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Bow only for small tract
Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:17 pm
I have a 45 acre lease in Leake Co., MS. It’s surrounded by large hunting clubs 40+ members at at least 3 clubs. There’s in excess of 20,000 acres around this land with 7,000 contiguous acres behind the lease.
Just a buddy and I hunt. We’ve decided to bow hunt only so as to keep pressure down, but I’m rethinking that approach given the lack of increased activity since gun season started.
Should bow only be maintained or is the property too small worry with surrounding hunting pressure, therefore, it doesn’t matter what we use. TIA
Just a buddy and I hunt. We’ve decided to bow hunt only so as to keep pressure down, but I’m rethinking that approach given the lack of increased activity since gun season started.
Should bow only be maintained or is the property too small worry with surrounding hunting pressure, therefore, it doesn’t matter what we use. TIA
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Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:18 pm to Fulwar
Your presence is what pressures the deer, not the occasional discharge of a rifle. Use whatever weapon you want.
Hopefully you have access from multiple sides and perimeter roads/trails and hunt the edges only with the right wind.
Hopefully you have access from multiple sides and perimeter roads/trails and hunt the edges only with the right wind.
This post was edited on 12/7/22 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:21 pm to Fulwar
I would think 45 acres is plenty for them to find refuge when atv’s and 338 mags pop off elsewhere. We had a family cabin on 10 acres in Lincoln county with surrounding clubs. We would often jump deer upon arrival after being gone a week or 2. However when the rut hits all bets are off
Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:34 pm to Fulwar
Deer don’t give a shite about the sound of a gunshot in the big picture.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:43 pm to Fulwar
As others have said I have watched deer feeding and a shot 200yd away or even several and they don’t even react or lift of their head.
Pressure is from human scent and hunting and even after you leave the woods later that scent is still there and you are impacting deer that you didn’t even know you spooked.
Go check out some of the research that shows how hours per stand hunted equals hours of avoidance by deer.
Pressure is from human scent and hunting and even after you leave the woods later that scent is still there and you are impacting deer that you didn’t even know you spooked.
Go check out some of the research that shows how hours per stand hunted equals hours of avoidance by deer.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 6:16 pm to Fulwar
Bow only on 45 acres won’t make a bit of difference. Two hunters is too much pressure, most likely. Just hope you see a few deer.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 6:49 pm to Fulwar
If it’s timber land and you don’t have much ability to cut or clear, then it doesn’t really matter all that much. Keep your traffic down unless you’re hunting and keep the corn flowing, there’s really not much impact you’re gonna have on 45 acres.
A property that size is a small back patio to a deer. None of them are going to live there 24/7, but if it’s a nice place to hang out they might prefer it in the evenings. If you can do some thinning, planting, make some cover nearby, and keep from disturbing them too much you can draw deer. I don’t think it has anything to do with what you’re shooting them with. Pressure comes from pushing them off a bed with a vehicle or foot traffic, and leaving human scent everywhere.
A property that size is a small back patio to a deer. None of them are going to live there 24/7, but if it’s a nice place to hang out they might prefer it in the evenings. If you can do some thinning, planting, make some cover nearby, and keep from disturbing them too much you can draw deer. I don’t think it has anything to do with what you’re shooting them with. Pressure comes from pushing them off a bed with a vehicle or foot traffic, and leaving human scent everywhere.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 7:07 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
That small of a property I'd just hit it with a gun and burn it.
no way the deer will be unaware your there by just using a bow.
It's a 2 week spot max.. you can sneak in all you want but 2 weeks and it's just like all the other property's around you.
no way the deer will be unaware your there by just using a bow.
It's a 2 week spot max.. you can sneak in all you want but 2 weeks and it's just like all the other property's around you.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 5:57 am to Fulwar
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45 acre
This is not enough land to manage anything, a deer could cross this in 5 minutes
Posted on 12/8/22 at 9:54 am to 257WBY
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Two hunters is too much pressure, most likely. Just hope you see a few deer.
Yep. I was always told the general rule is one member per 65-100 acres.
Posted on 12/8/22 at 10:42 am to lsu13lsu
Too much pressure really depends on the location of the stands, how often you hunt, and ingress/ egress. If you park on the road and walk in 100 yards and hunt in front of you with the wind in your face then you really aren't going to be pressuring anything.
Frankly OP if you shoot a deer with a rifle and drop it in its tracks that's going to be less pressure then blood trailing a deer for 100 yards through the woods.
Frankly OP if you shoot a deer with a rifle and drop it in its tracks that's going to be less pressure then blood trailing a deer for 100 yards through the woods.
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