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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5506934" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>My hunting land is family land. We own and hunt it for entertainment and as an excuse to gather as a family. We have 5-6 family member that hunt it fairly intensively, although 2 of the hunters only come in from out-of-state for 5-7 days of hunting opening week of MZ season, and that's it for them for the year. Because of this, any buck 2 1/2 or older is a target. This allows those short-term hunters a good chance of killing a buck each year. And we do kill a fair number of 2 1/2 year-olds. We've got a wall full of 85-95 class 2 1/2 year-old 8-point European mounts to show for it. I'm one of the only hunters that tries to hold off for 3 1/2 or better. I don't put in the most tree-stand time, in fact far from it. But it does seem odd that of the 101 bucks that have been killed off the property in the 36 seasons we've owned/hunted this property, the top 8 bucks ever killed are mine. I'm by <strong>no means</strong> a great, dedicated or skilled hunter. In fact, I get lazier the older I get. But knowing something about how bucks use terrain and habitat seems to pay off. That doesn't mean I'm passing up buck after buck each year, but it does seem to up my odds of having one of the better bucks wander by.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5506934, member: 17"] My hunting land is family land. We own and hunt it for entertainment and as an excuse to gather as a family. We have 5-6 family member that hunt it fairly intensively, although 2 of the hunters only come in from out-of-state for 5-7 days of hunting opening week of MZ season, and that's it for them for the year. Because of this, any buck 2 1/2 or older is a target. This allows those short-term hunters a good chance of killing a buck each year. And we do kill a fair number of 2 1/2 year-olds. We've got a wall full of 85-95 class 2 1/2 year-old 8-point European mounts to show for it. I'm one of the only hunters that tries to hold off for 3 1/2 or better. I don't put in the most tree-stand time, in fact far from it. But it does seem odd that of the 101 bucks that have been killed off the property in the 36 seasons we've owned/hunted this property, the top 8 bucks ever killed are mine. I'm by [B]no means[/B] a great, dedicated or skilled hunter. In fact, I get lazier the older I get. But knowing something about how bucks use terrain and habitat seems to pay off. That doesn't mean I'm passing up buck after buck each year, but it does seem to up my odds of having one of the better bucks wander by. [/QUOTE]
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