Please tell me what fertilizer did he use???

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This is a political battle that can't be won. The machine has gotten too big to be steered, and now has, and will continue to do what they want to do. You literally just watched it happen before your eyes. Yes, some are going to say well get out and become more active, or just vote for better solutions, but in the long run those ideas will just collapse the under the weight of the lobbies and bureaucrats. The better solution is to get together in your communities and form your own coalition and build what you see as the best alternative. There has never in the history of history itself, something that the government does better, than what the people could already do. Everything the government touches they fuck up.

Mr. Hoover, your logic is flawed and your argument to harvest more does is baseless. You have nothing but flimsy anecdotal evidence to support your claims of a skewed buck to doe ratio. I’m sure you and you buddies see lots of does, fawns, and yearling bucks, and few older bucks at your bait piles That’s because older bucks have guys like you patterned and pegged. If you’d get out of the blind, into the woods, and actually hunt in a natural situation, you’d find the buck to doe ratio is way different than what you see at the bait pile. And if you worked hard and smart enough, you’d likely get a chance at an older buck most every year. While you might have a loud voice, you are not the voice of the people. You do not represent the majority of U.P. deer hunters, and frankly, your vilification of the NRC is offensive and only makes you look foolish. The NRC did their job. Rather than crafting regulations based on the unfounded social concerns of a vocal few like you, they made decisions based upon science. Without any current population or sex ratio data available to support your proposed harvest of antlerless deer in the Lake Superior Basin, the only logical answer was to exercise restraint and continue the protection of that struggling herd. Please quit with your NRC smear campaign. We’re sorry you didn’t get your way and that you want to kill more stuff. If you really need the meat, please travel to and hunt areas of our state where we actually have an overabundance of deer. That way, you could be part of a real solution, rather than merely a whining agent of distrust.

When Bob said we need smaller more area focused DMUs I almost cried. I’ve been saying that for so long. Thanks Bob! I agree with Jordan on engagement, the issue is we as hunters in the state of MI have been shut down or better, shut up and ignored for so long no one invest the time or energy anymore to be engaged.

Its a generational problem gentlemen. Give it about 10 to 15 yrs. Things will change. The NRC...... needs to be voted on by hunters/ public. Not appointed. Oh, one more personal opinion. Zero! Anti hunters or Non hunters belong on any of these governing bodies.

Early and late doe seasons are absolutely ridiculous where i live in Central mi..are deed population hasnt been this low since probably the 80s

Thanks for doing this interview. I applied to be in the DMI myself. As frustrating as this sounds like it was, I hope we keep trying to get to what will help. I hope they try again next year and learn from this past DMI how to improve these sessions. I’m also curious if other states could be engaged who have the same “objectives” and what has worked/not worked for them. Regardless thanks for the effort and the interview.

Thank you gentlemen for all your vigorous efforts to correct/address varying issues facing the deer herd in our state. Too bad it fell on deaf ears of political appointees who answer to no one, truly sickening. Are the dissenting and majority opinions from both dmi groups available to read/ review?? I have hunted deer in many areas of this state from Dickinson county in the U.p. all the way down to Macomb county in the southeast. I would be interested in reading these reports. thank you again

Their goals come from insurance lobby

"Stake holders" is WEF globalism terminology fyi

I will never understand how they can imply the deer herd is too big down here but it’s too dangerous to bait again.

ANYBODY that thinks they can manage wildlife better than Mother Nature is a FUCKIN IDIOT.

He's not a YOOPER.... He must be a transplant :) no accent....lol I agree with EVERYTHING he says

All they did was make less hunter's and doe's populations will keep growing

INFLUENCE is the ReaL reasoning...

1:02 to 1:07 was the best point of this entire conversation, and it's applicable to many states. Especially my home state of Arkansas. If you ever want to have a discussion about that topic, hit me up. Great show!

Just bc he is incapable of doing it doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Plenty videos on KZbin proving him wrong

The MI DNR is in a death spiral. They can’t brake the downward spin. They want to solve the problem without losing any revenue. They want to keep everyone happy so they don’t lose participation which is a reduction in revenue. The current administration running Michigan is anti gun anti hunting. Their budget is being cut because they don’t produce enough revenue. That forces them to find solutions without spending money and try to increase revenue. That pisses of hunters and causes a lack of participation which causes loss in revenue. Round and Round and Round the spiral goes. Maybe with a new Governor and administration that is fun and Hunting friendly this can at least stop the spin.

