After reading jmbuckhunters quest. about 40 or 80 acres, it made me wonder. I hunt in a suburban/rural area with a lot of open land, all private though. Big estates, horse farms, undeveloped acreage, etc. The properties I hunt(10-50 acres)all abut other private land that may or may not be being hunted. Are my efforts to grow bigger bucks, by passing on the younger deer, pretty much useless? I've been doing this for probably 4-5 years now and have not really seen any change in quantity or quality of mature bucks. In fact, this year I have only seen one "shooter" buck on one of my properties. Any opinions?