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Well I own a small farm like many do here in this great state. Some things I have noticed that might help guys out, and make guys enjoy hunting a bit more are:
1. Be realistic, if you own less then 640 acres your not going to hold every deer you see.
2. Use low pressure hunting, but at the same time enjoy your farm!
3. Have cams, move them around, and dont get discouraged if your not getting a big buck cause your probably just missing them, they are around.
4. ENJOY THE OFFSEASON, this is key to my place, I LOVE PLANTING PLOTS! try different things, try row plots, try scouting in the snow,
5. SHED HUNT
6. Be strict with your guests, I dont let anyone hunt my farm except close family. We have killed 2 bucks in 3 years, and only 1 doe. We are trying to increase the density even tho we cant do much about it.
PS. Reason for writing this is that my Uncle killed about a 120 inch great potential buck last night, over a food plot at my farm. He actually texted me and wrote "I hope you aint, pissed" I immediatly realized I had been way to strict, and took deer hunting a bit to much about the rack. I wrote to him, and told him I was not upset, it was a nice buck, and he had hunted very hard the past two years and not killed one.
It made me so happy to know that we kept the pressure off the deer enough that they were still coming in to feed during the daylight the 2 DAY OF GUNSEASON! He saw 3 does, and a the buck he killed, buck came in grunting like hell and my uncle made the shot count!
Overall I hope you all have a great season, and enjoy hunting for what it is, a hobby! (atleast for most)
1. Be realistic, if you own less then 640 acres your not going to hold every deer you see.
2. Use low pressure hunting, but at the same time enjoy your farm!
3. Have cams, move them around, and dont get discouraged if your not getting a big buck cause your probably just missing them, they are around.
4. ENJOY THE OFFSEASON, this is key to my place, I LOVE PLANTING PLOTS! try different things, try row plots, try scouting in the snow,
5. SHED HUNT
6. Be strict with your guests, I dont let anyone hunt my farm except close family. We have killed 2 bucks in 3 years, and only 1 doe. We are trying to increase the density even tho we cant do much about it.
PS. Reason for writing this is that my Uncle killed about a 120 inch great potential buck last night, over a food plot at my farm. He actually texted me and wrote "I hope you aint, pissed" I immediatly realized I had been way to strict, and took deer hunting a bit to much about the rack. I wrote to him, and told him I was not upset, it was a nice buck, and he had hunted very hard the past two years and not killed one.
It made me so happy to know that we kept the pressure off the deer enough that they were still coming in to feed during the daylight the 2 DAY OF GUNSEASON! He saw 3 does, and a the buck he killed, buck came in grunting like hell and my uncle made the shot count!
Overall I hope you all have a great season, and enjoy hunting for what it is, a hobby! (atleast for most)