And to think, you were more successful when you have much less land.[8D]
Seriously though, new acres opens new possibilities but I think I once told you, I hate having too many places to hunt. One tends to overthink strategies.
I agree with a lot of what you're saying, Rob.....but I knew if I was gonna continue doing this (bowhunting) I needed to be able to do it "differently". I like taking it to them a lot more than I liked how I was doing it.
"Second guessing", though??? You darned right I have....and a LOT.
BTW....the two bucks I saw yesterday were in the little woodlot we hunted (you know the one). I'd never seen either of them. One was bigger than anything I've shot.....and the other was a 90" deer (I think....I guesstimate). If that doe drags them on the line she'd started on......who knows?[&:]
I still have to think about it .....every time I'm NOT in there. But I can now save that spot for the rut and feel good about it. My doe sightings this year have been WAY down.....and I have to attribute that to my presence and amount of deer I've taken from that area.
I can also turkey hunt these new lands with no issues. THAT is exciting. If you make it here in the spring.....we'll have access to some areas along the creek that I KNOW they use for traveling. We may have to deal with the poachers.....but I'll take it. WE will have permission. They won't.
I'll be out knocking on doors come spring, looking for new ground.
Five bowhunters on 130 acres is getting to be too many for me.
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The prey must have the predator, just as the predator needs the prey. One without the other is something less. The wolf without the deer becomes a dog. The deer without the wolf becomes a cow. And what does man become?
Good news Jeff! I wish you nothing but fun, excitement, and success!
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"We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism" - Nikita Krushchev 1959
Hunting land....When it rains...it pours...!
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HINT, HINT......
