stop playing favorites

Well here it is the 15th of October and the peak of the rut is just about over.I figured it would be pretty dismal on my place and it was..Can not expect much after the slaughter of at least 30 does and fawns just west of my place. The only bucks seen were spikes and a few 6 points but they are all last years fawns.
  I looked at the hunting laws(I needed a laugh).I see they finally got rid of that sticker you were supposed to put in your line of sight on a shot gun...
    I see they still have not figured out the difference between a youth season and a BABY season..
Then of course you have the NEW shoot them with any thing you have season---air rifles-sticks-crossbows -can't remember if there were slingshots,BUT no rifles.
      Then if you have $400 bucks for a bow you are the favorite of all.You will get a season 15 times longer than Joe working stiff who can only hunt 10 days or if he can not get the time off only 2 days.
  The MDC like most other states Wildlife departments always try to push this safety bullshit by saying you should wear orange on everything even your hunting blinds..That is pure CRAP..I still hunt in a state that you do not have to wear Orange and their safety record is better then most...
    This is only for Idiots----Smart people already have it figured out.
Just suppose you have a hundred thousand people in a stadium and you tell these people there is a booth outside and the first people out of the stadium will get a $1000 each but there is a 4 hour time limit and the money giveaway stops...What do you think happens----------MAYHEM -even death from stampede
   Now supposed you have the same 100 thousand people in the stadium but they are told the money will be given away over the next 24 hours..There may be a few dummies jamming the doors first off but the rest will be alot more orderly...
     So lets see if the MDC really cares about safety.
Right now this 10 day gun season is mayhem for man and beast -quick shoot whatever moves time is short.
        Or make the season 2 months long with still the same limits.Spread the people around.Less people in the woods,less accidents,more quality hunting,but remove all these special seasons and limits for kids,bowhunters etc.Gun hunters pay the same for their license.
           By the way I am offering $50 bucks to anyone who can show me a live  wild not penned Mule deer
in Ozark county..

Sept 1st 2013 rut has started

Well time once again has snuck up on me and the 2013 season is here..2 days ago I saw my first buck running does.It was a small spike with velvet still not quite rubbed off. Every time he got close to the doe she would turn and rear up on her hind legs a run him off for a ways but he just kept on going after her.
  I have been involved with several game departments out west as an employee and volunteer and they all have one thing in common.They always lie to the public about the rut time.
  I have said it in other posts but I'll say it again.I have always been asked when the rut REALLY starts.It is simple.When the bucks rub the velvet off the rut is on.When is the peak ? October when the moon is full they run all night sleep all day.
  Why do the game Depts tell you the rut is in November.They are just trying to control you.There are many people that listen to them no matter what they say and never question them..
Now here is a formular that will tell you when the peak is in your area.The pregnacy of a doe is 7 months so as soon as you start seeing those fawns in late April and May just count back 7 months and you will see it puts you back to late Sept and October.If the breeding peaked in November you would not see fawns until June and July and they would not really be big enough if an early blast of winter hits. Then why is the hunting good in November ?Oldtimers like me and others I worked with call it the frustration month.All the does have been pretty much bred and now the Bucks have to take some long hikes to try and find a doe and that combined with alot of the leaves dropping off gives you more visiblity.They are frustrated and some real good fights take place.I have hunted states down south and Northeast and Northwest and I have found almost no difference in rut times.
  For me it looks like a tough year .Acorns are spotty and the continuous slaughter of deer by this one group have reduced the herd greatly 50 deer left to rot in the last 2 years and the MDC does not give a shit,so the landowners will have to watch and this year and you just might hear about someone getting their ass shot dead..

Lets get rid of the MDC

Its now August 2013 and not one property owner has ever been contacted by the MDC about finding those people that slaughtered  those deer in Ozark county.Best estimates is that over 30 does and fawns have been killed put in piles and left to rot.We know that agents Tom Leeker and Jerry Kiger know about it and have seen pictures.Its not too long till this hunting season so it seems the local people will have to deal with it the best way they can..One thing is for sure,they are asking each other how many deer are you seeing and on game cameras and the outlook is not good..We can only try to imagine how many bucks were taken out.
   It seems clear to this writer the only thing the MDC is --is a bunch overgrown kids running around in boats,4 wheelers,nice pickup trucks and all other kinds of toys paid for by me and the other people of Missouri and the first thing that comes out of their mounth is they need MORE.Research shows they are one of only a few states that have income from a sales tax on everyone besides licenses.
  

