Originally Posted by
DougE
So in other words,these dead deer that are required to get checked in are just being made up?No one is saying there's a high deer density on that property.Twenty deer per square mile,give or take a few is not a high deer density for seeing loads of deer but it's about all the habitat can take in most areas in 2G.Thing is,hunters were used to hunting at such ridiculous deer densities that they were spoiled.
I just bought a house and 12 acres less than a mile away from the one spot he was talking about.It's all pasture except for one small strip of woods about 75 yards wide that separates my horse pasture from some overgrown fields.Visibility is good in all directions and I've been building a barn and putting up fence every night for the past two months.I seeing some does,fawns and occasional small buck running around but nothing to write home about.Back in August I PUT A TRAIL CAMERA IN THAT SMALL STRIP OF WOODS AND i'VE GOTTEN PICTURES OF AT LEAST 12 DIFFERENT BUCKS,4 OF WHICH HAVE AT LEAST 19-20 INCH SPREADS.Funny thing is,every picture is at night and I NEVER SEE ANY OF THOSE DEER.I pulled the card this morning and had 56 pictures since last Sunday with not bait out.Personal observations mean very little.especially in areas with little pressure.
Doug, your post confirms one thing, that as city slickers moves out into the country, that more and more land is being bought up and access into those areas - where you claim to have deer is being closed to the public.
It's illegal to hunt within 150 yards of any inhabited building and no one allows hunters to hunt next to their horse pastures.
So basically when you bought the land and closed it off to hunting - you in turn created another one of those deer sanctuary area's that I was talking about. Good Job..