Am I "selling out"?
03-05-2008, 07:52 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
Posts: 2,520
RE: Am I "selling out"?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
There's no way I can thin does out at the rate I need to if I'm not there, hunting (home).
There's my dilemma.
There's no way I can thin does out at the rate I need to if I'm not there, hunting (home).
There's my dilemma.
03-05-2008, 08:06 AM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
Posts: 6,679
RE: Am I "selling out"?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
So you can't be both?
Then you need to ask yourself if you want to be a hunter or a herd manager.
03-05-2008, 08:09 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 1,559
RE: Am I "selling out"?
ORIGINAL: Splitear_Leland
I would just decide which piece of property has the most potential, and concentrate the majority of my time on that ground.
I would just decide which piece of property has the most potential, and concentrate the majority of my time on that ground.
03-05-2008, 08:15 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Damascus MD
Posts: 2,751
RE: Am I "selling out"?
Jeff, thats a tough call my friend. Isthe original propertyyouve been trying manage, the same one that your neighbors and their family or friends are possibly poaching on? If it is, I would feel it would be extremely difficult to get the end result you are trying to obtain with your ratio's if that is indeed the case, unless you are taking into consideration the poaching kills etc...
At the end of the day,whats more important and realistic to you? How many opportunities do you get to get 200 acres to hunt in your area? What are the chances of you losing the new property in the next year or 2? Would you be better served trying to manage your herd ratios onthe newproperty, basically starting over? I think only you can answer the bottom line. Good luck, thats a tough one.
At the end of the day,whats more important and realistic to you? How many opportunities do you get to get 200 acres to hunt in your area? What are the chances of you losing the new property in the next year or 2? Would you be better served trying to manage your herd ratios onthe newproperty, basically starting over? I think only you can answer the bottom line. Good luck, thats a tough one.
03-05-2008, 08:15 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: S. Illinois
Posts: 1,325
RE: Am I "selling out"?
i dont really know how much of an impact one person can have on a whole herd?(I guess that would depend on the # of doe tags you can get)I would go with the new land and start managing it.....or you could hunt your old land and new to keep each place "fresh"
03-05-2008, 08:16 AM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
Posts: 2,520
RE: Am I "selling out"?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
So you can't be both?
Then you need to ask yourself if you want to be a hunter or a herd manager.