Bakers were death traps!!!

Thats one thing i like the most about today, the climbers, I remember my first climber 13 yrs ago (at the ripe ol age of 12)man I hated having to bear hug the tree to go up, and then if you stepped on the wrong part it might kick out!

One thing i miss is the fingers/hedge rows in fields, the farmers around our family farm realized they'd get more crops in if they cut all the thickets out and planted them... [:@] It was not uncommon for me to see 60 deer in an afternoon sit, granted this was slightly over populated but it was amazing none the less... That has dropped down to averaging 3-6 deer per sit, mostly because we had an EHD epidemic that killed off close to 80% of our herd in 07 but also because they lost good cover, the populationis already starting to recover now, so I expect in a year or two to be back up to 10-15 deer per sit.We are in the process of planting thickets as well so that should help emensely.

Other areas are the opposite, neighborhoods popped up and the deer population exploded, more food and less hunting!