RE: Acres per Deer Hunter
125 members on 400 acres with 16 at 1 time seems to be suicide. The rule of thumb is 1 hunter per 100 acres. We all know that you could hunt more safely but why would anyone want that kind of pressure on the herd. I am now hunting on about 1500 acres of private land with 7 people having permission to hunt. One guy is kinda over it and we all speak to each other about where we are hunting. I am by far on this land more than anyone else with the average of everyone one else is probally 10-15 hunts the entire year. I hunted about 45 days this year. Even with this light pressure the deer are still mostly nocturnal. I can't even imagine having a hunter every 25 acres.