Recent content by Rous14

What’s your thoughts on the high powered rifle line being removed J? Seems insane and honestly a bit scary to me to be out on opening day this fall with my daughters knowing that the hunters on the property next to us could have a 300 mag in their hands. Seems like wayyy too many...

I don’t have a proposal and I’ve said there are many great reasons to leave it as is. And allowing handicapped and older hunters to use crossbows certainly allows them to hunt/shoot more mature bucks that they might not otherwise be able to do, I’m all for that (and I despise xguns) so not sure...

What’s your thoughts on that NDA info Skip. Seems like a big, solid, dare I say reputable organization in general. Do you know much about them? Do you know Kip? Just wondering where/how theyre getting this info (hopefully not from out of their tail parts).

Any idea as to how they know the age of the deer harvested to come up w that 10%?

I hear ya. How do you know if anything is true/accurate anymore. Maybe I’ll reach out to Kip Adams and see if he can shed more light on how this info was collected. I see Illinois listed on there as well and while I have to report every deer I take there is nothing that would give them...

Wouldn’t have ever guessed that IA had the “worst” % of young bucks being taken and also wouldn’t have guessed states like Oklahoma or Arkansas would be so good at taking a high % of 3 yr olds or older. Pretty interesting data imo I’m curious to know how they’re tracking the age of animals that...

There was a thread under the NRLO poll question the other day where I talked about how I feel the quality in IA would instantly improve if NRLO’s were allowed to hunt annually especially if it there was a substantial minimum acre requirement. This morning I was reading through the NDA’s annual...

Yea 80 is probably too small. But then again, think of it the reverse way…..Give a bunch of the guys on here that are die hards each an 80ac parcel in a couple square mile area in Michigan and that couple square mile area will be wayyyy better then areas around it that are bigger chunks but are...

Yes. And I’d also vote to completely eliminate them if I could (but probably never gonna happen)

NR here. Have voiced my opinion on this topic a few times here. Few thoughts on comments above. Definitely would hurt/reduce access for residents, that seems like a fair point and I’ve always agreed with it. Would drive the price of land up, fair point and I’ve always agreed w that. However….im...

Gotcha. Didn’t know that. Can they be killed w any weapon/season as well?

How/where is there a 3 buck possibility in IL?

Where abouts in MI are you out of curiosity? Are you a farmer? I only ask bc I live near Grand Rapids and hunt here along with a family farm in southern mi almost to the Indiana border (very good hunting “for michigan”). I don’t feel there is some urgent need to kill a bunch of does but I’m sure...

Wow.

What do I have here. Wasn’t sure if the one w red berries is a different species than the one w the golden berries or not.