Originally Posted by
sproulman
after listening to QDMA discussing all DEAD deer they are finding from eating corn,7 dead in 100 yds,i believe very little today.
i was at meeting last night and spoke.
they stated the meeting was for info.yes it was INFO but not balanced and no info from negative things.
this was on gas drilling in pa.
douge, i have been too enough meeting and field trips over 46 yrs .dad had me on his lap at age 10 at many meetings.
i know when things are TRUTH and not right.
hard part is finding out what MOTIVE today is of the TEAM PLAYERS who do not tell TRUTH.
i know POSITIONS,TEAM PLAYER,SELF INTEREST drives most of this.
as before, if anyone wants to see for themselves TRUTH of what is with deer i will be more than happy to take anyone out in woods for FIELD trip and then to a few friends for lunch for their storys here in clinton county,pa..
we hunt grouse almost every day from around oct to end in feb,weather permitting and coyotes/fox all winter.
right now we are getting ready to hunt archery ,BUCKS ONLY .
i think that a bible should be used at every meeting held and speakers take oath.
but way things are today, FIBBING or distorting the TRUTH for personel gain, i dont think bible would help.
So in other words,these dead deer that are required to get checked in are just being made up?No one is saying there's a high deer density on that property.Twenty deer per square mile,give or take a few is not a high deer density for seeing loads of deer but it's about all the habitat can take in most areas in 2G.Thing is,hunters were used to hunting at such ridiculous deer densities that they were spoiled.
I just bought a house and 12 acres less than a mile away from the one spot he was talking about.It's all pasture except for one small strip of woods about 75 yards wide that seperates my horse pasture from some overgrown fields.Visability is good in all directions and I've been building a barn and putting up fence every night for the past two months.I seeing some does,fawns and occassional small buck running around but nothing to write home about.Back in August I PUT A TRAIL CAMERA IN THAT SMALL STRIP OF WOODS AND i'VE GOTTEN PICTURES OF AT LEAST 12 DIFFERENT BUCKS,4 OF WHICH HAVE AT LEAST 19-20 INCH SPREADS.Funny thing is,every picture is at night and I NEVER SEE ANY OF THOSE DEER.I pulled the card this morning and had 56 pictures since last sunday with not bait out.Personal observations mean very little.especially in areas with little pressure.