ORIGINAL: atlasman
Let me be PERFECTLY clear from the start. This IN NO WAY is meant to diminish the efforts of Mr H..........it's just a really good example.
Does anyone have even the slightest doubt that Michael Hunsucker and his group will drop numerous big mature bucks this year?
Now take a look back at what they smacked last year............and the trail cam thread from this year and tell us if you still think location does not matter when hunting big bucks.
Also, it has been said many times that increasing the number of larger bucks in an area does not make it any easier to hunt or kill them.
Really???..............still think that???
I don't think anyone believes that there aren't places that are easier to kill big mature bucks due to a more dense population of them.
I think what most believe is that if one truly wants to kill mature bucks on a somewhat consistent basis, you can do so even if you live in an area that doesn't have as dense of a population of them. Theprice may be higher in terms of scouting, hunting harder, finding new areas within several hours drive from your residence, etc..............but if it'sa high enough priority you can still do this.
For some (me included) the price is too high though to want to do this. Instead I choose to hunt on my family property and another friends property where the hunting is pretty good for the northeast, howeverI know if I was willing to find new places to hunt, pull myself out of my comfort zone, and put the time in to find a pattern mature bucks every year I could probably do so.