Originally Posted by Turkeymaster
I have a tract thats 200 acres. I could have killed 10 mature bucks off of it in the last 3 years. We have killed 1 buck a year off of it and no does. I have 7 bucks of 5 years or older on cam including a 140ish 10 that we passed last year as a 130 inch 9 point. you can manage it as long as you have good neighbors


I thought I was ok even with it being public land but its Bankhead which already has a reputation for big bucks and draws a lot of interest from folks anyway. You have to hike a good ways to get to where it borders my property so I figured I may slip under the radar. Well this weekend on of the guys on my lease was hunting a creek crossing and noticed some guys that had hung climbers right on the property line. First time we've seen it this year and we know it's going to happen. They killed a buck that we would have let go another year. Not the end of the world but once word gets out about that one, and it will, I just don't see it as a viable management plan.