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The trees are moving in the woods...
retroxler58
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I put out a deer food block about two months ago.
It took the deer about a month to find it get started on it.
Once they found it, I put out a mineral block and some cracked corn as well.
Along with another food block.
Within a week and a half, the second food block was gone...
Sooooo I put out another. It lasted just under a week.
The corn not so long.
Last Sunday, I put out another food block and corn... MUCH more corn.
This afternoon when I got in I looked and couldn't see the food block.
So I grab the corn bucket and head off to put out some more corn.
You've not heard the amount of snorts and sweezes and grunts I did when I approached the corner where the food block "WAS"...
There was at least 6 deer that ran off into the center of the woods.
The food block was now less than the size of a football and about the same shape.
They must have been playing deer kick the food 'ball'... Since I found it about 30 feet away from where it was.
I brought it back up to the corner where I can watch.
Need to start buying the food blocks in the half dozens... [B)]
Just took a gander out the back window and all I see are tree trunks movin'round. [:D]
It took the deer about a month to find it get started on it.
Once they found it, I put out a mineral block and some cracked corn as well.
Along with another food block.
Within a week and a half, the second food block was gone...
Sooooo I put out another. It lasted just under a week.
The corn not so long.
Last Sunday, I put out another food block and corn... MUCH more corn.
This afternoon when I got in I looked and couldn't see the food block.
So I grab the corn bucket and head off to put out some more corn.
You've not heard the amount of snorts and sweezes and grunts I did when I approached the corner where the food block "WAS"...
There was at least 6 deer that ran off into the center of the woods.
The food block was now less than the size of a football and about the same shape.
They must have been playing deer kick the food 'ball'... Since I found it about 30 feet away from where it was.
I brought it back up to the corner where I can watch.
Need to start buying the food blocks in the half dozens... [B)]
Just took a gander out the back window and all I see are tree trunks movin'round. [:D]
Comments
We do have bobcats... You can hear 'em crying out in the woods.
Them and 'yotes are the problems 'round here.
It is getting pretty close to corn pile season . Have to mow the field next to my home soon.
I've been layin' in corn piles for two months...
Payback is comin'... [:D]
I figure they get to eat... Then I get to eat.
Besides huntin' OVER a corn pile in either South or North Carolina is perfectly legal
since the deer herd is bustin' at the seams and causing millions of dollars annually in property damage.
Baiting deer is illegal in some states near/during hunting season.
http://lucky-buck.com/state-regulation-list-baiting-feeding
37 South Carolina [:D][:D]
"Baiting or hunting deer over bait is not prohibited on private lands statewide." (pg 56)
"On all WMA lands, baiting or hunting over a baited area is prohibited. As used in this section, "bait" or "baiting" means the placing, depositing, exposing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat, or other grain or other food stuffs to constitute an attraction, lure, or enticement to, on, or over any area. "Baited area" means an area where bait is directly or indirectly placed, deposited, exposed, distributed, or scattered and the area remains a baited area for ten (10) days following the complete removal of all bait. Salt/minerals are not considered bait." (pg 68)
Who's baiting... I'm feedin'... !!!
I figure they get to eat... Then I get to eat.
Besides huntin' OVER a corn pile in either South or North Carolina is perfectly legal
since the deer herd is bustin' at the seams and causing millions of dollars annually in property damage.
Its not illegal to feed deer, but it is illegal to shoot a deer eating your corn...
Depends on where you are. Now that we have a CWD problem in north MO, it IS illegal to feed deer in some counties-and that includes salt based products.
Well if I see one of them there kitty's... I'll let'em have a deer or three. [:I]
We do have bobcats... You can hear 'em crying out in the woods.
Them and 'yotes are the problems 'round here.
Robert, that's what I thought about South central Virginia. One day at least ten years ago, maybe more, I was leaving my happy hunting ground in Lunenburg County and noticed a yellow cat about the size of a full grown yellow lab sitting on top of a bank watching me leave. At first I thought it was a yellow lab,
but then saw it was a cat. I said to myself "damn, that's a big cat".
I don't know why, but my first thought was to call the game warden and tell them about it. Then I realized if I did that I would have a swarm of game wardens which would end hunting for the foreseeable future. I kept my mouth shut.
If you'll remember, it wasn't very long ago that coyotes were so rare in these parts you never saw one and very seldom even heard about one. Now they have descended on us like the plague. Bears have moved from occasional sightings to pest status.
Don't get too attached to those deer. It makes it hard to shoot them. [:D]
geesh guys is it even deer season ?
First of Sept.. here in my county.[:D][:D]
geesh guys is it even deer season ?
Not quite yet... SC runs a tad bit earlier than NC.
In general, NC Archery season opens Saturday following Labor day, Sep 12, 2015.
Then the black powder and rifle seasons open at varied times, earlier to the east.
Here where I live, black powder opens on Saturday, Oct 31, 2015
and Rifle opens on Saturday, Nov 14, 2015.
All deer seasons close Jan 1, 2016.
There is a special "Urban" hunt season open to Archery on Jan 9, 20016 to Feb 13, 2016.
But, you have to hunt within the incorporated town limits that offer it.
Season reg's also differ slightly on public lands... Whether you can use dogs or not, lights or not, etc...