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<blockquote data-quote="Trapper John" data-source="post: 753354" data-attributes="member: 40"><p>Very good. Our property sits at around 522 acres although that number seems to fluctuate by 2 or 3 acres everytime we survey it. Our neighbor's fences have a bad habit of moving during the night. Anyway, when I first got into hunting I wanted what wasn't possible: A deer behind every tree and gigantic buck behind every bush. </p><p></p><p>Thirteen years later reality has set in deep and, to be honest, I'm totally happy with it. After reading the posts on here, and BSK was a huge part of it, we realized what was possible on the property. Since we began managing the property we have seen, in the past three years, at least one buck each year equal to or bigger than the buck in this picture:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/JohniusMaximus/murray.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I'll be the first to admit part of the reason we have started noticing bigger buck only in the past three years is because we're slowly becoming better hunters. We're still not good hunters, but we're better than we were when we started in 1995 and when we began actively managing the property in 2000.</p><p></p><p>Many wouldn't be happy with it, but for what we have to work with we couldn't be happier. The land produces several does a year and there's always a chance at a 2.5 year old buck and perhaps something older and bigger. We know for sure bigger bucks have been and are on the property. We've seen them several times. They're just not an every year occurence. We couldn't ask for more. </p><p></p><p>Once we came to accept what was possible and probable for the property to produce things got a lot easier and we were able to enjoy our hunting A LOT more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trapper John, post: 753354, member: 40"] Very good. Our property sits at around 522 acres although that number seems to fluctuate by 2 or 3 acres everytime we survey it. Our neighbor's fences have a bad habit of moving during the night. Anyway, when I first got into hunting I wanted what wasn't possible: A deer behind every tree and gigantic buck behind every bush. Thirteen years later reality has set in deep and, to be honest, I'm totally happy with it. After reading the posts on here, and BSK was a huge part of it, we realized what was possible on the property. Since we began managing the property we have seen, in the past three years, at least one buck each year equal to or bigger than the buck in this picture: [img]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/JohniusMaximus/murray.jpg[/img] I'll be the first to admit part of the reason we have started noticing bigger buck only in the past three years is because we're slowly becoming better hunters. We're still not good hunters, but we're better than we were when we started in 1995 and when we began actively managing the property in 2000. Many wouldn't be happy with it, but for what we have to work with we couldn't be happier. The land produces several does a year and there's always a chance at a 2.5 year old buck and perhaps something older and bigger. We know for sure bigger bucks have been and are on the property. We've seen them several times. They're just not an every year occurence. We couldn't ask for more. Once we came to accept what was possible and probable for the property to produce things got a lot easier and we were able to enjoy our hunting A LOT more. [/QUOTE]
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