ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Deer are opportunists. Hunters, in my mind, should be, too. I go where the deer are in my area. If I had an opportunity to drive an hour and see less deer in bigger woods.....what do you suppose my choice would be???
I hear ya andlike I said I hunt both types of property,butI can see how some would consider the smallerparcel less of a challenge than the big land. I know (speaking for myself) I find it much more rewarding to hunt and be successful in the bigger woods than the small one. I say this onlybecause more time and effort was needed to pattern the deerin the big woods than the small one. Also once on them there is a greater chance of the deer no longer moving or holding up in that area as they have far moreland to roam so things can change mid season where in the small parcel it stays pretty consistant.
In the small parcel they don'treally have anywhere to go and must stay put to keep within the confines of the timber and open fields. I know in my case they will not (for the most part) go outside of the forest preserve for this very reason therefore when they do move they keep in the preserve.The property that I huntis mostly wooded and butts up to the preserve so I know they will be moving through it as well.
Like I said I know where they will be next year and the years to come as welland not much effort will be needed to find where they are moving when hunting season closes in. The big woods on the other hand.............