Me and my brother are hunting the back end of 20 acres about 200 yards apart. He's killed 2 bucks and a doe and I've killed a doe and missed a buck on it.
We live on 80 ac. used to do row crops and cows, our cow crew went to college and we planted pine trees. 100yds. south of my house is a 2 ac. food plot. 1/2 oats and 1/2 white ladino clover. There is a automatic corn feeder back in the pines that operates year round. we are surrounded by 1-5 ac. parcels that make some interesting sounds while sitting in the shooting house. Dogs barking, kids hollering, mothers hollering, lawn mowers, idiots with boom boxes, even neighbors target shooting. None of this seems to bother the deer. I also hunt on a small lease of 340 ac. with 5 other guys. Because of the ease of hunting in the "back yard", I have only hunted the lease half dozen times this year. I believe I will dedicate these last days of ML season to the lease. I have been blessed to kill 5 bucks on this patch this season. nothing much to brag on, but a lot to be thankful for. 6pt, 7pt, 4pt, 3pt, and a unique 7pt.(he had a good side w/4points and a big fork with a kicker off the back about 1/2 the size of your thumb. All this to say it doesnt take much land to kill a deer,just a little work to keep 'em interested and content. Needless to say trophy management is not an option because I'm not the only deer hunter on the block. I plead guilty to being a meat hunter,if he's legal most of the time he's in trouble.
