What Makes for a Great Bowhuntng state for mature bucks
07-03-2008, 08:35 PM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,193
RE: What Makes for a Great Bowhuntng state for mature bucks
I'm in the same boat as GERM. I agree on items 1-3 buddy. We have 550 acres of pure farmland in the thumb area of Michiganand its a struggle.
I can count 40 deer in a bean field while I'm scouting. 25 of them will be bucks...and 2 of them will be 110 - 125 class....A 120 is a monster for us on this property. Usually a 120 will surface during the rut...lots of shooting all around the parameter of our land too.....guys from the city shooting away...we have managed to convince some of them to relax on the 4's and 6's basket racks....
However...where I live in Livingston county? In southern Michigan. There is a 1500 acre piece of government land the holds GIANTS...160 - 180's....they're safe and sound in there...and its all river bottoms and catail swamps...And right in the middle of Redford/ Detroit area....Monsters....running through the city...in Oakland & Wayne counties...its unreal. Amazing how the white-tail can adapt...
I wish more Michigan hunters would pass on the littlebucks...I think Michigan developed the term "its brown its down"
I can count 40 deer in a bean field while I'm scouting. 25 of them will be bucks...and 2 of them will be 110 - 125 class....A 120 is a monster for us on this property. Usually a 120 will surface during the rut...lots of shooting all around the parameter of our land too.....guys from the city shooting away...we have managed to convince some of them to relax on the 4's and 6's basket racks....
However...where I live in Livingston county? In southern Michigan. There is a 1500 acre piece of government land the holds GIANTS...160 - 180's....they're safe and sound in there...and its all river bottoms and catail swamps...And right in the middle of Redford/ Detroit area....Monsters....running through the city...in Oakland & Wayne counties...its unreal. Amazing how the white-tail can adapt...
I wish more Michigan hunters would pass on the littlebucks...I think Michigan developed the term "its brown its down"
07-03-2008, 09:08 PM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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RE: What Makes for a Great Bowhuntng state for mature bucks
Wis has:
1. 9 day gun season starting the sat. b/4 thanksgiving
2. 1 buck bow 1 buck rifle. no restrictions
3. IMO high hunter numbers.
4. in most areas lots of feed.
5. baiting. supposed to be limited to 2 gallons/ day lol.
There are a lot of diff. rules in some areas esp. southern Wis with the cwd zone (cronic wasting disease). And earn a buck in some areas.
What would be good for BOW trophy hunting:
1. No gun hunting
2. antler restrictions. If nothing else have a rotating restriction. like every other year or designated trophy areas only.
3. low hunter #'s
4. no baiting
5. a buck to doe ratio thats in balance. (wow, what a rut that would be!)
1. 9 day gun season starting the sat. b/4 thanksgiving
2. 1 buck bow 1 buck rifle. no restrictions
3. IMO high hunter numbers.
4. in most areas lots of feed.
5. baiting. supposed to be limited to 2 gallons/ day lol.
There are a lot of diff. rules in some areas esp. southern Wis with the cwd zone (cronic wasting disease). And earn a buck in some areas.
What would be good for BOW trophy hunting:
1. No gun hunting
2. antler restrictions. If nothing else have a rotating restriction. like every other year or designated trophy areas only.
3. low hunter #'s
4. no baiting
5. a buck to doe ratio thats in balance. (wow, what a rut that would be!)
07-04-2008, 06:30 AM
#33
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 7,876
RE: What Makes for a Great Bowhuntng state for mature bucks
"In the early 1900s, there were about 500,000 white-tailed deer in the United States. Today, the number has exploded to 25 million to 30 million deer nationwide -- a figure that's close to the amount of deer that were present in 1607 when settlers landed at Jamestown"
I think there's plenty to go around. LOL
All I keep hereing is the number of hunters is dwindling.
I'm thinking the state with the best chance is the great State of Mind. lol
I think there's plenty to go around. LOL
All I keep hereing is the number of hunters is dwindling.
I'm thinking the state with the best chance is the great State of Mind. lol
07-04-2008, 11:11 AM
#34
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Kansas
Posts: 6,598
RE: What Makes for a Great Bowhuntng state for mature bucks
ORIGINAL: nodog
"In the early 1900s, there were about 500,000 white-tailed deer in the United States. Today, the number has exploded to 25 million to 30 million deer nationwide -- a figure that's close to the amount of deer that were present in 1607 when settlers landed at Jamestown"
I think there's plenty to go around. LOL
All I keep hereing is the number of hunters is dwindling.
I'm thinking the state with the best chance is the great State of Mind. lol
Funny and clever Nodog.
"In the early 1900s, there were about 500,000 white-tailed deer in the United States. Today, the number has exploded to 25 million to 30 million deer nationwide -- a figure that's close to the amount of deer that were present in 1607 when settlers landed at Jamestown"
I think there's plenty to go around. LOL
All I keep hereing is the number of hunters is dwindling.
I'm thinking the state with the best chance is the great State of Mind. lol
Funny and clever Nodog.
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