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Originally posted by Cody.Query:
Dew and Jb, that is probably true for your larger parcels. I would wager most don't have the means to control that high of an acreage.
Trust me smaller properties, the neighbors can flat out decimate your hunting. Granted we can help by providing sanctuaries and habitat plus not shooting etc. But the deer still get whacked like crazy during the rut. we haven't shot a doe in 8 years and end up with about 1 buck taken every other year. We have better hunting than anyone around that area but nothing like it could be and once was due to the neighbors.
Sounds EXACTLY like my situation Cody. I have even went to NOT hunting at ALL during the rut, and entire firearms season for several years now, just so I don't take a chance on running deer off our property to their certain death!!! Joe keeps saying "look in the mirror" to who's at blame, and quit shooting. However….I'm TIRED of not shooting, and not hunting, just to try to save a couple deer. Maybe I'll just take the "Amish approach", and shoot every legal deer I can, and deal with it the following year.