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My son is going to take a look at he circuit board in my current camera first. If he cannot fix it, I will buy a Reconyx and hope it lasts.

Took another big doe tonight. The big ones winded me, but a couple of the fawns came in close and gave the big ones a false sense of security. One of the big ones even blew early on, but they could not figure out what they smelled. Took over an hour for one to get close enough (25 yards). I have been storing my clothes with spruce needles which seems to alert them but they are just not sure what to do about it.

My son fixed my trail cam. He also just landed an IT job with a school system.

Great he could fix the cam and AWESOME he landed a job! Getting a job in their chosen profession can be challenging for our kids in today's job market. Nice to hear of a success story!

He seems to always land on his feet. Only just got back from Colorado.

A kid shot an old buck on my place. All teeth were gone except 4 lower front teeth. And, they were loose. But, it was large and had good body condition so it had to be eating something.

Great when a kid gets a deer. Even better when its an old one. Took my first triple this morning and am done till muzzleloader.

settled for this:



Lots of new hunter pressure from low acreage properties.

I've noticed that what you settle for is what I dream about.

I have been hunting for a while now and my only real hobby is wildlife-habitat restoration and deer hunting. What I lack in talent, I try to make up for with persistence.

RAH, I'm seeing the same thing here. I have some nice deer that are only 2.5-3.5 years old but they are shot on adjoining properties before they can really get large. Those are 5, maybe 10 acre parcels.

The deer have 8-10 points, but short tines or no mass. Only a few are nice, but they still could use 2 years of growth to get big.

I put out a camera yesterday, so I will see what survived the opener.

My answer is a drastic herd reduction via does. Fortunately, I have hunting friends that can take time off from their own properties to help me. I have great habitat and multiple totally undisturbed patches of cover so that subordinate bucks and many does have a place to stay. Under low deer numbers, more deer can stay mostly in my place. BTW - I bought a Reconyx and love it so far. Got a picture of an atypical with a drop that is 3.5 years old. I have his sheds from the last 2 years. He is lame on one front leg and has been for as long as I have been seeing him. Very odd and cool rack. Hopefully he survives till 2018 when he'll be real trophy.

I've seen some but mine were also young. Haven't seen a doe yet. That's odd.

One of my hunting friends says that I need a bumper sticker that says "Make the Herd Great Again"

I'm happy just to be able to hunt again and managed a doe for the freezer last weekend. We have an amazing amount of little bucks with a few bruisers as well. For once, I saw about an equal number of does and bucks. I'm back to hunting with a 20 ga after years of exclusively using a muzzleloader. I'm not convinced it was a good move. The Savage 220 is extremely accurate, but I have reserves about its knockdown potential.

A former student killed a 28 pointer. It had about 15 pts on its beams with the rest being 1 in stickers on the bases. It wasn't enormous but scored in the 190's. Pretty cool.

Pictures!!!

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Shot a pig yesterday. Found blood but not the pig. Walked into a bunch of them, after dark. It got a little loud.

Dave, I suspect your rut is on, when the doe's are hard to find or see.
Our rut usually starts the week before Thanksgiving and will continue through mid February. We start see fawns in or around July 1st and we even saw new maybe 10lb fawns just 2 weeks ago. I have hunted twice for a couple hrs each set and have not seen what I am looking for. But I really enjoy setting up 25 feet in the tree and watching what walks by.

Tracy, I saw a nice doe about dawn. I decided to pass. I figured it was Thanksgiving and I had way too much to do to mess with that big doe. Any I will be mule deer hunting in 2 weeks. We can't eat that much venison and I do expect to get a mulie buck in South Texas. Of course, I'll still be hunting my place. Heck, it's deer season and I'm going to hunt. I might not kill anything but I gotta hunt.

Sounds like a good upcoming Mulie hunt. I bet u have a good time on that trip. Dave, what rifle are you shooting on the Mulie hunt? And what city are you hunting near?

The deer Brook mentioned:





And one on my place that needs a year or 2:



I have his sheds from the last 2 years

RAH, do all his sheds look funky?

He has been lame on one leg ever since I have seen him (at least 3 years) and I believe that is why his antlers have always been a bit bizarre. I do think he has good genetics, but I am not sure how successful he might be with the bum leg. He does get around just fine on 3 legs. I hope he makes it through this year.

I must have missed something.... you got a Reconyx!