Actually, we have 3000 acres but it is owned by an association. I' d say about 20% of the people hunt. There are no crops and only two fields. The fields are just grass. Most of the land is forest, overgrown clearcuts and hemlock swamps. There are no oak trees except for some that people have planted around their houses. The main trees are beech, maple, cherry and hemlock. The overgrown clearcuts are very thick. They are overgrown in blueberry and blackberry bushes. There are beech and striped maple trees of about 10-15 feet tall through out these clear cuts. Visibilty is short. Our land is surrounded by tens of thousands of acres of state game land and state park land. All hemlock swamp and mature forest (beech, maple, cherry and hemlock). We are on top of a mountain (about 2400ft elevation). This mountain was timbered in the 1800s and early 1900s and I believe that is why the oaks are non-existent on top. I would say that about 25 people hunt our land for deer and less than half of them apply for doe tags. Our state (PA) put in place a mandatory 3 points per side antler restriction that started last year. We have many nice 8-pointers every year that survive the season. Nobody ever sees them the following year, though. I think we might have a tough property to manage.

Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge