DaveS

Hats off to you! The way it should be. Most every church will know who is "in need". Always a good place to start.

That is classic. I have a picture posted here of a spike buck and coon having a "stare down". Good stuff!

You are right. You'd be surprised what a little help can get you! People at work (I'm retired but people I used to work with) at the Fire Department always ask Rick if they can hunt his farm. Rick tells them to call Dave (me). They say, he'll say no, but why is he saying who can and cannot hunt on your property? He simply says, "I trust Dave and his Son, and he runs the place. Talk to him". And of course....I say no. Personal reasons of course. I cannot stand arogant and cocky YA'HOOS! Nuff' said!

In relation to my above post, I will just say, don't never be afraid to help or offer help to the man that lets you hunt. Alot of times I do things (fix fence, buy gate hinges and fix gates ect., ect.) to help him out. It's a big deal to him, and he makes a big deal out of it. To me...it's nothing! He doesn't see it all that way. So I have to protect what I have going. I'll keep a good hunter around to help with the coyote, deer and turkey population. Riff Raff has to go! For the most part, I don't invite folks much anymore, unless I feel I really know them, and that's a shame!

It's all good. If the landowner is happy, I'm happy. I took it upon myself to plow, till and plant a big garden for his family this year. He thanks me every day that I'm there. His family is full of graditude. It's no big deal to them if I hunt or not. To me, it is a biggy to have such a property to hunt on. The garden is a big deal to them, nothing to me...see how it goes? I get everything I sak for. He says "Dave, you manage this property, you don't have to ask me anything. You call the shots!". Mine and Whiskey's Game Warden friend is moving to Florida, Jason wanted to bring his little boy "Cody" (5) on his first squirrel hunt. I says, OK, we can do that. So out of respect for the landowner, I called him and told him that I would have the GW and his son with me on opening day of squirrel season. So Rick (landowner) says, "why are you telling me?" that's your call Dave! But we had a great time while at Rick's. Rick loaded Jason up with bags of tomatoes, cuccumbers and Okra from the garden. It was awesome! Rick even laughed when little cody stripped down on the front porch to get all the seed ticks off! Priceless indeed! You can't ask for anything better! If I see things on the farm that need done, me and my son deal with it! The landowner appreciates it! Just the way it is!

Same here Shaun (sp)....my land owner is only 50, and I'm 56. He puts the world in my hands. Sometimes I don't like it. Oh well...his family trust me, and I will not do anything to ruin the good thing I have going. The owner (Rick) and I talk all the time. We both have agreed that "Does and Coyotes" have to go this year. That's what we have to concentrate on. Just the way it is. But I have to choose carefully.... The land owner raises Blue Berries, and him and his wife always complain about does, fawns and "scrub" bucks eating the berries. They say "I want them gone"! So, there you have it. QDM is out the door! If they don't have spots, they all taste the same to me! It's a bad situation to be in the position that I'm in!

For some reason my friend, When I cook venison, I cannot tell the differance between buck or doe. Am I cooking it wrong? Any that I cook can be cut with a fork, is not tough and is as tender as can be. What is the difference? And you're right....don't leave a deer in the woods! Too many hungry people around!

Yes, my friend, I am using flash.....by bad....

Check my pictures taken at night. Same camera as his...mine always come out in color. Nice pictures indeed, but what is the differance with the same brand camera?

I'll keep that in mind my friend...

TLRMADE....why aren't your "night" pictures in color? Mine always show up in color? Your settings maybe?

I know, and it's not fair. Same thing happens to me. This property I manage for the landowner, took me about four months of talking to get. Until 2 years ago, he hasn't allowed ANYONE to hunt it since 1999. He give me a chance (after endless begging) and I took it. There are guys at the Fire Dept. (the land owner is our Mechanic) who constantly ask him if they can hunt his farm. His answer? Ask Dave, him and his son manage the farm, and I trust his decision. My son and myself were invited in for dinner with his family last year after a cold wet day of deer hunting. He and his wife said.."Dave, Rob, (my son), we can't think of anyone better, that we could have let hunt our farm than you two. Then the man handed me keys to all the gates, his tractor, a Ford F250 (in case we needed it) and his 4 car shop with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mechanic tools and equipment. Folks, that's a trust beyond compare! And I'm not willing to give that all up for some YA'HOO that can't follow rules or that doesn't have good moral charactor. There are people on here (TGO) that I will invite out for a hunt, whatever it may be. Right now, it's me, my son, and grandbabies that hunt. Call me a hardass if you want.....I've too much at stake not to be!

