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 How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 04:21 PM
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Rancher just addad a new stock tank, 100 yards from my stand, about 2 weeks before bow season opens. How will that affect me?
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 04:22 PM
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 04:23 PM
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If it has water in it might be good.
We had a tank dug a couple years ago and it didn't seem to affect the deer much at all. We sat blinds a short distance away and they looked every so often, but large noisy slow moving equipment doesn't seem to bother them too much in my opinion. Also we saw deer there all the time afterwards, I think they smell the fresh earth and come looking.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 04:27 PM
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If it has water in it might be good.
We had a tank dug a couple years ago and it didn't seem to affect the deer much at all. We sat blinds a short distance away and they looked every so often, but large noisy slow moving equipment doesn't seem to bother them too much in my opinion. Also we saw deer there all the time afterwards, I think they smell the fresh earth and come looking. Yep, seen more deer from a tractor than I can count.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 08:52 PM
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Won't do anything but improve your hunting. Besides water it will have fresh growth around the water edge in the future that will draw in deer.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 08:58 PM
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Tank dams are great places for blinds. You can have a raised blind and still be on the ground. 
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 09:01 PM
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Tank dams are great places for blinds. You can have a raised blind and still be on the ground. Only an older fellar would know that.. 
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 09:08 PM
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A different pickup or a different ATV will get the deer's attention faster than a piece of equipment or even digging a new tank.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 09:13 PM
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As others have said, it's a good thing. Could be a real good thing depending on how much other water is around you.
Besides the immediate benefit of attracting deer, you will also see other wildlife visit the tank on those long sits in the stand. And, having a good water source close by is good if you plan to feed protein in the future.
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 Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/23/13 09:27 PM
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Thanks for telling exactly what I wanted to hear!
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/24/13 03:18 AM
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We built one last year and now we have quite a few more turkey than we used to. deer didnt change. It is a good thing.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/24/13 01:08 PM
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It might be a very good thing if it's the only water around. There are a lot of dry places these days.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/24/13 02:30 PM
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Looks like it will help if anything.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/24/13 02:54 PM
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We built one last year and now we have quite a few more turkey than we used to. deer didnt change. It is a good thing. I don't think that's a good thing! I hate corn buzzards almost as much as hogs.
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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Its a positive thing for the future for sure!!!
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/25/13 12:59 AM
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We built one last year and now we have quite a few more turkey than we used to. deer didnt change. It is a good thing. I don't think that's a good thing! I hate corn buzzards almost as much as hogs. Same here
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/25/13 01:40 AM
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Water  always,
First... teach a child to love GOD.
Teach them second... to love their family.
Third, teach them to hunt & fish... and by the time they reach
their teens, no dope peddler under the sun...will ever have a
chance to teach them anything. ---Cotton Cordell
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Re: How will new stock Tank affect me?
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09/25/13 11:58 AM
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Would not affect anything here because it would still be dry.
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