Hey big one important thing to remember is to get your buck to doe ratio in balance. I can tell you what has worked for us on our N.Y. farm. We talked to our neibghors and let them know what we intended to do. At first we didn't get much cooperation, but since then some of them have started to come around. Heres our program that has worked for us: food plots, lick sites, NO deer drives, and we set aside 25 acres as a sanctuary for the deer no hunting is allowed in there. There's 6 of us that hunt this property an we all agree to shoot nothing smaller than a 6 point. I personally try to look at the deer and estimate his age.

I took an 11 point this year that scored 153 5/8 P&Y and seen two others that would score between 130 and 140. Opening day of shotgun I passed on a 16 inch wide 8 point. I didn't want to be greedy. So I was hunting for does. Wouldn't you know it all I seen was bucks.

Hope this helps good luck.

God Bless & Good Hunting
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