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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 4983583" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>53 acres may not contain a deer's every movement, but it's certainly big enough to be where a deer spends the vast majority of its time. If it has food, cover, water, and low pressure, it'll keep deer in close proximity. Pressure also seems to affect bucks more than does, especially older bucks. A big guy can catch your ground scent and avoid that trail the rest of the season. A doe can be bumped over & over. They only readjust their travel or timing. And I think every deer has its own personality. Some are more tolerant than others, and some are flat paranoid. </p><p></p><p>I hate poachers, too. My brother called this morning from Ohio to tell me he had just broken up a deer drive. They had several hunters spanning the hollow up each ridge, one of which is ours. Gun season doesn't open until tomorrow. The guys scattered down hollow & jumped on ATV's, then fled, before he was able to get to them. About 20yrs ago that family had gotten busted by wardens for poaching & selling meat. One of them did prison time for it. The deer numbers were nil until about 3yrs ago. I began making plots, fawning cover, hinges, planing chestnut trees, a water hole, etc. This year it really exploded with a few doe families, several bucks of various age, and a few old matures staying near and frequenting the property. </p><p></p><p>My brother got a big 9pt after the poacher mess, plus my dad and I both got bucks in there this year. First time all three of us got good bucks on the old family plot, first time my 51yr old brother got a bow kill period there, and the biggest buck dad ever got in 70yrs of hunting there. A few years of habitat work completely flipped that property from a deer desert to a pretty darn good spot. Now if we can keep the poachers at bay, I feel good about the future. Wardens are going to help us out with that part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 4983583, member: 20583"] 53 acres may not contain a deer's every movement, but it's certainly big enough to be where a deer spends the vast majority of its time. If it has food, cover, water, and low pressure, it'll keep deer in close proximity. Pressure also seems to affect bucks more than does, especially older bucks. A big guy can catch your ground scent and avoid that trail the rest of the season. A doe can be bumped over & over. They only readjust their travel or timing. And I think every deer has its own personality. Some are more tolerant than others, and some are flat paranoid. I hate poachers, too. My brother called this morning from Ohio to tell me he had just broken up a deer drive. They had several hunters spanning the hollow up each ridge, one of which is ours. Gun season doesn't open until tomorrow. The guys scattered down hollow & jumped on ATV's, then fled, before he was able to get to them. About 20yrs ago that family had gotten busted by wardens for poaching & selling meat. One of them did prison time for it. The deer numbers were nil until about 3yrs ago. I began making plots, fawning cover, hinges, planing chestnut trees, a water hole, etc. This year it really exploded with a few doe families, several bucks of various age, and a few old matures staying near and frequenting the property. My brother got a big 9pt after the poacher mess, plus my dad and I both got bucks in there this year. First time all three of us got good bucks on the old family plot, first time my 51yr old brother got a bow kill period there, and the biggest buck dad ever got in 70yrs of hunting there. A few years of habitat work completely flipped that property from a deer desert to a pretty darn good spot. Now if we can keep the poachers at bay, I feel good about the future. Wardens are going to help us out with that part. [/QUOTE]
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