Sometimes, you find out things the hardway. When I see things that I don't care a hoot about, I part ways with it. If I don't like something, don't care for something.....I part ways with it. I have a deer, turkey and coyote problem on the property that I manage. I've given permission three different times to allow 4 people to hunt the property. Hunter Number 1: "Told me he shot at a buck and missed". Ok, that's cool, it happens. Later that day, I find a doe about 30 yards from his stand with her backstraps missing. He admitted the next day, that he shot the doe, but didn't want to tell me, because he didn't know what I would think about him killing a doe. Hunter number 1 G-O-N-E!!! Hunter Number 2: Hunter number two (my hunter friend) entered into an agreement to help me make repairs and help me out if I would let him hunt. OK, deal. He came out, put up his stand hunted two days, when I asked him if he wouldn't mind giving me a hand fixing barbed wire fences and putting signs up. His answer? Well, I really really wanted to watch that Florida state game, so, I can't help you that day. I said, how about the next day? He said he didn't know what his wife had planned. Hunter number 2 G-O-N-E!! Hunters Number 3-4: This two man team wanted to Coyote hunt. OK cool, I do have a Coyote problem, this works for me. I told them my rules of hunting. Just like I do everyone. "You shoot it, you take it with you!" So, I'm on the tractor 2 days later, and I find 3 coyotes layed out like trophies on the edge of one of my fields....Bloting in the heat....G-O-N-E!! I guess I expect too much from people..... So now ask me where "I come from?" Dave

I say this about trophy hunters and meat hunters. I as a "Meat Hunter", Hereby do promise, that I will drag my "Meat Deer" out of the woods with his antlers attached. You Trophy hunters must promise to drag your "Antlers" out of the woods with your "Deer Attached"...how's that for a truce? Since I don't care to find dead animal parts or carcusses laying around, I rarely let anyone hunt my property.

I'm with ya on that brother! Mind sharing chili recipes?

Wait until deer season starts. You may have a better chance of getting some. I'm sure someone on here wouldn't mind helping you out.

Food scent attractants used in the "food Blocks". I guess a squirt bottle of acorn is still ok. It was all about food (loose) and blocks which contain food.

I got my first cup of coffee down. Now just waiting on my friend and his little son to get here then it's off to the woods! After I hunt I'll be working on stands and food plots. Then later today I'll be scouting dove fields for TGO member "Whiskey". In other words...it's a man day!

Going to Northern Alabama to pig hunt. Flintlock rifle of course!

YW

Saturday, August 27th is the opening day of Tennessee's squirrel season. It is also "Free Hunting Day". That means any resident of the state, my go out and squirrel hunt free of charge. Hunter Safety regulations still apply. Take someone out and introduce them to squirrel hunting! Be safe and stay Hydrated!

I just got off the phone with TWRA's Wildlife Division and asked them what is considered "bait". Salt blocks, mineral blocks and loose salt and minerals are perfectly legal to hunt over. However, if your block contains any type of food scent or food product, that is a big no-no! Any block that contains corn, persimmon, grape, acorn, molasses or ANY food substance is considered baiting unless removed 10 days before you hunt. Any food or grain located in feeders or spread on the ground for the purpose of attracking wildlife is illegal. I.E.: throwing corn on the ground in the woods and hunting is baiting. Hunting over a cornfield where grain has been dropped due to harvesting, is a natural agricultural practice and does not constitute baiting. If you throw apples on the ground under an oak tree....that's baiting. Hunting near a persimmon tree with persimmons on the ground is legal. And on and on and on....then I got the usual (concerning salt and mineral blocks and powder) Officer's interpretation. Placing a doe decoy in front of your stand and drowning it with "doe pee", is legal....but think how cruel that would be to that poor'ol buck coming in for some action, and all he gets is a "dirt nap"! I was told to think "food". If your blocks contain any FOOD products or FOOD scent (like apple blocks, persimmon blocks, acorn blocks, ect., ect..) They are illegal to use unles removed 10 days prior. Any Food item thrown on the ground is illegal unless removed. My favorite, deercane, contains molasses as an attractant. So I won't put any down 10 days prior!

Maybe "landowners" will have to file a special exemption and name 10 people who can carry a bucket of water to give the deer a drink, who knows...... No strawberry cool aid though, that's baiting!

We caught raccoons stealing from my son's feeders. Caught them little banditos red handed!

Some of these smaller hunting lands don't have 250 yards in either direction, now what? We had a friend arrested two years ago for hunting in a baited area. He was part of a group lease on some hunting land. He went into an area before daylight and got up into his climbing stand to hunt. He missed a shot at a doe, and decided to come back that afternoon. While hunting that afternoon he was arrested for hunting a baited area. He had no clue it was baited. He didn't do it, didn't know it was there. Apparently TWRA had been watching the area. He just happened to be the one there. Lost his hunting rights for a year and got fined. Some laws are just BS! I think it all comes down to the wildlife officers mood for the day or how he sees things!