We have a few folks that bowhunt the property surrounding us but don't begin to pressure it until late October then they stay on it until the Gun season opens in mid Nov. It's pounded by several guys during the first Gun season the weekend before Thanksgiving and then pounded again the weekend after Thanksgiving, our second half of Gun season. Then the weekend after the second Gun season is the Muzzleloader-only season and again several guys from northern Illinois come down and pound the property, shooting at anything they see. By the time the guns fall silent and the smoke clears they don't bowhunt anymore but instead wait for the special Antlerless-only Gun season during the second weekend in Jan and again a group of guys show up to pound anything that they may have missed earlier in the season! Every season during the past 4 that they've hunted our boundry I've found atleast 1 dead deer on my property that they lost or simply didn't even make an attempt to track. This past season it was a beautiful 10 pointer and a small Doe lost. [:@]

This "if it's brownit'sdown" attitude certainly makes my serious QDM attempts frustrating at best! [:@]