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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5783682" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>If I lived in the Memphis area, I'd probably totally forget about deer hunting in TN.</p><p></p><p>You are so close to many other states, where their game agencies aren't going so crazy with CWD regulations. And all the TN counties, including Stewart & Humphreys, have lost much their former luster, just by being so close (and "NEXT") with the CWD regs. IMO, CWD is already there, just no one in the know wants TWRA to know.</p><p></p><p>Also, in the case of Stewart, the feral pigs continue to expand southward, despite the efforts at LBL to contain them. In this case, it's not just going to be CWD regs of the near future harming the deer management, but the pigs displacing both the deer & the turkey.</p><p></p><p>I've been fortunate to have a large private area to hunt in Stewart County now for decades, yet found myself doing as much or more hunting on public lands (albeit not so much in TN) this year. The reasons have been many, but truth is, <u>there is often less antler high grading on public lands than very intensely managed private lands under "trophy" buck management</u>.</p><p></p><p>If the 18,000-acre Ames Plantation couldn't prevent excessive antler high-grading by "trophy" buck management hunters, no surprise most with a fraction this acreage can't prevent it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5783682, member: 1409"] If I lived in the Memphis area, I'd probably totally forget about deer hunting in TN. You are so close to many other states, where their game agencies aren't going so crazy with CWD regulations. And all the TN counties, including Stewart & Humphreys, have lost much their former luster, just by being so close (and "NEXT") with the CWD regs. IMO, CWD is already there, just no one in the know wants TWRA to know. Also, in the case of Stewart, the feral pigs continue to expand southward, despite the efforts at LBL to contain them. In this case, it's not just going to be CWD regs of the near future harming the deer management, but the pigs displacing both the deer & the turkey. I've been fortunate to have a large private area to hunt in Stewart County now for decades, yet found myself doing as much or more hunting on public lands (albeit not so much in TN) this year. The reasons have been many, but truth is, [U]there is often less antler high grading on public lands than very intensely managed private lands under "trophy" buck management[/U]. If the 18,000-acre Ames Plantation couldn't prevent excessive antler high-grading by "trophy" buck management hunters, no surprise most with a fraction this acreage can't prevent it. [/QUOTE]
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