Land owners working together (the results)

[calhoun]

This will be the 6th season of our co-op and i just wanted to share some pictures from the last three season's. The last three years we have ran at least 10 cameras from early summer to late spring. I was going back through my pictures from the last few years and was amazed at just how far we've come. In the beginning i would save every buck picture we got. Now I only save a few 2 1/2 and everything that is older. I thing this is some real proof of what is possible when neighbors work together.
2007 best buck
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2007-10-1103-07-11AMM01_03_00128poi.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2007-10-3109-04-24AMM02_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2007-10-1709-02-11PMM01_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2007-10-1303-16-44AMM01_03.jpg
2008 bucks
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2008-07-2010-48-46PMM03_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2008-08-1207-45-11AMM02_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2008-08-1705-03-46AMM01_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2008-07-2408-26-44PMM03_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2008-08-1209-08-57PMM01_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2008-07-2708-12-14PMM01_03.jpg

[calhoun]

2009 best bucks so far
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2009-07-28_09-04-37_PM_M_02_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2009-08-1709-03-45PMM01_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2009-08-1709-02-40PMM02_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2009-08-1803-15-45AMM01_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/GetAttachment-1.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2009-07-30_01-06-11_AM_M_02_03.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/GetAttachment-2.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p114/kyleka/2009-08-0902-39-18AMM02_03.jpg

[swampbuck]

nice bucks, They seem to like stumps and logs at your place

[JBIV]

Calhoun,
Your hard work is paying off. Great Bucks!! It will be a fun season ahead for you. Thanks for sharing.

[Bob S]

You can't get mature bucks in Michigan because our hunter densities are so high. Don't you read the posts on this forum from the nit-pickers and naysayers?

[Jim Zellinger]

Thanks for sharing with us, I am starting to see some results on my land and we are only 3 more land owners away from having a large track on a great program. It is great to see what we have to lood forward too. Thanks Again.

[farmlegend]

The 4th from the bottom; his body looks stupendous for 08/21.

Lots of other good pics too, including a couple shooters. Thank you for posting 'em.

[gunfun13]

Calhoun,
how many landowners and how many acres are part of the co-op? There is a co-op staring in my area and it's very encouraging to see posts like this. I can't wait to see what the future holds!

[tommy-n]

very nice, impressive :yikes:

Good luck this fall:)

[calhoun]

Calhoun,
how many landowners and how many acres are part of the co-op? There is a co-op staring in my area and it's very encouraging to see posts like this. I can't wait to see what the future holds!
We have over 100 landowners and lease's, and little over 10,000 acres. Don't let those numbers discourage you. You can have great results with much less land. Most of the bucks we photograph have very small home ranges during the hunting season. In the beginning our members were simply passing on 1 1/2 year olds and now many of them pass on 3 1/2 year olds. We still harvest a few 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 year old bucks every year(first timers and youth hunters) and we are still able to advance the age structure.

[tmanmi]

What township(s) is the land in?

[AgMan]

Great results for QDM. I love testimonials like these. Thanks for sharing.

[ifitsbrownitsdown]

What township(s) is the land in?


:lol:

[Radar420]

Nice pics calhoun but I just had to :lol::lol::lol: at both of these comments.

nice bucks, They seem to like stumps and logs at your place

What township(s) is the land in?

[swampbuck]

Nice pics calhoun but I just had to :lol::lol::lol: at both of these comments.

Obviously I was being nice. Someone else's more direct comment was removed.

[jml2]

Very nice. Hope you get a crack at one of them this fall.

[EdB]

Great pics, we're seeing great results too in the Springbrook Co-op across the county line from you.

[tmanmi]

Nice pics calhoun but I just had to :lol::lol::lol: at both of these comments.

I live in and own a couple hundred acres in Calhoun county and was just curious as to what areas property owners where able to get together and form the co-op. I have no interest in going after "their deer" as I have plenty on my property to hunt.

[calhoun]

Our co-op is called the Marshall Herd Management Co-op and is located in Calhoun County. Most of the co-op is located south of Marshall. Feel free to give me a call if you want more info 734-777-3781.

[Radar420]

I live in and own a couple hundred acres in Calhoun county and was just curious as to what areas property owners where able to get together and form the co-op. I have no interest in going after "their deer" as I have plenty on my property to hunt.

No problem, the first comment I saw caught me off guard and I was still chuckling when I read yours. Good luck this season!:)

[beer and nuts]

They seem to like stumps and logs at your place Noticed the same thing. Swamp, you can't touch them.

[calhoun]

Noticed the same thing. Swamp, you can't touch them.

Believe it or not, when you pour minerals out in the same spot for ten years the deer still come back to them. What would you like me do? Bring in a back hoe and dig the stump out of the ground.:dizzy: