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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5498733" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Well I can't disagree with your perspective. I appreciate you explaining everything. Reason I asked was that I saw you mentioned hunting a 7yr old, and having 5yr olds that you weren't even interested in. That sounded far removed from what the vast majority of hunters experience. </p><p></p><p>It's funny you mention having a 100acre property next to Oak Ridge. My Ohio place is 100acres surrounded 3 sides by a 10,000acres of state forest and park that rarely gets hunted hard, and almost never so deep that folks hunt near my place. Of the 7 properties I hunt and work habitat on, it's the only one where I can even remotely count on a buck surviving into old age. Even then it only happens with maybe one or two bucks per season. I can usually count on hunting a 5yr old on that property, and my success rate on getting one down is about 50%.</p><p></p><p>All the others are surrounded entirely by other private lands and they all get hunted. They range from 30 up to 150 acres. It's a revolving door of bucks on those properties and it's rare that I see a 3yr or 4yr old. Usually if he's capable of living to 3yrs, he has good chances of hitting 4yrs. I get as many 5yr olds on all those properties combined as I do on that Ohio place alone. Being the only person hunting any of the properties, I only have so many buck tags. I can shoot 2 in TN and 1 in Ohio. More than half the properties don't get a deer taken all season, yet the revolving door of young bucks continues. There's nothing I can do about it, and my own personal trigger decisions make virtually zero difference. </p><p></p><p>I would have to think the vast majority of private land hunters are in that same boat. Without adequate acreage in the right neighborhood, seeing a 4 or 5 year old buck is a crapshoot and nothing they can reasonably hope for. Letting a stud 3yr old walk is a huge gamble because it's quite likely a neighbor will not. I love your perspective and approach, but the pragmatic side of me is conflicted on how applicable it is for most smaller places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5498733, member: 20583"] Well I can't disagree with your perspective. I appreciate you explaining everything. Reason I asked was that I saw you mentioned hunting a 7yr old, and having 5yr olds that you weren't even interested in. That sounded far removed from what the vast majority of hunters experience. It's funny you mention having a 100acre property next to Oak Ridge. My Ohio place is 100acres surrounded 3 sides by a 10,000acres of state forest and park that rarely gets hunted hard, and almost never so deep that folks hunt near my place. Of the 7 properties I hunt and work habitat on, it's the only one where I can even remotely count on a buck surviving into old age. Even then it only happens with maybe one or two bucks per season. I can usually count on hunting a 5yr old on that property, and my success rate on getting one down is about 50%. All the others are surrounded entirely by other private lands and they all get hunted. They range from 30 up to 150 acres. It's a revolving door of bucks on those properties and it's rare that I see a 3yr or 4yr old. Usually if he's capable of living to 3yrs, he has good chances of hitting 4yrs. I get as many 5yr olds on all those properties combined as I do on that Ohio place alone. Being the only person hunting any of the properties, I only have so many buck tags. I can shoot 2 in TN and 1 in Ohio. More than half the properties don't get a deer taken all season, yet the revolving door of young bucks continues. There's nothing I can do about it, and my own personal trigger decisions make virtually zero difference. I would have to think the vast majority of private land hunters are in that same boat. Without adequate acreage in the right neighborhood, seeing a 4 or 5 year old buck is a crapshoot and nothing they can reasonably hope for. Letting a stud 3yr old walk is a huge gamble because it's quite likely a neighbor will not. I love your perspective and approach, but the pragmatic side of me is conflicted on how applicable it is for most smaller places. [/QUOTE]
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