I used to put fox urine on the back sholes of my boots. One morning a nice 6 point was sniffing the ground I could see my boot tracks in the frost. He was coming in to my right he got within 20 feet and he busted me

Hunt the wind! Can’t beat a whitetails nose… Good luck this year!

Wow-been using trail cams here in Maine for decades-in fact since they came on the market and I’ve never had one stolen from the publicly accessible land that I hunted.

Did this yesterday seen over seven shooter bucks all 130+ inches and a bald eagle

I believe saint control is a big thing and hunting, but the whole scent locks and dead down wind that everybody goes by that shit does not work. It is a scam. I have used it for over seven years and it is a wasted my money and a lot of other people have wasted their money on this product. I would not recommend you could make your own or just roll in the weeds and your clothes will smell like the woods Dead down wind does not work whatsoever just another scam out there but if anybody knows a spray or how to make any homemade sprays please let me know. I’m Interested? Just done with the downwind. I’ve used the body wash the foam spray the normal spray the powder I wash my clothes in it don’t work

Like the new format. Might want to let the new guy talk a little more. Lol😮. As discussed in the past, sent control is different for everybody. At least how extreme they get. I feel if we were on a hunting trip, and had to take our vehicle to a certain spot. We probably would have to take different vehicles. You'd have me so wigged out about scent control, I might not even feel like hunting. Just saying. To each their own, whatever works for you, is what I say. And I'm not saying I don't pay a lot of attention to it. Just not that extreme. And ozone machines stink. We talked about it last year I'm not going to go into it again. Is what it is, and to each their own. Good luck to all!

Not true at all… I can shoot 360 from my platform with no issues.

He brought the controversy to himself at first by suggesting he had the world record. If legit that deer would bring in millions of dollars in revenue. All he had to do was have it scored and exrayed, that simple. He is not being bullied, he brought it on himself. He is hiding himself and the deer because he knows it is not legit. Put up or shut up, that easy.

What are your thought on the proper way to hang a camera?

Facts. I never could fathom spending the money to something for me that I love to do which is being in the woods and finding deer. I still love doing it and I still can’t bring myself to buy a camera. I am 44 years old so I was hunting when the first 35 mm trail cam came out and at that age i couldn’t do it. About 6 years ago my sister in law bought me a regular trail cam because she just knew I was a hunter and that it was for hunting. I love that camera and I do use it but not for hunting but in my back yard in my ditch line by my apple trees just to sit down with my grandkids and look at all the different animals that pass through at night to eat the apples. I have had the same doe bring her babies to my Apple trees when it’s time. I get to see if she had one or two fawns that years and I have even seen her fawns grow up and bring their fawns. I also have a tight and tall racked 5 year old buck that comes up and get to see him in velvet every year from a one year old that I assume was brought there by momma years back. I even took my oldest two granddaughters 7&4 out and got permission to walk and find where the buck was moving and his different beds for the different seasons and we also found where the doe was birthing each year. I still don’t and won’t use cameras on any property I hunt mostly public and a few private spots because my passion is to go do the work to find the deer. To me it’s not work. The camera was awesome to have pictures to get my babies interested because it was all in the back yard and now I have two future outdoors girls and now hunters. Maybe they will just like the scouting part of it and I’m fine with that too. To me scouting is the regular season which is year round and hunting season is the playoffs and when you get that deer to come in range that’s the championship game and to win it the deer is on the ground and I used to always call my mom first and I have talked to her and she doesn’t mind I call her second now and I call my baby girls first now and of course there house is the first place I take the deer to so they can see it first as well

It’s hopeless in Michigan. It’s all about the money. No one has the money and no one wants to lose any money they have. ALL the decisions can be tracked back to that. The state trying to solve the problem without affecting its revenue. Not going to happen. So it’s hopeless.

I don't mean to dispute anything but if you think you can get above a deers vision, I challenge you to come to Wattensaw WMA in Arkansas and test that theory. We've got bowhunters looking down on buzzards being picked off by those deer. To say they're accustomed to bowhunters is an understatement....😂😂😂😂

John Eberhart isn't a legend cause he walks out in just any clothes. People think scent control and scent lock are gimmicks. Take it SERIOUSLY for 1 season and find out for yourself. The wind isn't always gonna be in your favor. Great advice.

Are you using scentlock or just ozone?

