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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Condor]
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01/11/17 11:34 AM
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We don't feed during the year and see a ton of deer and have killed some nice bucks. Now granted, none have been killed in plots, but have been killed in clear cuts, power lines and road crossings.
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Condor]
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01/11/17 11:45 AM
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MarksOutdoors
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I can only guess that year round feeding with premium groceries will hold deer on a property. I wish I had the money, time and energy to do year round feeding.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Condor]
#1987436
01/11/17 01:28 PM
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Uh YES! It can cripple deer hunting on lands that are not feeding just as heavy. The only exceptions are if they have bedding areas they prefer on neighboring lands.Ive had this happen with neighboring property that feeds by the ton . Since money is no object neither is the amount of feed and supplements they put out. 3/4 of the deer that we used to see are on their place.
Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one with deep ruts,hills and mud.It may be bumpy but WHAT A RIDE!
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Hogwild]
#1987449
01/11/17 01:38 PM
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12 members on 1800 acres does not sound like a low pressure Club.
What do you consider low pressure then?
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Condor]
#1987454
01/11/17 01:46 PM
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12 members on 1800 acres isn't bad if you keep riding the roads & checking cameras etc is kept to a minimum
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Hogwild]
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01/11/17 02:44 PM
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Well, lets just say that we have food plots that have not had anyone sit in them yet this year.
THAT is low pressure! he said there are 12 hunters on 1800 acres with 30 food plots its possible that there is a food plot that hasn't been sat
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Condor]
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01/11/17 02:48 PM
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I really don't know the answer, but I'll share a similar experience. For several years 3 of us leased 600 acres in Chambers Co. That was the absolute BEST bow hunting land I've ever been on, period. It was stupid how many deer that land held, and when the white oaks bore, son it was ON!!! No crap, I've seen 20 does at one time on a small ridge. You could kill a deer every morning and evening if you wanted to. Couldn't overhunt it either it seemed, you could kill a deer from the same tree every day for a week. This land was about 50% short pines, 25% huge pines with sage and privet underneath, and the rest scattered hardwood patches. We had 6 plots, one of which was 1.6 acres and would look like a Tecomate commercial. But once those acorns were gone, so were the deer. We seemingly had everything they needed, but every season if you didn't kill your deer in bow season, you were done! I do not believe anybody even close was feeding them, but it was like a seasonal pattern....the later in the year it got, our deer just vanished. They wouldn't even touch those plots very much except for a couple of does here and there. We wouldn't get any pictures, nothing, they were just gone. Next year, they were right back though. I just think in some places the deer have seasonal homes?....like you have a beach house you live in all Summer, then move back home in the Winter. Heck if I know.
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We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Condor]
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01/11/17 02:50 PM
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You could be right.
But, my experience with Clubs says not.
12 members, at least 6 have kids. Other 6 have friends and family. And, they don't like to hunt......but, they just like ot sit in a patch and watch to relax. LOL
SO, every weekend, at least 1/2 the patches are hunted and ALL of them are visited/scouted.
Just been my past experience. Everyone else's may vary!
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Hogwild]
#1987543
01/11/17 02:52 PM
01/11/17 02:52 PM
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You could be right.
But, my experience with Clubs says not.
12 members, at least 6 have kids. Other 6 have friends and family. And, they don't like to hunt......but, they just like ot sit in a patch and watch to relax. LOL
SO, every weekend, at least 1/2 the patches are hunted and ALL of them are visited/scouted.
Just been my past experience. Everyone else's may vary! well i guess i wasn't thinking like that luckily i have always hunted with people who didn't bring a lot of guest
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
[Re: Condor]
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01/11/17 02:54 PM
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YES ! They may bed on you and only feed under the cover of darkness. NOW is the time to be feeding to attract does. Attract the does, the bucks will follow. I was in a club once next to a hunting preserve. the preserve closed during Christmas and the owned fed corn heavily while no one was hunting there. We saw ZERO deer during this period. Corn trumps everything during periods where browse is scarce.
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: Effect of feeding deer on neighboring hunt clubs
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01/11/17 04:02 PM
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12 members on 1800 acres does not sound like a low pressure Club.
What do you consider low pressure then? We have a total of 3 guys hunting 800 acres. I would consider that low pressure but we still have to be careful and watch where we sit or just the 3 of us can make them nocturnal or I guess I should say more nocturnal.
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