Charlie P:
Let's say I have 10,000 acres high fenced that I manage for QDM. Myself and 5 other guys hunt this property
Your talking about 10,000 acres, that is alot of land, and the fact that only 6 guys hunt all of this land is what makes taking a big buck on it so special. There is such a huge area for these deer to roam and hide that it makes them pretty hard to find when there are only 12 eyeballs looking for them.
Look at it this way,
Lets say you take 10,000 acres of extremely heavily hunted public land in PA. You cant walk out in the woods with out seeing several other hunters. Every deer out there seems to get shot or atleast shot at. So what is the big deal if you shoot a deer out here?? The deer out here have very few areas to hide, and they are running from hill to hill dodging bullets. So what is so special about killing a 1 1/2 year old buck in this area, if you didnt somebody else would have.
People who hunt heavily hunted public land seem to hold a grudge against the hunters who hunt on private land. I find it quite funny when a public land hunter tries to degrade a buck that was taken off of private land. Honestly most private land hunters, myself included, could not care less what some guy from N.Y, P.A, or any other state for that matter, thinks of us or the areas we hunt.
You may never personally want to hunt a managed 10,000 acre private ranch, that is ok. I personally would never want to hunt a pressured piece of public land. I would give up hunting if it ever came to that.