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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 753565" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Good example Trapper. Just because you can't turn your property into The Sanctuary doesn't mean you can't produce an enjoyable hunting experience. You just have to have realistic expectations.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And I'll be the first to admit I'm not a great hunter, and my harvests are more driven by my personal lack of skills than the deer herd. A perfect example is 2006. We had the most "shooter" bucks using our property that we've ever had, yet after spending 80+ hours in a treestand, I saw none of them. However, with the same amount of time in the field, one of my brothers-in-law saw 6 of the 11 shooters. Why the difference? In retrospect I realize he chose his stands well while I chose poorly. Something as simple as stand choice made that huge of a difference in our hunting results, and it makes you realize that the final measure of management results--what is hanging on the meat pole--can be driven far more by how you hunt the deer than by what deer you actually have to hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 753565, member: 17"] Good example Trapper. Just because you can't turn your property into The Sanctuary doesn't mean you can't produce an enjoyable hunting experience. You just have to have realistic expectations. And I'll be the first to admit I'm not a great hunter, and my harvests are more driven by my personal lack of skills than the deer herd. A perfect example is 2006. We had the most "shooter" bucks using our property that we've ever had, yet after spending 80+ hours in a treestand, I saw none of them. However, with the same amount of time in the field, one of my brothers-in-law saw 6 of the 11 shooters. Why the difference? In retrospect I realize he chose his stands well while I chose poorly. Something as simple as stand choice made that huge of a difference in our hunting results, and it makes you realize that the final measure of management results--what is hanging on the meat pole--can be driven far more by how you hunt the deer than by what deer you actually have to hunt. [/QUOTE]
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