Recent content by brock ratcliff

And yes, Nimrod means hunter. Wtf?

I thought I clarified that; it is not my intention to KILL deer, it is my intention to have hunted deer in all 88 counties. And I am having second thoughts about the attempt due to this very misconception.

We also had an outbreak in 22, but our deer did not start dying until the first of September. Athens county had a full month and a half head start on us. You’d think with Tonk being in the middle of Athens county, they would have made some changes to mitigate the impact.

That’s a fact. And before anyone claims that what I have is only anecdotal evidence, I’ll just go ahead and say that anecdotal evidence is better than any the DoW has offered in response. 2007 was the year I started bending Mrex and MTonk’s ears regarding declining deer density in my area...

My answer is simple; act like you give at least a little bit of a crap about the resource. In 22, Athens county had a massive outbreak. Mrex alone reported 90 dead deer presumably from EHD. What did the Dow do to mitigate? Absolutely nothing. Bag limits and season dates were completely...

Wva is having an outbreak too. An area I hunt in Kentucky got hammered a few years back and there isn’t an ag field for miles in any direction.

They look slick, as they should. Well done.

I have arrows… guilty as charged. 😀. But, I have room for more.

It’s just a blast of irony to hear “management “ go on about Cwd when it hasn’t affected a single redneck yet continue to turn a blind eye to EHD, which seems to be an increasing problem for those of us that appreciate whitetail deer. And Dr. Kroll has been screaming the loudest regarding the...

Indeed. He’s a beautiful deer. As much as I’d like to see him next year, if I get a close look at him I’ll just be left to wonder what he could have been.

Most likely on Sunday. Saturdays just got more difficult for me to get out of the shop, at least for a while. We had a couple really good kids head off to college and they will be hard to replace.

Yo, Wiley, are you folks going to the OSTA state shoot at Claylick?

My boy cam by the cam this morning. He’s pretty well on the anticipated schedule if he keeps showing up. I expect a few early acorns have hit the ground in this timber.

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