This is stupid. What's the bag smell like? Put the wind in your face. Stay out unless necessary. This is overkill

Great timing for this. The other day I was thinking about a couple things that I have to remember each hunt. 1) Cell phone case holds smells. We all carry them in with us. I use my clothes spray to wipe the case down before I leave the truck. 2) Your truck seats hold smells. When I put my head on the headrest, anything I use in my hair gets into the fabric. Also when I use sunscreen, that stays in there too. So I have seat covers and headrest covers that I put on before each hunt. 3) When I practice with my now, I don't employ scent control. Before I hunt, I use my scent free spray and wipe down the bow, arrows, release, arm guard etc...to be sure that my equipment doesn't hold those smells. If your bow case is padded, don't forget to spray it down after range time. 4) Whatever you carry in the truck bed transfers smell to the stand, sticks, backpack, boots.....I have a bed liner and a rubber pad in my bed that I have to spray out before the hunt. I spray the stands, straps, sticks, backpack etc.. with scent free spray when I take them out of the bed to walk in. 5) Camera equipment holds smells. I spray down my cams, tripod, cam arms etc before every hunt and store them in a bag. 6) For all my boots, when I get back from the hunt I take the insoles out of the boots and set them outside to air dry. I have a sent free odor elimination powder that I put in the boots. I spray the boots with scent elimination when I put them on at the property. Just some of the things that keep me up at night....😂 Great show!

I have a system of 100% scent control of what I can control. Many years ago, I set out to prove scent control would not work and to make it a quality fair test I went way overboard, and scent controlled everything that was going into the woods with me including me. The inside of my truck is 100% scent controlled. It's a very time consuming and costly process. But I discovered much to my surprise that it worked, and I've been doing it ever since. I repeatedly have mature bucks and does come in downwind of me calm as can be. I repeatedly have mature bucks and does walk the same trail I came in on calm as can be. During the hunt am I 100% scent free? I don't know but what I do know is that I am scent tolerable. All the places I bow hunt deer, in five different states every season, the deer are experiencing a certain amount of human odors. I believe the deer develop a sense of human odor tolerance equated to no danger to very dangerous. The places I bow hunt deer are not flat they're all hilly to mountainous terrain. Over the last 2o years I've compared the hourly wind prediction from the National Weather system to what the wind actually did during my hunts and the predictions are 50% incorrect. What that means is that at any time during my hunt there's a 50% chance the wind will be wrong. Most hunters would never do what I do for scent control because it is so obsessive, time consuming, and costly. I do it because I know the results it generates for me and after all these years it's a way of life for me. For the last 20 plus years I've bow hunted almost every day of the long archery season and have experienced a lot of deer encounters, so I do have a certain amount of experience with scent control.

Come on Adam, U sound like a liberal. Not ever doing it dude. I understand what you're saying. But I guarantee, they'll come a time, at some point, you're going to go with your gut. Guaranteed! Like I said, I get what you're saying, don't disagree, totally. Keyword, totally. But there are times. A couple times, for me, personally! Just saying my friend. Still enjoy your stuff. Wish you sounded less like a liberal. But, reckon thats just me!😅

Good advice. Not a re telling of old advice.

All of my best laid plans have gone out the window when I have walked through a part of the property that I hunt and seen sign that I didn’t expect or a bigger buck than I knew it was there and I went solely off of instinct from that point forward so I just don’t agree. I’m not saying go into each season or week without a plan but not using your gut instincts is the worst type of advice that you could give people who are trying to climb the ladder and become good hunters. Unfortunately, I am going to have to be disliking this video and not watching any more of your content because fundamentally I don’t agree with your assessment.

Your thinking to hard

Since green fabrics are usually made with blue and yellow pigments, wouldn't camo gear with green in it look bright blue to the deer?

What is the vertical angle of deer vision (level/90 degrees plus and minus degrees)

Most hunters today are just cell camera poachers they are not hunters they are punks. if you take their cameras away, they would not know what to do.

Thinking outside the box is better.

You can also hug the tree when non target deer approach and it matches your silhouette with the tree so you’ve got good cover

The gut is instincts. It’s are real. Based on experience. It’s not lottery lol. Coming from a semi pro poker player, there are times to trust your gut. Andy May uses his gut instincts, one of the most efficient hunters alive

As long as they do it legally ,Tony La Pratt is awsome

Secret servers failed on purpose. How was that roof top 130 yrds away left open? Good video BTW. Thanks Adam

So, it's all about your ego? What about respect for the animal? I understand the effort, but put that effort into sighting in for that distance. The heavy arrow loses less velocity and energy at long distances than lighter. Do some research. No disrespect but not everything is supposed to be easy.