Fieldmouse

I replant my landscape every fricking year. I just showed my wife tonight that her tree rose may be no more. The deer have eaten evey leaf off that sucker except of course the high ones on the shoots I need to trim back. My fruit trees got nailed this fall. Please some meat hunter come and kill my deer.

Bird Hunt Dog

My point of this post was to point out the fact, that the guys that are putting the time, money and work into improving habitat for deer and other animals aren't going to shoot the first deer that walks by. By the sound of this forum some call that a "Trophy Hunter". And there where some comments that "trophy hunters" are hurting our sport. So how can the people that are improving wildlife habitat be hurting our sport. How many ''Meat Hunters'' are spending there time and money to improve habitat just to shoot the first deer that they see?

Bird Hunt Dog

Where are all you anti "trophy hunters"?

buck-i

just because i dont shoot the first deer i see dont make me a trophy hunter far from that,i do hunt for meat, i spend money and improve my hunting grounds which is public hunting.
i'm not anti trophy just pro meat.sometimes ,i do shoot younger bucks but every year i will shoot more does than bucks which improves my hunting ground.alot of does around here.
why do you have to call out the meat hunters they spend money,and i just dont believe the size of the headgear tells the health of the herd.

adams

Excellent point!

kevin1

I just moved into our new home which includes 10 acres of woods bordered by 80 more , so I haven't had time to look it over much with an eye toward "improvements" .

I'm strictly a meat hunter , I hunt for meat and enjoyment , I have no interest in trophies . If I make any "improvements" it will probably be along the lines of thinning out the "trash" trees and replacing them with native mast producing varities , and perhaps increasing the natural browse . The only place where I'm considering planting something like clover will be in a large depression out front where Mama said her new feeder is going . She wants to be able to sit out on the patio with the grandkids and watch the deer and turkeys , the clover will be for them and the bunnies . Both the proximity to the house and our no baiting law ensures that they can eat there in peace .

So far I've considered chestnuts , persimmons , and other native trees . There are already a couple of persimmons there , and a lot of white oaks and hickory . I may also add beech for the squirrels . Food plots are legal here , but I prefer to just increase the natural mast .