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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5539663" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Habitat management is a work in progress, an education in peeling layers from an onion. The more I learn, the more I realize there's even more to learn. Every "enhancement" is accompanied by unforeseen pitfalls that present problems needing solved. I enjoy the challenge and the work, but it doesn't come without risk. </p><p></p><p>On public land if you spook a buck you can move and find another buck to hunt. It doesn't work that way on your own ground. If you spook him he's gone and all that effort, money, and time spent creating an environment for him is wasted. That in itself will force you to become a better, smarter, more calculating hunter because you're vested in that deer and habitat. And the sense of accomplishment you get when you tag him is unlike any deer you've ever killed on public. Simply indescribable, even if he's not your biggest. </p><p></p><p>I've hunted public my entire life and still do. It's tough in its own ways. I love it. But it's not tougher than managed private land. It's different with different challenges. I think you're really going to enjoy managing habitat on your own dirt. I'd be interested in revisting this topic from time to time to see how your perspective changes as you experience hunting on land you manage. Having done it myself it has for sure changed my perspective. I used to think it must be easy killing big bucks on well managed private land. Now I know from first hand experience that's not true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5539663, member: 20583"] Habitat management is a work in progress, an education in peeling layers from an onion. The more I learn, the more I realize there's even more to learn. Every "enhancement" is accompanied by unforeseen pitfalls that present problems needing solved. I enjoy the challenge and the work, but it doesn't come without risk. On public land if you spook a buck you can move and find another buck to hunt. It doesn't work that way on your own ground. If you spook him he's gone and all that effort, money, and time spent creating an environment for him is wasted. That in itself will force you to become a better, smarter, more calculating hunter because you're vested in that deer and habitat. And the sense of accomplishment you get when you tag him is unlike any deer you've ever killed on public. Simply indescribable, even if he's not your biggest. I've hunted public my entire life and still do. It's tough in its own ways. I love it. But it's not tougher than managed private land. It's different with different challenges. I think you're really going to enjoy managing habitat on your own dirt. I'd be interested in revisting this topic from time to time to see how your perspective changes as you experience hunting on land you manage. Having done it myself it has for sure changed my perspective. I used to think it must be easy killing big bucks on well managed private land. Now I know from first hand experience that's not true. [/QUOTE]
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