In order of importance......Please list...
08-14-2008, 12:18 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Hortonville, Wisconsin
Posts: 1,456
RE: In order of importance......Please list...
1. Close To Home (convenience)
2. Not Pressured much (see more deer)
3. Alot of deer (see at least 20 deer a night)
4. size of bucks (trophy potential)
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2. Not Pressured much (see more deer)
3. Alot of deer (see at least 20 deer a night)
4. size of bucks (trophy potential)
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08-14-2008, 12:47 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
Posts: 2,492
RE: In order of importance......Please list...
Its alot of private land to hunt in Bucks and Montco PA. Which is very hard to come by. I thank The Lord and the Deer Gods everyday!! They are close to Home too
Hatchet Jack
Hatchet Jack
08-14-2008, 01:44 PM
#24
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Greensboro, NC
Posts: 99
RE: In order of importance......Please list...
1. Permission to hunt
2. Convenience-from home
3. # of other hunters
4. # of trophy deer
5. type of hunting allowed in area (bow only-and where I am from in MO there are alot of areas like this holding trophies which don't get pressured during gun season)
6. # of deer.
Ryan
2. Convenience-from home
3. # of other hunters
4. # of trophy deer
5. type of hunting allowed in area (bow only-and where I am from in MO there are alot of areas like this holding trophies which don't get pressured during gun season)
6. # of deer.
Ryan
08-14-2008, 02:35 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Northwest suburbs, Illinois
Posts: 2,075
RE: In order of importance......Please list...
When talking about the lands you currently hunt.....please list, in order of importance, WHY you hunt the lands you do.
Here's mine:
1. Access (naturally)
2. Proximity to home (convenience)
3. Deer numbers (worthwhile - possibility of success / time invested)
4. Size of bucks (trophy potential)
Here's mine:
1. Access (naturally)
2. Proximity to home (convenience)
3. Deer numbers (worthwhile - possibility of success / time invested)
4. Size of bucks (trophy potential)
Order of importance. None really.
I hunt (along with Justin) some of the worst properties you will ever find. I honestly have spots with only 4 or 5 acres of woods all in fencerows spread out over 100 acres. Trespassers are a normal occurence even on this land.. unleashed dogs.. Donkeys.. horse back riders.. snowmobilers.. ATVer's... thieves etc. Welcome to big city hunting.
Permission is favored most by me. So I guess access is number 1.
I do travel to hunt.. but not because of larger deer (although it plays a big role) I travel to get away from all the stuff I have to put up with on a constant basis.. and I get to see MUCH more wildlife in the country rather than outside the city.
Try being in the woods on a November morning near 1,000 roads and 4 major Chicago highways within a large sprawled out "progress" setting and then try to hear a deer walk. You almost can't.[&o]
For me the traveling is a welcome to get away from the masses and get on bigger animals.
And I'd love to travel closer to home. But in Illinois.. near Chicago.. the rich buy and lease all the good land within 2-2.5 hours of it's downtown (and thats getting larger). You simply have to go further to find land.
That's the unpublished truth about Illinois.
08-14-2008, 02:44 PM
#28
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: In order of importance......Please list...
The only one I worry about is proximity to my home. It has to be close enough to make it worth my while. Like I can hunt it whenever I want after work or something. I can't afford to take time off work to hunt.
Oh, and it has to be free. I won't lease land unless it's really cheap, like say 50 bucks a year or something. Anything beyond that and it simply isn't worth my time.
Paul
Oh, and it has to be free. I won't lease land unless it's really cheap, like say 50 bucks a year or something. Anything beyond that and it simply isn't worth my time.
Paul
