i was hoping to get a management plan started on our property in north-central WI this year, and was hoping to get a few pointers and thought this would be a great place to start. first let me explain my situation, im 17, and my dad is the primary landowner of 80 acres surrounded by mostly public property, a portion of which had been logged in the last 5 years. every year we have anywhere from 8-12 guys hunting the property, almost all of them doing so only during the 9 day gun hunt, however, i and a copule of the other guys do bowhunt there occasionally. the soil is pretty poor, so i dont know how well food plots would work. in the last few years alone i have seen 3 or 4 large bucks either in person or pictures from my trail cam. however, i cant remember how long its been since we have harvested a buck bigger than a 7 pointer my dad got a few years ago. i was hoping to find a way to convince my buddies at deer camp to stop shooting small bucks, hopefully giving them a chance to grow to their full potential. here's the problem, being that i'm only 17 i have little authority as to what goes on, and i dont want to feel like im tellingthem how to hunt. i was hoping you could explain how you got your plans started, what kind of things to concentrate on, and also share some success or failure stories. thanks for takin the time to help out a youngster. I'll be headin up there this wknd to work on my stands.

~Schobs~