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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5847905" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Am I supposed to not hunt aggressively because you want to kill that buck too? If you want the buck then beat me to it because I promise I'm going to do my best to beat you to it. Every time. I'm not hunting for your benefit. You're not even on my radar. </p><p></p><p>I spend a lot of time & money scouting & searching tens of thousands of acres for public land hunting spots because I know chances are better than not somebody will have beaten me to at least some of them. Whether they killed the buck or not he won't be there so I simply move on to another spot. On public land I am not only trying to kill the buck but also trying to do it before you do. Once he's dead he's dead. We can't both kill him. So of course I'm going to be aggressive. I'm neither sorry for it nor do I resent you for beating me to the punch. </p><p></p><p>Private land is completely different. I have it all to myself but am confined within my borders. I can't chase the deer or relocate if a spot gets compromised. So the approach is different. Rather than spending time & money on scouting, I spend it on manipulating the habitat to attract deer and make them feel safe enough to spend time there. I have to be extremely cautious because if I blow a hunt the entire property and all that time, work, and money is wasted. I kill more by hunting less and only when the time is right. Exactly opposite for public. Killing the buck means hunting more, more aggressively, and covering lots of ground with endless back-up plans. It's all about throwing a $h!t on the wall and seeing what sticks. But on private there is no back up plan. Waiting for next season is the back up plan. </p><p></p><p>The one thing both have in common is that my long term success is directly relative to the effort I put in. Otherwise the approach is apples and oranges, incomparable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5847905, member: 20583"] Am I supposed to not hunt aggressively because you want to kill that buck too? If you want the buck then beat me to it because I promise I'm going to do my best to beat you to it. Every time. I'm not hunting for your benefit. You're not even on my radar. I spend a lot of time & money scouting & searching tens of thousands of acres for public land hunting spots because I know chances are better than not somebody will have beaten me to at least some of them. Whether they killed the buck or not he won't be there so I simply move on to another spot. On public land I am not only trying to kill the buck but also trying to do it before you do. Once he's dead he's dead. We can't both kill him. So of course I'm going to be aggressive. I'm neither sorry for it nor do I resent you for beating me to the punch. Private land is completely different. I have it all to myself but am confined within my borders. I can't chase the deer or relocate if a spot gets compromised. So the approach is different. Rather than spending time & money on scouting, I spend it on manipulating the habitat to attract deer and make them feel safe enough to spend time there. I have to be extremely cautious because if I blow a hunt the entire property and all that time, work, and money is wasted. I kill more by hunting less and only when the time is right. Exactly opposite for public. Killing the buck means hunting more, more aggressively, and covering lots of ground with endless back-up plans. It's all about throwing a $h!t on the wall and seeing what sticks. But on private there is no back up plan. Waiting for next season is the back up plan. The one thing both have in common is that my long term success is directly relative to the effort I put in. Otherwise the approach is apples and oranges, incomparable. [/QUOTE]
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