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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Belt" data-source="post: 3511356" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>Ames is a great place to hunt. I love the amount of land we have access to and the varied styles of hunting possible. Ridges, fields, grasslands, bottomland swamps, cutovers, hardwoods or pines; we have it all. After several years of management we have a good number of mature animals (4.5+). What we don't have is a great number of those bucks sporting 140+ sets of antlers...and we're not going to. That area of Tn soil just isn't conducive to growing maximum potential antlers. There are quite a few 120-130 bucks running around and with our minimum legal score of 125" it's realistically possible to kill a couple in that range yearly. We have so many mature bucks that even if some of them don't score our minimum antler-wise they are still legal because they're 4.5+ years old. I could have limited out yearly on my bucks if I wasn't so particular. Don't get me wrong you could kill a 140-150 on any given trip but it's unlikely. </p><p></p><p>There are pages of rules. Some I agree with and some I don't. Nonetheless, we all have to live by them. Access is a concern. You either have an ATV handicapped permit to get into your hunting area on "legal" roads (which are sometimes hard to distinguish) or you can use them on legal roads as far as designated parking areas or you walk or ride a bicycle in. Getting a deer out can be a chore but usually the Ames people or other members are willing to help. You should have no problem filling your freezer with the liberal doe limits. </p><p></p><p>Our land is divided into 5 Units. About twice a season 2 of those Units (4 and 5) are closed a few days at a time for the field trials so if you hunt during those periods you need to make sure you have alternative hunt sites in other areas.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure there have been minor altercations in the past but I've never seen any. All members seem to get along fairly well.</p><p></p><p>Overall, it's not a bad place to hunt. $1600+ a year isn't dirt cheap but for the amount of land we have and the potential for taking better than average bucks like we do it's not a bad deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Belt, post: 3511356, member: 69"] Ames is a great place to hunt. I love the amount of land we have access to and the varied styles of hunting possible. Ridges, fields, grasslands, bottomland swamps, cutovers, hardwoods or pines; we have it all. After several years of management we have a good number of mature animals (4.5+). What we don't have is a great number of those bucks sporting 140+ sets of antlers...and we're not going to. That area of Tn soil just isn't conducive to growing maximum potential antlers. There are quite a few 120-130 bucks running around and with our minimum legal score of 125" it's realistically possible to kill a couple in that range yearly. We have so many mature bucks that even if some of them don't score our minimum antler-wise they are still legal because they're 4.5+ years old. I could have limited out yearly on my bucks if I wasn't so particular. Don't get me wrong you could kill a 140-150 on any given trip but it's unlikely. There are pages of rules. Some I agree with and some I don't. Nonetheless, we all have to live by them. Access is a concern. You either have an ATV handicapped permit to get into your hunting area on "legal" roads (which are sometimes hard to distinguish) or you can use them on legal roads as far as designated parking areas or you walk or ride a bicycle in. Getting a deer out can be a chore but usually the Ames people or other members are willing to help. You should have no problem filling your freezer with the liberal doe limits. Our land is divided into 5 Units. About twice a season 2 of those Units (4 and 5) are closed a few days at a time for the field trials so if you hunt during those periods you need to make sure you have alternative hunt sites in other areas. I'm sure there have been minor altercations in the past but I've never seen any. All members seem to get along fairly well. Overall, it's not a bad place to hunt. $1600+ a year isn't dirt cheap but for the amount of land we have and the potential for taking better than average bucks like we do it's not a bad deal. [/QUOTE]
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