When talking about the lands you currently hunt.....please list, in order of importance, WHY you hunt the lands you do.

Here's mine:

1. Access (naturally)
2. Proximity to home (convenience)
3. Deer numbers (worthwhile - possibility of success /time invested)
4. Size of bucks (trophy potential)

I've had plenty of people tell me that the land my family owns is probably my BEST opportunity to take a "really good" buck, and the sign, there, is incredible. It's also 45 minutes from my home. If I hunt it this year.....it'll be less than 5 times, max. It's just not that important, to ME (trophy potential).

How about you? What makes you hunt where you do?

1.Hunter Numbers ( I hunt a lot of state/federal land)
2.Deer numbers
3. Proximity to Home
4. Trophy Potential

#1 Im the only person that hunts it.

2. It's out the back door.

3. The terrain is Ideal. (one slight uphill grade) To give you an Idea, it used to be an airport.

4. I see more bucks than does... so I know the "potential" for a good one is there. I just wish there were more "deer" in general.

1. Its Public Land since I don't have access to any other
2. It is close to home--15 minutes
3. The overall size of the base keeps things fresh in terms of finding new areas
4. It has 5-6 areas that are bow only, so when gun season opens I can find refuge in those areas.

Public land (a lot of acreage)
Bowhunting only (very little pressure)
Close to home (13 miles away)
A lot of deer (great habitat)
Bowhunting only (very little pressure), oh, I already said that.

1. Big Critters roam it
2. I'm the only one that hunts it
3. I can find golf balls at the same time
4. I walk out the door from work and I'm in the woods
5. I know it like my living room.

3. Deer numbers (worthwhile - possibility of success /time invested)
4. Size of bucks (trophy potential)
2. Proximity to home (convenience)
1. Access (naturally)

1. Access
2. Able to spend time with friends/family while there
3. Ability to improve and manage the property
4. Lack of pressure/ability to control pressure
5. Size of bucks

1. Close to home so I can hunt it daily if I choose.

1. Deer numbers (worthwhile - possibility of success /time invested)
2. Size of bucks (trophy potential)
3. Lease Price
4. Proximity to home (convenience)

I lease several farms, I will not even consider the property if 1 and 2 are not what I am looking for. After that the price is what I look at. Here in Illinois, people can and do get crazy with the amount of money they want to hunt their ground and I refuse to pay crazy money. This is why number 4 is so far down on my list. I am more than willing to drive 2-3 hours for a piece of ground that had the number/quality I want, as well as a price I can afford.