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Old 02-03-2005 | 09:17 PM
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Default deer sanctuary questions

We have 250 acres of land that we have had in the family for generations, and have been managing bucks for a while now, by anly taking mature bucks and taking more does and making sure they have good food to eat. It is almost all mature oak timber, white oak, post oak, and black oak, and also has water and seven food plots on it. I keep reading about sanctuaries and am thinking about creating one on our land. Now, what im wondering is, we are bordered by a man on two sides who dont allow any hunting whatsoever, and will let no one on his property, he doesnt hunt, and doesnt ever get out of the lower bottoms on the farm, and that is over a mile from our line, so his entire property is like a sanctuary to the deer, as they are never pressured there, and never encounter humans on most of his land. So should I bother to waste some of my own land to make a sanctuary with all the safe land they have on him? Im thinking I should let them feel safe on his land and continue to improve my land in the food area, and keep some good cover in places, and good water to draw them across the fence. Any advice is appreciated.
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