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Post by hunter7x on Nov 8, 2012 20:38:15 GMT -5
his indiana hunts as others have said consist of hunting on the collins property, scent shield/scent blocker bla bla bla owners land. I cant figure out why he constantly toots indiana its not like the Collins/scent shield scent blocker thing goes hand in hand. I would be less surprised if he called it the scent shield farms or something to give them some advertising. lol pimp is blocked? sorry
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Post by daneowner on Nov 8, 2012 21:00:28 GMT -5
Just curious, How many acres are there in the Collins Brothers property?
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 8, 2012 21:58:08 GMT -5
More the property than the state, not sure what he thinking saying that
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Post by parkerbow on Nov 8, 2012 22:24:52 GMT -5
I am sure the Collins place is a great place to hunt, but it is misleading to say Indiana is the next place everyone should flock to cause it is not like that everywhere. I already see trucks in my hunting area from Kentucky and North Caraliona already so I know all this publicity is bringing people in from out of State. Indiana needs to raise their Non-resident fees and make a little more money.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2012 6:35:31 GMT -5
Indiana already charges more in NR fees than do a lot of states, example Ky. Not to mention that if someone decides to take a trip to hunt, the very last consideration on the list is the cost of the tag and licenses needed to hunt. If you want higher fees, then expect higher fees for those states that Hoosiers travel to.
I'm sure that every hunter on this board could have killed those deer if given the same oppurtunity to hunt that property? Think about it, they are all nice mature bucks, all of them have ears, eyes and a brain and a nose. All of them were killed after dawn and before dusk so that the camera had enough light. All of them had two guys in the tree that can cause double issues to get past.
If you think all you have to do is lease a chunk, manage it for a couple of years and you'll be shooting bucks at half a dozen a day, then your fooling yourself. Good luck!
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Post by cambygsp on Nov 9, 2012 9:36:42 GMT -5
I read somewhere on Waddell's site that the Indiana farms are around 400 acre each, I guess there are 2 farms he hunts up there.
Regardless......these are non fenced parcels and the deer are free to come and go as they please. If those farms can be managed to produce 4 big matiure bucks in one day, anyplace in Indiana can produce the same.
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Post by eddiea787 on Nov 9, 2012 12:22:32 GMT -5
theres big deer everywhere ive hunted jefferson county for 25 years ive seen several deer i know reach 200'' on 160 acre piece of property, ive killed one 180'' and alot around 150 to 60 just cant get em to move in daylight, there out there just gotta keep after them
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Post by huntingtonhunter on Nov 9, 2012 15:29:05 GMT -5
Its always fun to see how half the hunting community thinks the deer hunting here stinks, and the other half think we have top shelf potential.
I feel that if as many hunters here practiced QDM as do in Iowa,Illinois etc we would see similar results. It would be somewhat dependent on which area of the state you live in, just based on terrain. You wont see quite the same results in some areas due to the small spread out blocks of timber. Give any serious QDM person a few hundred continuous acres of decent hardwoods/tillable and they can for sure grow extremely high quality whitetails.
I also understand the people who do not feel this is a good thing, and see that side of the coin too. Whats great is both sets of people currently have the availability to do their own thing.
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 10, 2012 6:13:37 GMT -5
Agree with statement 100%. Although I don't believe OBR is solely responsible for the increase in big buck's , but it has certainly helped. I have hunted this state for 35 year's and think the time to bag a mega buck is right now. Headed to my tree in 15 min's.
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Post by ridgerunner on Nov 10, 2012 9:39:02 GMT -5
Yeah; insanely quiet. Timex is saying this years rut is a trickle rut - looks that way to me. I have seen very spotty chasing so far. You mean he's not hunting the kind of places average Joe hunter does?! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) This is the best rut I've seen in years... It depends where u are located.. EHD has hit some hard and others are fine... I'd call what I've seen this yr borderline insane... Bucks everywhere...from where I sit
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Post by huntingtonhunter on Nov 10, 2012 11:16:19 GMT -5
I agree ^. Within a weeks span I saw more bucks chasing and tending does than I ever have. Driving to and from the woods I saw no less than 3 bucks with lone does bedded in fields, and saw two different bucks isolated with does while hunting. This was all within the last week and on property where I dont usually see much action.
I think every year the rut is relative to a few mile area, and reliant upon the amount of does in that area. Just my take.
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