How many acres?
12-17-2005, 09:02 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 5,062
How many acres?
I was just wondering how many acres everyone has to bow hunt on? I dont mean how many different spots, how big is each of your spots. I am just trying to compare my spot to what other people have. I have about 15 acres. It is bordered on 2 sides by a river, and 1 side is bordered by a corn field. It is mostly open field, with woods along the river, but the woods is only about 30 yards wide, from the bank of the river to the field edge. In the far corner of the land, there is an old overgrown gravel pit, (it is full of trees now, and really hilly). I dont really know how many acres the gravel pit is, but I would guesse it is no more than 5 for sure.
12-18-2005, 03:04 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: How many acres?
I have permission to hunt on a number of areas raning from as small as 6 (absolute dynamite) acres up to about 270 acres. The smaller ones seem to be the better ones for me.
12-18-2005, 05:02 AM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Nanjemoy, MD
Posts: 998
RE: How many acres?
I have been blessed with the quanity and quality of land that Ibowhunt and I don't spend a nickelfor a lease:
83A on my own farm (QDM) with access to the ~300Aof my two neighbors' adjoining farms;
2200A on a restricted-access military base (QDM and QTM practiced);
andfour more farms 5-10 miles away: 79A (BrownIsDown), 85A (BID), 200A (QDM), and 30A (BID). There arethreeother farms that I spring turkey where the owners have asked me why I don'tcome back and hunt deer?(streched too thin).
- I've feel sometimes like I've died and gone to heaven.I've known the landowners on some of thesefarms for20+ years and enjoy thefriendships we've developed.
- A clue to those who do not have much property: be a courteousethical bowhunter, treat the landowner with dignity and respect, visitlandowners near Christmas (with a token of appreciation)and during the off-season, do some chores (cut fallen treesout of pastures, pick up trash, mend fences, remove dilapidatedpermanent tree stands, help with hay, you get the idea); having the credentials of a Hunter Safety Instructor is a plus ("Sir, I not only practice hunting safely, I teach it" - a big concern to those considering letting a stranger on their property)...these farmers know other farmers - I have gotten permission to bowhunt properties without even asking ("I was telling myneighbor about you...").
Odd, but Irarely hunt my farm.
-fsh
83A on my own farm (QDM) with access to the ~300Aof my two neighbors' adjoining farms;
2200A on a restricted-access military base (QDM and QTM practiced);
andfour more farms 5-10 miles away: 79A (BrownIsDown), 85A (BID), 200A (QDM), and 30A (BID). There arethreeother farms that I spring turkey where the owners have asked me why I don'tcome back and hunt deer?(streched too thin).
- I've feel sometimes like I've died and gone to heaven.I've known the landowners on some of thesefarms for20+ years and enjoy thefriendships we've developed.
- A clue to those who do not have much property: be a courteousethical bowhunter, treat the landowner with dignity and respect, visitlandowners near Christmas (with a token of appreciation)and during the off-season, do some chores (cut fallen treesout of pastures, pick up trash, mend fences, remove dilapidatedpermanent tree stands, help with hay, you get the idea); having the credentials of a Hunter Safety Instructor is a plus ("Sir, I not only practice hunting safely, I teach it" - a big concern to those considering letting a stranger on their property)...these farmers know other farmers - I have gotten permission to bowhunt properties without even asking ("I was telling myneighbor about you...").
Odd, but Irarely hunt my farm.
-fsh
