Hunting land....When it rains...it pours...!
11-28-2008, 10:44 AM
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Dominant Buck
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Hunting land....When it rains...it pours...!
I JUST (a few minutes ago) got access to the 100 (OK, 99) contiguous acres that abuts the 170acres I gained access to, this past year.
I can't tell you how excited I am. This is a dream come true!
I now have access to nearly 400 acres to hunt. Thats a far stretch from the 25 I started with three seasons ago.
I see me doing a LOT of scouting.....starting around Christmas.
I can't tell you how excited I am. This is a dream come true!
I now have access to nearly 400 acres to hunt. Thats a far stretch from the 25 I started with three seasons ago.
I see me doing a LOT of scouting.....starting around Christmas.
11-28-2008, 11:01 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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Location: Hughesville, PA USA
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RE: Hunting land....When it rains...it pours...!
And to think, you were more successful when you have much less land.
[8D]
Seriously though, new acres opens new possibilities but I think I once told you, I hate having too many places to hunt. One tends to overthink strategies.
[8D] Seriously though, new acres opens new possibilities but I think I once told you, I hate having too many places to hunt. One tends to overthink strategies.
HINT, HINT......
11-28-2008, 11:10 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Hunting land....When it rains...it pours...!
I agree with a lot of what you're saying, Rob.....but I knew if I was gonna continue doing this (bowhunting) I needed to be able to do it "differently". I like taking it to them a lot more than I liked how I was doing it.
"Second guessing", though??? You darned right I have....and a LOT.
BTW....the two bucks I saw yesterday were in the little woodlot we hunted (you know the one). I'd never seen either of them. One was bigger than anything I've shot.....and the other was a 90" deer (I think....I guesstimate). If that doe drags them on the line she'd started on......who knows?[&:]
I still have to think about it .....every time I'm NOT in there. But I can now save that spot for the rut and feel good about it. My doe sightings this year have been WAY down.....and I have to attribute that to my presence and amount of deer I've taken from that area.
I can also turkey hunt these new lands with no issues. THAT is exciting. If you make it here in the spring.....we'll have access to some areas along the creek that I KNOW they use for traveling. We may have to deal with the poachers.....but I'll take it. WE will have permission. They won't.
"Second guessing", though??? You darned right I have....and a LOT.
BTW....the two bucks I saw yesterday were in the little woodlot we hunted (you know the one). I'd never seen either of them. One was bigger than anything I've shot.....and the other was a 90" deer (I think....I guesstimate). If that doe drags them on the line she'd started on......who knows?[&:]
I still have to think about it .....every time I'm NOT in there. But I can now save that spot for the rut and feel good about it. My doe sightings this year have been WAY down.....and I have to attribute that to my presence and amount of deer I've taken from that area.
I can also turkey hunt these new lands with no issues. THAT is exciting. If you make it here in the spring.....we'll have access to some areas along the creek that I KNOW they use for traveling. We may have to deal with the poachers.....but I'll take it. WE will have permission. They won't.
