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by Josh Poe EDITOR
Unless you are heading down south for a quick hunting trip, the deer season has ended in the Carolinas. However for many of us seriously afflicted individuals the real work is only beginning. Now is the time for preparation. There is much scouting to be done, picking of new stand sites, planning for next season and strategizing. Yes, there is much to be done. Right now we are working on aleviating predator problems to take some pressure off the deer and turkeys. Soon there will be shed hunting, bringing in the trail cams, fertilizing our hard and soft mast trees and collecting soil samples. Then we will be pulling the tractors out an getting the food plots in the ground, refreshing mineral licks, fertilizing our browse and sending in our applications for out of state hunts. After that we will be chasing turkeys, scouting for the early season and starring at the mailbox hoping we get drawn for some far away adventure.

Next will come the much anticipated hanging of the treestands! Hopefully in new honey holes where old mossy horns lurks! Then september with me, bow in hand back to my faithful treestand to complete the cycle for yet another season. Of course we will fill in the gaps with a little predator hunting, some small game, maybe even a hog hunt down south. These will be great days afield with good friends… Secretly though, we will be wishing for the fall. The pre dawn hours when the air is crisp cold, the forest is silent except for the occasional acorn and we are in our favorite stand eagerly awaiting the sun to start peaking over the horizon. It will be here before we know it.

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It’s 100 pages, but QDMA executive director Brian Murphy broke it down into a 20-slide presentation on Thursday. Here are a few of the points that caught my eye:

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