AF Hunter

1. Exclusive access (I am the only one with permission to hunt it)
2. Safety (The only other hunters I will have to worry about is trespassers)
3. Convenience (The furthest area is one mile from the house & most of it surrounds my house)
4. Lack of Pressure (Some of the land has not been hunted in 30+ years)
5. Size of Bucks (Yes, size does matter no matter what your other half says)
6. Number of deer (The population is huge)

#1 & #2 tie in together and are definately the most important to me.

Bowtech 360

2. Proximity to home (convenience)
1. Access (naturally)
3. Deer numbers (worthwhile - possibility of success /time invested)
4. Size of bucks (trophy potential)

Almost like yours, I need to hunt the land in my backyard because I cant drive, sigh

txjourneyman

#1 access-affordability ( leases in Tx ain't cheap!)
#2 access-affordability
#3 access-affordability......... I guess you get the picture.

Ben / PA

Family Cabin land 186 acres
1. The ability to hunt and spend time with buddies and family.
2. The opportunity to try to improve and manage the land. (plots, minerals)
3. Opportunity to take a good buck.

Con, its pressured on every border.

Access land
1. I am one of few that have permission.
2. Location. After work I can be to anyone of three 55 to 100 acre spots in 15-20minutes. (one new one this year that I can walk to from my house)
3. Buck protential.

Vabowman

1. It's close
2. lots of deer
3. big bucks
4. Know the land well, very well
5. Free!!

HuntingEd

1. Big Buck Potential.
2. Proximity to home.

Those are my only two requirements, I like hunting close to home because I can pull off the after work hunts. but I will go to great extents to harvest a big buck. Once I put a nanny in the freezer its go time.

130woodman

1. I own it
2. I set the rules for my management plan
3. Good friends
4. Great cabin to stay at.

rybohunter

I hunt several different properties, for various reasons. So I’ll list why I hunt each.

Starting with what I call my best spot


Few other bowhunters
I know the land intimately.
Lots of deer
good trophy potential
I’ve been hunting there all my life.[/ol]

2nd spot


close to home( < 5 minutes)
Access-It’s next to impossible to come by where I live. [/ol]
Anything else I list is moot, because if it had 3 deer & no bucks on it, or 100 deer & 50 P&Y, it’s still the only place I can access close to home so I’d hunt it. It has moderate deer numbers and very good trophy potential.

3rd spot


Few to no other hunters
The land owner wants me to kill the deer
It provides a change of pace
Just in case I ever need to rely on this land for future hunting, I like to keep relations up. Hopefully it will never come to that though. [/ol]

wallhangr

1. Trophy Potential
2. Very limited access - during archery season I'm usually by myself.

If time is limited, then I have 2-3 other choices based on proximity.

formula1

Lease in GA:

1) Close to home.
2) reasonable lease price.
3) Good 'fill the freezer' type deer population.
4) good folks to hunt with.

Leasein Illinois:

1) Big Buck potential
2) Lease - (i.e. not an outfitter)
3) Reasonable price
4) Good folks to hunt with.