We have 5-6 hunters on roughly 1000 acres and several prime spots to hold them here longer. A few of those spots are self imposed off limits to hunting. Like the pond and a couple food plots. Trails within 300 yards of the pond are also off limits and so is one well known bedding area. The only exception is for disabled hunts or culling sick/injured deer. One guy's father is pretty old and cant get around very well. He seldom hunts but we built a box stand just for him and for watching.
The closest neighbor with a lot of land does not hunt or allow hunting except small game and turkey. Bow and shotguns only too. He lets his cows roam every year during the firearms deer season for some reason too.
Our two bow hunters are the main trophy hunters and they get first crack every year. They also share every harvest with the rest of the group. They almost never bow hunt our area after the firearms season either. It works out ok but this year nice mature bucks are way down. Ive got some venison now but i would still like my own fat doe.
Last edited by Gm54-120; 12-16-2013 at 09:03 AM.