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#1812442 - 02/27/10 07:23 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: UTGrad]
turkeyhunter64
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white county..4000
Jackson county 500

good bucks on both. If I had more money I would lease more.
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#1812443 - 02/27/10 07:23 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: Mr.Bro]
Wes Parrish
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A better question might be
"How many acres per hunter in the area you hunt within the square mile (or greater) where you hunt?"

I'd rather have just 25 acres to hunt bordering 575 non-hunted acres (600 acres per hunter), than have 600 acres being shared with 9 other hunters (60 acres per hunter).

Keep in mind the average range of any particular deer is commonly somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 to 2 square miles. So unless you have several thousand exclusive acres, they are really never "your" deer like so many of us like to think.

Most quality deer management hunting clubs will use a baseline rule of thumb of 100 acres per hunter, such as a 1,000-acre tract with 10 hunters.

More important factors can include how many days those hunters actually hunt annually, how many days an area is even open to deer hunting. Look at President's Island ---- public land with quite a few hunters per acre, but very little hunting annually. Might find better hunting there with 25 acres per hunter than somewhere else with 500 acres per hunter.

Most of the areas I hunt are either large tracts or bordering large tracts, where there is at least a square mile or two with approximately 1 hunter per 125 acres. But the real pressure may be more determined by how much and how hard those nearby hunters actually hunt, as well as what they kill or don't kill.

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#1812474 - 02/27/10 07:52 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: Wes Parrish]
whistlinwingman
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 Originally Posted By: Wes Parrish
A better question might be
"How many acres per hunter in the area you hunt within the square mile (or greater) where you hunt?"

I'd rather have just 25 acres to hunt bordering 575 non-hunted acres (600 acres per hunter), than have 600 acres being shared with 9 other hunters (60 acres per hunter).

Keep in mind the average range of any particular deer is commonly somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 to 2 square miles. So unless you have several thousand exclusive acres, they are really never "your" deer like so many of us like to think.

Most quality deer management hunting clubs will use a baseline rule of thumb of 100 acres per hunter, such as a 1,000-acre tract with 10 hunters.

More important factors can include how many days those hunters actually hunt annually, how many days an area is even open to deer hunting. Look at President's Island ---- public land with quite a few hunters per acre, but very little hunting annually. Might find better hunting there with 25 acres per hunter than somewhere else with 500 acres per hunter.

Most of the areas I hunt are either large tracts or bordering large tracts, where there is at least a square mile or two with approximately 1 hunter per 125 acres. But the real pressure may be more determined by how much and how hard those nearby hunters actually hunt, as well as what they kill or don't kill.


Excellent post Wes. You actually hit on my point(s) and said what I was really wanting/trying to say. The best farm I have has 4 different landowners (farms) surrounding it. Three of them get hunted and on the one side that is not hunted is the best place to hunt. I hunt a "ramp" that leads to this guys ridgetop. It acts as a funnel more less.

As far as enhancing or altering the property I do not have permission to do this yet. Dad's hardwoods have been logged and now have plenty of cover and browse. We have put out a few food plots but there just aren't that many deer in this area. There is potential for some big deer there though.
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#1812503 - 02/27/10 08:34 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: whistlinwingman]
moondog
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2400 acres
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#1812518 - 02/27/10 08:49 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: moondog]
bullzeye
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bout 80 on one place and 15 on another
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#1812527 - 02/27/10 08:54 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: bullzeye]
Bottom Hunter
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I hunt a club that is 2600 acres of woods.

Another 80 acre farm

and a 150ish acre farm.....

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#1812530 - 02/27/10 08:58 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: Bottom Hunter]
Baxter83
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A little over 4000 where I work.
120 that a friend of mine lets me hunt.
Then a couple local WMA's. One is 17000 acres the other is 32000 acres.

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#1812531 - 02/27/10 08:59 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: bullzeye]
BSK
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Unless you have thousands of contiguous acres to manage, what your neighbors are doing will affect your results. But instead of what your neighbors are doing harvest-wise, it is more what they are doing habitat-wise that is most important.

The more I learn about deer populations in localized areas and the more GPS-collar data I see, the more convinced I am that deer are far more transitory than originally assumed. For smaller properties (under 1,000 acres) I think there is far more shifting around of individual deer on an annual basis than any of us expect. In essence, the deer you hunt and managed this year may not be all the same deer you have to hunt and manage next year. Resident deer this year may not be resident deer next year and many new deer may shift into the property next year.

In addition, from my experiences monitoring smaller properties over several years, I think habitat management is the greatest player in management success. Drawing deer to a property with the right habitat wil produce far more and faster results than trying to "grow" a local deer herd.
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#1812589 - 02/27/10 09:38 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: BSK]
JCDEERMAN
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We own 405 acres and lease about 300 all around our property (all bordering)...it kinda acts as a little buffer zone. Close to 700 acres. We also lease 250 acres 2 miles down the road from our mail place - This is all in Hickman County
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#1812713 - 02/27/10 11:18 AM Re: How many acres do you hunt? [Re: UTGrad]
waywolf
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110 acres in Roane county
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