid that had 4 darn nice big bucks on the wall by the time he was 19. We met up at a neighbors house and he whispered to me " I had a nice 8 point come into the corn but I couldn't line the flashlight with the scope" as he was laughing like I should be impressed. The warden also caught a guy in his cabin 5 yrs back . Warden walked up to the cabin and saw a loaded crossbow looking over a corn pile , pumpkins and a corn feeder with over head lights on the cabin roof. I have heard many shots at night during gun season but like Singing Bridge it is down but by me it is way down. And baiting is the problem . As for bug bucks they are there. The heavy soil might be part of the equation . I see in Singing Bridges pics that it looks like sand country with all the pines . That won't grow many big bucks unless there is farms around. A 1.5 yr buck is almost always a spike. The deer by me are bigger than Singing 's deer picks. As for the does, they are just huge and most likely 5 yrs old or more. I was looking at one by the cabin and watched a doe and said if it was a 12 point 20" spread you'd never think it had a small body. Yes, I put corn out for the deer, no under no circumstances have I ever poached one , ever, honest. Id be ashamed . Very interesting thread. Singing Bridge, if you are looking for new hunting grounds you may want to look for heavier soil if possible.
Singing Bridge wrote:Thanks Jm and Jonny
Almost forgot this guy... I see a lot of bobcats in the remote, deep swamp areas I hunt. They do not like to be seen and neither do I... guess we have that in common. Most Hunters stay out of the areas I hunt.
A few years back I had a melanistic phase (black) bobcat running around my hunting area. I was priveledged to see him up close- I believe a hunter seeing a black bobcat is rather rare.
ihookem wrote:I also hav eland in northern WIs . in Price co. Where I am it is very heavy wet soil. It grows very big bucks but it takes at least 5 yrs. There are some problems there that keep them form getting old enough. First and foremost I am sure poachers take about half the trophy bucks. This may seem judgmental or like I am jealous. I am not. It is all but a fact. I knew a kid that had 4 darn nice big bucks on the wall by the time he was 19. We met up at a neighbors house and he whispered to me " I had a nice 8 point come into the corn but I couldn't line the flashlight with the scope" as he was laughing like I should be impressed. The warden also caught a guy in his cabin 5 yrs back . Warden walked up to the cabin and saw a loaded crossbow looking over a corn pile , pumpkins and a corn feeder with over head lights on the cabin roof. I have heard many shots at night during gun season but like Singing Bridge it is down but by me it is way down. And baiting is the problem . As for bug bucks they are there. The heavy soil might be part of the equation . I see in Singing Bridges pics that it looks like sand country with all the pines . That won't grow many big bucks unless there is farms around. A 1.5 yr buck is almost always a spike. The deer by me are bigger than Singing 's deer picks. As for the does, they are just huge and most likely 5 yrs old or more. I was looking at one by the cabin and watched a doe and said if it was a 12 point 20" spread you'd never think it had a small body. Yes, I put corn out for the deer, no under no circumstances have I ever poached one , ever, honest. Id be ashamed . Very interesting thread. Singing Bridge, if you are looking for new hunting grounds you may want to look for heavier soil if possible.
P&YBuck1 wrote:Wow, if that sign doesn't get a guy pumped up.
Not sure how much more hunting you will do with your muzzle season winding down, but hope you catch up the monster wrecking these trees!
Good luck and thanks for another great thread.
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