You know, Charlie....I also hunt with a good friend in VA (been4 times, hunting.....and several times helping out....for work details).....where he is partners in 2 leases. One is 1,600 acres......the other is 1,900. They adjoin 9these properties)and are separated by a mountain ridgeline. One side plants food plots, practicesQDM,has self-imposed AR's and gets the DMAP permits to take extra does. The other side/lease just "hunts". it's about as close to a real-life scenario of the situation you depicted as you're gonna get (and at least this one is real). I have also hunted with friends at their respective leases.
If you're looking for a reason to discount my posts......you can surely do that. But hell....let's make **** up. Who cares about something real? Let's pretend!
If my neighbor was killing does like crazy and I knew I had plenty on my land that had no reason to leave I would be happy as can be............all he is doing is raising bucks that are headed your way.
Eliminating does is a huge mistake IMO.........not needed and actually counter productive to hunting management.
Again JMO.......based on what I have seen first hand........but still just an opinion.
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[/align][align=right][/align][align=right]Understood, Atlas....and I sometimes wonder if I can make a difference, or not, here. I'm going to give it a go........and only time will tell. You may end up being exactly right.....in the real world. 3-4 yrs will tell me.
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