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    Sold/Expired This...."thing"

    If you ain't first, you're last. True for nascar and the tndeer classifieds
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    Got threatened for fishing on tva?

    The lease is whatever TVA or USACE says it is- ramps, parking lot, land, etc.
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    Any Horns Yet?

    I saw a buck growing his next set of antlers a few weeks ago
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    Got threatened for fishing on tva?

    Boat ramps and marinas are a little different. Marinas usually have a lease agreement that gives them that power. If you're fishing around the slips from a boat, they can pound sand.
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    Food Plots New Dove Field Help

    Use corn for late season food and hiding your shooters in the early season. I'd also work some fallow wheat into your rotation
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    Crappie on center hill

    I don't put a lot of stock in that. We cleaned 8 the 2nd week of January and they all had eggs
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    Basal bark treatment

    Garlon 4=Remedy. The one thing you have to watch for is Garlon 3a. 3a is an amine (water soluble) formulation and 4 is an ester (oil soluble) formulation. 3a is the one you want for hack and squirt. If you try to mix a high concentration of 4 in water, it will make an emulsion that doesn't want...
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    Basal bark treatment

    Sounds right.
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    Green firebreaks?

    As a general rule, I fire off my breaks but never intentionally head fire into one that hasn't been backfired off of adequately Stick to cereal grains for your grasses. Forbs are better as they tend to not accumulate thatch like grasses do. I don't really consider a green break a break anymore...
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    Getting right

    It's kinda like deer- 1 year per point, right?
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    Getting right

    Yep, that's why I haven't killed one yet... holding out for them big ole spurs...
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    Conibears?

    The big conibears are designed to crush the neck and instantly kill beavers and otter- think rat trap for a 60# rat. Not really something you want laying around where pets or people might accidentally get into them. They have broken legs and ankles in grown men. Remember, as a trapper you are...
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    Conibears?

    The big Conibears are only legal for water sets
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    Food Plot

    What are the soils like? What kind of exposure does it get? How big of an area are you thinking about planting? How close are you to agriculture? What equipment do you have? Lots of considerations besides what do the deer like best. After you answer BSKs questions about your goals, then you...
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    2 die cwd

    I trust him about as much as the ones that authored the original article
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