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Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome

Mar.09, 2009 in Outdoor Articles, Whitetail Leave a Comment

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  In the fall of 2007 I had a rare opportunity.  I was done with college October 1st, but couldn’t start my full time job at GM until November 15th.  I was left with no choice but to hunt everyday during the Michigan bow season… what tough luck.  To top it off, my Dad wasn’t working anymore either so he would be right there with me.  We were going to be professional hunters.  

My Dad and I were always extremely blessed to have the privilege of hunting my Uncle’s land.  That fall a large land renovation began to double the size of his pond and change the landscape for better water management (as seen in the top photo).  The influx of large equipment during that bow season temporarily changed the deer patterns and gave me a shot at my biggest buck to date… this is the story.        

It was already November and the deer were changing their patterns so fast our heads were spinning.Read the rest...

My QDM Experience

Feb.27, 2009 in Outdoor Articles, Whitetail 1 Comment

     I grew up hunting whitetails in mid Michigan.  It guaranteed two things for me:  that most everyone I knew hunted and that I most likely would not have access to the kind of bucks I watched the stars bag on Saturday morning TNN.  Michigan has been in the top three states in license sales for a long time.  The real estate environment here has split up larger farms into small tracts of land for the hobby farmer and fosters heavy hunting pressure.  The deer hunting religion among my circle of friends was always to shoot anything with horns and never ever shoot does.  QDMA refers to this as “Traditional Deer Management”.  My hunting passion and drive completely changed when I got to know two guys that I worked with at GM.  Jay and Dean are incredibly smart and experienced hunters.  I can never thank them enough for the knowledge and wisdom they have shared with me, as well as taking my whitetail obsession to a whole new level. 

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