Recent content by beefydeer

I feel lucky that I live close enough to Reelfoot I can be on the water fishing in about 15 minutes. If I want to have some fish I just run down and catch a few. I usually fillet 4 or 5 fish. There's only 2 of us eating it.

If we take home crappie, we take just what we will eat that night. I rather have them fresh. I dont like fish that have been frozen. I, too, am concerned about over harvesting at Reelfoot. To me the numbers have declined.

Still active scraping going on in Obion County

Guarantee pressure is higher on most private land than on most public land in the areas I hunt.

I believe Blue Bank had the fresh crappie fillets back in the day but it was when Blue Bank was still in their old building.

They look cool but I like my old trusty Ruger M77

38. now am 46

remember the cough suppressor?

They go nocturnal and die of old age. I think more mature big bucks die of natural causes than get killed by hunters.

Seem more wary to me in my area this year.

Passive, mainly because I'm lazy.

Very nice buck

This is a great story and proof positive that letting them walk works

Most misses are the humans fault. Jerking the trigger, flinching, etc... The equipment will do its job, we have to do our job.

Shorter season would put less pressure and stress on the deer. Archery starts the end of September. Gun season could end the middle of December. That is a lot of opportunities to hunt even if only 1 day per week.