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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Thanks for the advice. We are done for the season now. My buddy got his first deer last night. We harvested a total of 6. 3 Mature bucks and three does. The last hunter was my girlfriend and she is no longer in the picture. Something about spending to much time in the woods. Hoping next year...
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Update, The other hunter who had previously filled his archery buck tag finished off the deer my friend wounded. My friend had hit it in the leg and barley scraped the top of its head. Glad that he was able to harvest it. puts us up to 3 mature bucks and two does for the year.
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    I sat a total of 6 days this year. Saw mature bucks 5/6 days. Have around 15 different mature bucks on cam using the property at this point. Thinking a bunch of animals have been coming over from surrounding properties. The buck pictured below was shot by a neighbor about 1/2 mile down the creek.
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    It's going well. I got my doe with the bow. I harvested my mature buck around 7:10AM on opening day of gun. He didn't run 50yds thanks to Hornady 178grain ELDX. We would be 6/8 right now if my friend wasn't an idiot. The last hunter has only been out for around 6 hours, saw 5 deer and passed...
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Thank you for the advice. Very grateful to my grandfather. I agree that I probably need to trap. My goal is to kill off 50% of the coyote population before spring and I don't think that can be accomplished through calling them in.
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    I would say the twin rate is 25%-50%. It is certainty not unusual to see a doe with two fawns but it doesn't happen every time. I also don't know what percentage were slaughtered by Coyotes within a few hours of being brought into the world. I see allot of Coyote scat and it always has fur in...
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Thank you for the advice. I am going to make sure everyone knows to stay in there stands and not move around. The property will see no action on weekdays. Hopefully that helps it cool down. Ultimately we are talking about 6 days of hunting pressure and I would assume most days not everyone will...
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Update, the crossbow hunter is skipping opening day to go on a wine tour. ****ing girlfriends. I guess one of the other guys is going to hunt with his brother on a different property for family time. This leaves me and the newbie shotgun hunter on opening day.
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Thanks for the advice. 2/8 are already down with a bow. One of the other hunters is using a crossbow so there will only be 3 guns. of those three guns, myself and another gentlemen will only shoot at mature bucks. The crossbow hunter and the third gun hunters are both first timers. Told them to...
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Thank you for the advice! the timber is a mix of mature oak & maple with some birch thrown in. I have noticed lots of oak's dropping acorns this year. The issue I am having is from what I can tell the food is largely the bedding area. The deer spend most of there time in the standing corn. The...
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    Safe harvest rate on family farm

    Greetings all, I hope your seasons are going well. I am a new hunter and have a question regarding the sustainability of harvesting deer off of my families farm. My family has 300 acres of land in upstate NY that is leased to a farmer. It is approximately 125 acres corn, 125 acres soy beans...
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    NL moose hunting experience

    Who are you going with? Good luck post pics!
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    NL moose hunting experience

    I returned from the rock this past Saturday from a moose and baited bear hunt. My hunt was with A1 Hunts in the Twin Lakes region during week 5. I managed to harvest a 6 point bull and black bear. My guide was great. He kept me engaged after tagging out by showing me his home town and ruffled...
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    Newfoundland Moose - Drive In Outfitter Recommendations

    I returned from the rock this past Saturday. My hunt was with A1 Hunts in the Twin Lakes region. I managed to harvest a 6 point bull and black bear. My guide was great. He kept me engaged after tagging out by showing me his home town and ruffled grouse hunting. The camp went 6/7 on bulls. 5/6...
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