Before then after

[ken frearson]

Both of the bucks I took this year I had the privilege of getting many trail cam pics in my food plots on the farm before harvesting. The x bow buck pushed the scale to almost 200 lbs. The really big boy is still there as of December 15th looking forward to next season all ready.

 

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[NymphO]

Sweet. What are you feeding these slobs ??

[Xxx]

Man those are some brutes for sure, I hope the drag wasn’t far, but I would pull that horse all the way to the barn!! What a magnificent buck!! Great job,  

[Giz9219]

Nice!! Big bodies!!


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[NymphO]

Seriously though, what area is this. Those are BIG deer for nys

[Gill-T]

Well fed and mature. Nice harvests. 

[ken frearson]

My farm is in Yates Co. between Canadagiua and Keuka lakes. I have been practicing QDM since 2007 and it really has been paying off ever since. (Photos of 2016 deer).The seed mixes I have been using has been mostly Whitetails Institutes clover and Real worlds plot topper mix . The key I have found is not to let ur hunters shoot 2 1/2 olds and let em get of age.

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[Xxx]

That’s the ticket right there, let the 2 1/2 walk and you will have deer pushing 140+, you have a great system going on your farm!!! Just all the more proof that it does work, but you need everyone one the same page. I went with my brother on his last trip to Wisconsin to a farm they leased, I’ll be honest hunting in Pa. all my life you don’t realize how big a 140” buck is. Hell I wanted to shoot everyone I saw they were all huge. I ended up shooting a horse of a doe, which I was happier than a clam, it was the biggest bodied deer I ever shot. My brother shot a big guy, that was his last trip. He passed from cancer the following month in a half  That was 2 1/2 years ago. 

[Gill-T]

Fertile soils help too. I have seen a few QDM signs popping up in Yates County. Seems the fever is catching. 

[NymphO]

Ken, out of curiosity, how large is your tract ?

[lineman49]

  Nice bucks!

[ken frearson]

The farm is 500 acers and my neighbors I have worked with me the last few years have helped greatly developing a great QDM environment. I have spent countless hours working on habitat inprovement doing TSI inprovement as well making suitable habitat for bedding areas to make this thing work out.The bummer is it takes time out from fishing

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[ken frearson]

He still lives!!! Just got this pic in of the buck we call tall tines that we had in our food plots many times . We probably have around 50 picks of this buck and no one have ever laid eyes on him during season. This will give me something to dream about for next year's season.

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[whaler1]

Great buck Ken


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