Actually 250 acres is a nice amount of land, but at the same time it is not a huge amount by any stretch. The neighboring land owners may have agreed to not shoot the smaller bucks but who is to say that they don't allow guests to hunt once in a while where the smaller ones still get shot. Or maybe the neighboring hunters hold out for big bucks for most of the season, but when the last few days come around anything becomes fair game to them? Who says they can't change their minds at any moment on what they want to kill? They don't need your permission to do it, or tell you about it if they do shoot one. So that nice buck you let walk to give him another year, just might get himself shot anyway. Unless this land is fenced off, you will NEVER have any guarantees that the small ones won't be taken!