since it obviously wont hurt to de-rail this topic(might help), i've contemplated not shooting does on greenfields, but the last several years we havent shot much of anything on our greenfields and the deer are still spooky. if you have neighbors that do, it wont help you. youd think theyd see my GFs as a "sanctuary", but imo they see it as every other greenfield with a shooting house.
i hunt a lot of 40s, 80s, 120, and what my neighbors do i might as well do. ive seen no difference. this year has absolutely been the worst with neighbors shooting everything. my 10 yr old and i passed a 3 point and a 5 point one morning like we do every year only to find out they both got shot. really disheartning. i have people hunting every nook and cranny around me. also this year the deer are so spooky theyre circling our shooting houses to see if anyone is inside before they come in to the GF. beats all ive ever seen. this is on a 120 acre property i hunt and we havent killed a deer. not because we couldnt have just trying to be picky like always. it aint paying off this year.
