30 September Bow HuntHi John and John, Andy and I are just back from a [location deleted] opening weekend hunt with some success, We saw probably 50 deer -15 bucks no giants- we both took a doe and I got a three year old with a severe limp from a broken rear leg - yes I shot the gimpy buck! He was a heavy deer but the old injury gave him a goofy rack, He does have 15 scoreable pts, but 9 of them that line the rt beam are only 1.2 to 5.5 inches making for a low score. Not my best buck by any means, but still a mature buck I am proud of.
Congratulations Corey! Thank you for your picture. Glad to hear you two harvested some doe. That is always a need.
LodgingRunning a little late this year we finalized the changes to the lodging and hunter services list by county. The link to that section remains the "MAHA Yellow Pages" at the upper right of this page.
CRP & Agriculture"...Connor [Acting U.S. Ag Secretary ] also pointed out CRP contracts covering two-million acres expire over the weekend. On the other hand, Connor also suggested those acres coming out of the CRP through routine contract expiration wouldn't be replaced. According to Conner, USDA probably won't offer a general CRP sign-up for the foreseeable future. "I would not anticipate offering a general signup while grain stock levels remain historically low and prices continue at unprecedented levels," said Conner..." USDA won't let CRP acres out of contracts early, Friday, September 28, 2007, by Peter Shinn, Brownfield Ag News For America. And... "...“The days of cheap grain are gone,” said Dan Basse, president of AgResource Co., a Chicago commodity forecasting concern....corn is up 40 percent, and soybeans are up 75 percent from a year ago. Kansas wheat is up 70 percent...the growing economies of Asia and Latin America are enabling hundreds of millions of people to spend more on food....It’s far from clear how much more land could be brought into production or to what extent advances in biotechnology might increase crop yields in the future..." The days of cheap grain are gone, according to agriculture experts, Sep. 28, 2007, By Scott Kilman, The Wall Street Journal.
27 September Wetlands
Holt wetlands blinds are covered. The pump will be turned on just before the regular season. Over 1,000 acres of corn stubble to field hunt along with the marsh and four blinds.
Bowhunting
John I had some luck opening day of the archery season here are some pictures. This is a real nice 8 pt still in velvet. Thanks for the work you do. Daryl
Congratulations Daryl on a unique trophy! Your picture will add much to the standing corn/deer hunt quality discussion. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your picture.
25 September Long Time MembersThese two brothers have been in the club since the early 1980's when the deer and turkey population was less than half of what it is today. Over the years their group has developed a good feel for a variety of farms. 90 percent of their hunting is done with a bow and it usually takes a year or two for their stories to surface after they harvest mature whitetails. Thanks and good luck this season.
22 September New LandFor those not able to get out and scout the recently added lease land posted to the maps these pictures are of some of the recently acquired north Missouri ground.
Classic agricultural deer and turkey habitat of wooded dry drainages connecting wood patches cutting through grain fields and no cattle.
Tough to see, however the point of this picture is the buffer strip that will make this part of the lease well suited for quail. That strip plus others on this land holding run for miles of edge of more length than even the best brace will be able to hunt in a couple of days.
A view that cannot be seen from the road where the lease drops off into what is about the most rugged land to be found in north Missouri. This is in a locality of small, infrequent towns and few surrounding farm yards. For those not familiar with our country side take note of no distant water towers, grain silos, road side power or telephone lines in addition to no farm yards or buildings seen in any of these panoramic pictures.
Farming & HuntingThe changing dynamic between competing concerns of agriculture, conservation and hunting within our little part of the world has been impacted on by world demand of a growing world population. "...The U.S. is poised to surpass the 2006 agricultural exports record currently set at $68.6 billion, with an anticipated $79 billion set for fiscal year 2007. Comprising that sizable increase in export dollars happens to be U.S. feed grains....high prices for feed grains primarily coming from large ethanol production and a shortage of feed grains in Europe...the dollar value of corn export sales is up 41 percent...China, because of the growth of its livestock industry, is predicted to shift from being a minor corn exporter to a corn importer. Europe grows a lot of corn, but they’re a net importer...no other country is likely to challenge our dominant market share in global corn trade..." Farm News, U.S. is poised to surpass exports record, By Kristin Danley-Greiner, Farm News staff writer, September 21,2007.
No hunter finds changes in hunting as news. However, most will also agree the rate of change recently looks to be faster than what we have seen in the past.
The Other SidePETA and HSUS has a victory reference human use of animals. "...The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit yesterday upheld the State of Illinois's decision to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption...The Humane Society urged the public to back a bill before Congress that would prevent horses being transported to slaughter plants in Mexico or Canada..." Horse Talk, Equine News and Views, Court's killer blow ends US horse slaughter, September 22, 2007.
"...As American Kennel Club (AKC) members arrive for the AKC Canine Breeders Symposium hosted by Oregon State University on Saturday, they may be in for a shock. That's because one of the first things they'll see is a huge truck-mounted billboard--sponsored by PETA--attacking the AKC for contributing to the deaths of homeless dogs..." PETA media Center, September 21, 2007. |
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For the rest of us Corey and Andy are the traveling hunters that put the most possible adventure in their hunts. These are the two hunters that went to the least productive turkey region on the worst possible day of this past spring turkey and called in a tom though the snow.