Where the Hell are the mule deer ???

It seems that the MDC has no clue to the meaning of conservation.They are always telling people to let them know when they see a cougar or a black bear.There are no hunting seasons on them because they are so scarce. OK I go along with that,but yet we have an animal that I canot find a record of anybody seeing let alone killing. Requests to the MDC get no answers except "we don't keep those kind of records" There are way more bears and cougars than this animal.If anyone knows where they are at in Missouri please tell me.These animals are highly sought after from the Rockies westward,but unheard of in this state. Yet if you look in the hunting laws every year at the top is gives the season as
Whitetail deer and MULE DEER. If they are so dam rare why are the Idiots at the MDC trying to eliminate what few might be wandering around.

Infared sensors legal to take turkeys

Turkey season starts in 2 days and I believe the same bunch that killed over 22 deer and left them to rot will be here.Last year they went out at night with heat sensors and shot the turkeys off the roost.
  Just what kind of people are these?? Then again I have to ask myself what the hell kind of a Game department do we have. They let and encourage 6 year olds to hunt deer and turkey.Even and idiot knows who is killing the game. Is the MDC so desperate for money that they knowingly let this type of crap go on.
  Then we have the MDC letting the poaching and harasssment of wildlife with dogs go on with the MDC going after the property owner when they shoot these dogs.
   It is legal to shoot a dog if you call the sheriff or MDC under Statues 273.033 read it..
if you can not get the MDC to help what choice does does a landowner have..
We need to start getting rid of people in the MDC who do not give a shit about wildlife and Ozark county is a good place to start with the 2 worthless agents we have.

slaughter in Ozark county

Here is an update on the deer slaughter I wrote about a few weeks ago.As is usually  the case NO agents of the MDC ever showed up to contact any of the adjoining property owners next to that Piece of Mark twain forest.After some more investigation which I joined into the total of deer that were shot and left to rot came to 22 does and fawns.Most of the fawns were bucks..I am told and I seen some myself last year there was 8 killed and left to rot.I personally had 3 button bucks shot and left to rot on my place.Who knows how many bucks were killed and taken out by these do not give a shit assholes.It is still beyond my comprehension that some one could do that.Pictures of this mess were given to the Gainesville newspaper but they did not print them.The agents in that area should be fired on the spot .If you are like me you are wondering why drag them back to your camp- does not make sense- and then I heard the answer.They had a daily pool for the first guy to bring one in got the pot.

Here they go again blaming the  person who was shot and KILLED for being at fault.
  At the tail end of firearms season in southeast Missouri a man was hunting with several other men when one was shot by the other.Sheriff said it was an accident and nothing was suspicious.The man shot did not have orange on and had a white beard the sheriff said.
  NOTHING SUSPICIOUS are you kidding.
Let me be real clear on this.I do not give a shit what that man was wearing unless he was dressed in a deer suit.There is absolutely no way you can mistake a man for anything like a deer or turkey for that matter.I and my friends have hundreds of years of hunting between us and not one of us has ever seen a man in the woods that we would put crosshairs on.   YOU DO NOT SHOOT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU ARE SHOOTING AT PLAIN AND SIMPLE.  THE MAN WHO SHOT NEEDS TO BE LOCKED UP     IT WAS MURDER.
   I still hunt in a state where Orange is not required and they do not have as many so called accidents as Orange states.Hunter orange was made for one thing only and it was not safety.It was made to identify you as a deer hunter.Many states tried to get laws that you had to hang a small sign on your back but was always voted down for discrimination reasons.
But many states like Missouri that have shoot anything that moves seasons have MORE accidents.
It is because you have given people the mindset that everyone in the woods is wearing orange so do not bother looking for horns -its any sex--just shoot then go see if you hit something.