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<blockquote data-quote="DeerCamp" data-source="post: 5791040" data-attributes="member: 21011"><p>The neighbor hating thing is interesting.</p><p></p><p>We have a neighbor who has historically shot a bunch of deer my wife and daughters have passed. He's 60+ years old and apparently never shoots does. I have solid reasons to believe he doesn't always check them, and from what I gather he gives the deer to other people to process. Considering he posts the kills on every social media platform in existence, I can reasonably assume his intentions.</p><p></p><p>While I don't think we ever consider these deer "our deer", it's hard knowing that the management practices around him are the primary reason he shoots as many deer as he does. It's hard not to think "if he would just stop shooting everything with antlers, he might actually kill something to show off since that's him MO". It's hard not to think we are wasting our time.</p><p></p><p>The truth is, here in unit CWD we have the ability to dramatically alter HIS hunting success.. There have been a few times where I've thought that if we just set up on the travel routes on our place that take the deer to him, and just start hammering them, maybe after a while of not seeing deer he will get tired of hunting here. I have permission to hunt both sides of him. I mean, we could light the place up and I'd have no problem finding good homes for the venison. And with 3 bucks tags a piece, that's 12 bucks for my house. We certainly see enough bucks over the course of a season to fill those 12 tags.</p><p></p><p>But we don't do that because it's self defeating and as [USER=2805]@megalomaniac[/USER] pointed out, doesn't leave it better than we found it.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, when my other neighbors who seem to have slightly different motivations kill a buck, I'm genuinely happy for them and get in on the celebration. In fact, i constantly share pictures of deer we are seeing in hopes they are fortunate enough to cross paths with them. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps it's because they are considerate, friendly and there's a feeling that we are in together, even if we have slightly different management practices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeerCamp, post: 5791040, member: 21011"] The neighbor hating thing is interesting. We have a neighbor who has historically shot a bunch of deer my wife and daughters have passed. He's 60+ years old and apparently never shoots does. I have solid reasons to believe he doesn't always check them, and from what I gather he gives the deer to other people to process. Considering he posts the kills on every social media platform in existence, I can reasonably assume his intentions. While I don't think we ever consider these deer "our deer", it's hard knowing that the management practices around him are the primary reason he shoots as many deer as he does. It's hard not to think "if he would just stop shooting everything with antlers, he might actually kill something to show off since that's him MO". It's hard not to think we are wasting our time. The truth is, here in unit CWD we have the ability to dramatically alter HIS hunting success.. There have been a few times where I've thought that if we just set up on the travel routes on our place that take the deer to him, and just start hammering them, maybe after a while of not seeing deer he will get tired of hunting here. I have permission to hunt both sides of him. I mean, we could light the place up and I'd have no problem finding good homes for the venison. And with 3 bucks tags a piece, that's 12 bucks for my house. We certainly see enough bucks over the course of a season to fill those 12 tags. But we don't do that because it's self defeating and as [USER=2805]@megalomaniac[/USER] pointed out, doesn't leave it better than we found it. Meanwhile, when my other neighbors who seem to have slightly different motivations kill a buck, I'm genuinely happy for them and get in on the celebration. In fact, i constantly share pictures of deer we are seeing in hopes they are fortunate enough to cross paths with them. Perhaps it's because they are considerate, friendly and there's a feeling that we are in together, even if we have slightly different management practices. [/QUOTE]
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