Giant Landowners- Hunters like you?

[loneranger]

I posted on this back a ways..and it probably doesn't matter any more,,but I paid for a hunt on 3,000 acres of cattle ranchland,,and boy,,were the deer different.! Mature deer came out of the woodwork, way before dusk, and paraded around like the cattle. The amount of land you have and can keep undisturbed sure does make a difference. Unmolested deer -means better hunting by far!!

 

[BuckStop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Doubleaarchery</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Maybe we are all that good, but I am saying, I don't know. It would be fun to do a challenge. It would be fun to go hunt 2000 acres head to head with some people just to find out! </div></div>

Hey, I'm in on that challenge /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Just put this GA guy on the ground and I'll smoke everyone of ya. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif You'll see.

I'll conceede the guy with the more land is at a greater advantage now I've thought about it a while and I give him more props because at the end of the day he has more than likely put in proportionaly more time and effort to get a giant buck. To the guy who hunts his 40 acres on maybe 2 decent stand locations I give him props too but more than likey for him more luck but not complete luck factored into him talking an equal buck. This not to knock on small landowner, but just the way it is in my opinion.

As a side to the conversation, we have big deer (150s-160s) in GA but #1, most people don't let them get big and #2, the hunting leases in the areas that have the best genetics are overprice for me, like $1500 minimum. Public land is out of the question. Then if you want to buy land here in Ga, be prepared to pay 3-5k/ac. We thank the people from Florida for that so the problem isn't isolated only to Iowa. I decided I'd rather spend my money in your fine state, take my chances on your public land, and with 10 days of hunting. Which is actually about as much hunting I'd have here. Anyway just my perspective.

 

[BuckStop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: loneranger</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I posted on this back a ways..and it probably doesn't matter any more,,but I paid for a hunt on 3,000 acres of cattle ranchland,,and boy,,were the deer different.! Mature deer came out of the woodwork, way before dusk, and paraded around like the cattle. The amount of land you have and can keep undisturbed sure does make a difference. Unmolested deer -means better hunting by far!! </div></div>

Loneranger,

I have a similar experience but in suburban Atlanta in Fulton Co. I work for a civil engineering company and I got permission for one season to hunt a pacel of land which one of our clients was developing into a 100ac subdivision. It was surreal because the land was surroanded by multi-million dollar home,one of Back Street Boys lived next door too, but it had the biggest bucks on it that i have been able to hunt. They were completely tame it seemed. Saw the buck of my lifetime on the property, 140ish, but unable to muster the courage to make the 45yard shoot. I ended up seeing 3 10pts that night, but never took a shot on the lessers hoping this big boy might come by again. It was just unreal, but these deer had never ever been hunted before and that was the key. Its a lesson I will never forget.

 

[avidhunter]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: THA4</div><div class="ubbcode-body">you dont like the fact that the sport is commercialized???

what kind of bow do you shoot?
What kind of camo do you wear??
what kind of truck do you drive???

do you watch sporting events on TV? </div></div>

What kind of magazine do you own and edit?
What pro hunters are you trying to placate??
Who doesn't have a clue as to what I'm getting at???

I don't watch any hunting shows anymore... love the sport, hate the commercialism. If you want to sell me a product, I'd rather you use the guy from the Oxyclean commercial then Joe Pro-Staffer to hock it, because at least the Oxyclean guy is obvious about being a salesman and isn't trying to pass himself off as the guy next door who has a sloppy wife when it comes to doing laundry.
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Answers to the above questions:

I own a hand me down Browning bow that I've had for six years, shoots great and looks like a POS.

I wear Natgear because I think it works, not because any Pro Hunter I know wears it.

I traded in the truck for a mini van when we had a baby (sure do miss it though lol)

 

[BrewCrew]

The best hunters I know hunt stuff almost anyone can hunt and traps roadside ditches. Year in and year out get a deer and have a pickup full of coons every evening

The guys that own giant parcels are lucky to have something consistent. They can make plans to hunt something and follow through with it the next day w/o someone else possibly messing it up. They are never uneasy about not filling a tag but they work hard in other areas; food plots, scouting, trail cameras, you name it.

Its too broad to be judged - hunters like me?? No one hunts like me. If they did I would have killed them a long time ago for consistently sitting in the tree I wanted to go to or stalking the same deer I was going after . And no one is better or worse for what they do if it is ethical.


And if people want to put numbers into play on being a better hunter...
I've heard of plenty of midnight spotlighters that could consistently kill 160inch+ deer. Don't judge everyone by the actual inches on their wall. Numbers are a goal for lots of hunters, especially in Iowa. But we are just blessed to make the assumption of even seeing a buck of a trophy caliber in Iowa. Own 2000 acres of 10.. It doesn't matter. If you want it bad enough you will find a place to hunt and kill a deer. No ground owned, no money traded hands if need be..

Take into perspective of the guys who really love it, they are the hunters like you. They are the ones that deserve the recognition. They put in the time. They put in the devotion. They are hunters. Thats all. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

 

[shellie]

I have to agree with sligh1 on this , i never mentioned in my last post that a friend and i are trying to manage 80, ITS WORK, no matter if you have 80 or 1000 acres. the only thing going in our favor is another land owner around us owns 680 to the east of us, and he lets no one hunt ( LEASES IT FOR CATTLE) and the land to the north, and west is basically pasture, but the guy to the north as alot of timber farther west , but has cattle on it, and no deer managing going on at either side of us.We have worked hard on developing a food plot, monitoring cams, trimming, mowing, and its work, i couldnt imagin trying to manage 1000 acres. There are so many does coming to and from , it would take an army to thin them out. we have seen big deer on our property, two taken late this fall were 160-170 . we found several nice sheds last february, and know big deer are there, but once bow season starts, its like they vanish to the 650 , no matter what we do they just get smart.with only 80acres to hunt, i think they get smart and move on when the pressure starts and they know they cant be hunted on most ground around us.i still enjoy the challenge, but you would think with all the does running around during rut, that would attract more bucks, but im wondering, did the bucks chase them to the 650 we cant hunt?somtimes we wish we had more acres to hunt to leave some undisturbed so we can come in from other directions, so they dont get wise.its tough no matter if you have 80, or 1000, im just thankfull for a place to hunt.i guess what im trying to say is, i worked a couple of days a week, 8 hrs a day, and days off in the off season, and still couldnt get everything done that was needed. if i had 1000 cares , i would have had to hire the food plots to be put in, and other work needed to have it to my liking.owning 1000 acres may not be a blessing after you factor in the cost of the land, plus all the costs to maintain it , plus the payments in equipment , seed ect.heck, the way the economy is going, its a challenge on keeping up with our equipment to hunt let alone what it takes to maintain the ground were huntng, but it still beats hunting public ground like i was doing, atleast if i dont harvest, i can blame it on myself, which im doing this yr.