RE: am i hurting my deer population
I live on 100 acres, semi wooded area and have found that the only difficult part is seeing those bucks on days I can't hunt and hoping they'll stick around til the weekend.
I don't do much with the wooded area, sort of protect it for the deer and as land is cleared for crops or horses, I have an abundance of deer using my little property as a bedding area. I think I am the luckiest person on earth to have treestand forty yards from my back porch and still take P & Y bucks from it. The construction may hurt in the short run, but they'll be back. Enjoy and build lots of windows overlooking the deer paths.
Kelly