ORIGINAL: NEW61375

Well I have to say that I hunt in both kinds of areas. One particular piece of property I hunt is extremely "urban"(hear people leaving for work, yelling at dogs/kids, etc). I also hunt some very rural pieces (100 acre farm surrounded by about 4000 acres of woods, farm, creek bottoms). Now both places are fun to hunt and I have had good success at both but the "urban" area is far easier to hunt, hands down. The deer are accustomed to human interaction but they still avoid it, this makes it extremely easy to isolate their travel routes to and from food sources by picking the areas that stay farthest from humans or are thick enough to provide them security. When you are talking about a couple 100 acres skirted around houses, yards, and food sources it is not that difficult to find activity. And then on top of that the deer are less spooky, I get away with more scent "violations" and disturbances (probably due to people walking dogs, riding horses, etc.)than I ever would at the farm and the deer have far less options as far as where to go. I don't think I am doing anything wrong by taking advantage of this situation but I also know that lots of the tactics I use in my "urban" honeyhole wouldn't fly at the farm and other "big woods" areas I hunt. Just a thought.