I lost another great hunting place
11-18-2005, 05:06 PM
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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I lost another great hunting place
I've been hunting the same area for about 15 years!I've lost alot of good hunting land to this guy.About 7 years ago he bought property,posted it and put up a bunch of tin can houses (double wides).[:'(]
The biggest buck I've ever seen in the wild lives in the area he posted.I know he made it through last season because I saw him and some of his rubs.I hunted the area Oct 15,opening day.
I also lost my homemade treestand I've had their for 5 years.It was their opening day but after he posted the area I went to get it and it was gone.
Just had to vent!I wish I would hit the lottery!I'd buy some land and would never have to worry about losing land again!
The biggest buck I've ever seen in the wild lives in the area he posted.I know he made it through last season because I saw him and some of his rubs.I hunted the area Oct 15,opening day.
I also lost my homemade treestand I've had their for 5 years.It was their opening day but after he posted the area I went to get it and it was gone.
Just had to vent!I wish I would hit the lottery!I'd buy some land and would never have to worry about losing land again!
11-19-2005, 03:09 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 1,364
RE: I lost another great hunting place
Me too! Been there, done that! I don't know where you are located but you should try finding a place to hunt in Maryland, and I'm not talking about exclusive hunting rights, either. Keep looking, asking and hoping. Good luck.
11-19-2005, 04:41 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: I lost another great hunting place
Me too. I had a GREAT place that I hunted for the past 22 years. I lost all but about 6 acres of it to an idiot who just started working for the landowner. I can still SEE deer and kill a few, but the true GIANT bucks stay over on the other side where I can't go.
11-19-2005, 04:52 AM
#6
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: I lost another great hunting place
While losing a good spot does suck , and it's happened to nearly all of us , it isn't abnormal or even new .
The way I deal with it is too look at it as a challenge to find a newer and even better spot . Hunting the same places over and over can get stale no matter how nice they are , and hunting new ground is always exciting since you're rolling the dice more than you othwise would have with a familiar spot . I live on and hunt a fairly productive small tract , but I still love packing a pop-up blind or climber into a place I've never seen and seeing what I can find out there .
Some of my favorite hunts have been on smaller , less well known public land tracts of 400 acres or less that don't get the pressure that their bigger cousins do , and you'd be surprised athow much game you'll see on them . Look over an onlinetopo map of an area that shows promise , identify those small overlooked publics , and zero in on one that looks the most favorable . You can do a surprising amount of scouting from space , and you can quickly locate promising features without ever setting foot there . Be sure to look for the areas of easiest entry as well as the harder ones , you'll come in the harder way , but if you plan it right your "drivers" will come in the easy way after you're settled in and run the game right to you .
Life just handed you a lemon , make some lemonade and look for a new challenge!
The way I deal with it is too look at it as a challenge to find a newer and even better spot . Hunting the same places over and over can get stale no matter how nice they are , and hunting new ground is always exciting since you're rolling the dice more than you othwise would have with a familiar spot . I live on and hunt a fairly productive small tract , but I still love packing a pop-up blind or climber into a place I've never seen and seeing what I can find out there .
Some of my favorite hunts have been on smaller , less well known public land tracts of 400 acres or less that don't get the pressure that their bigger cousins do , and you'd be surprised athow much game you'll see on them . Look over an onlinetopo map of an area that shows promise , identify those small overlooked publics , and zero in on one that looks the most favorable . You can do a surprising amount of scouting from space , and you can quickly locate promising features without ever setting foot there . Be sure to look for the areas of easiest entry as well as the harder ones , you'll come in the harder way , but if you plan it right your "drivers" will come in the easy way after you're settled in and run the game right to you .
Life just handed you a lemon , make some lemonade and look for a new challenge!
