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How small is too small?
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:25 pm
My co-worker recently gave me permission to hunt a wooded tract of land that she and her husband bought that they will ultimately build on in a few years. It’s an 8 acre tract surrounded by several other large-acre tracts. Probably 250-300 acres total.
Pros: It’s 30 mins from my house and in a heavily wooded area. My wife’s family land where I normally hunt is 1:45 away.
Cons: I know nothing about the neighbors, and the property is shaped like a long rectangle. 200 feet wide, 1,700 feet long.
Anyone have any tips or recommendations, or should I just consider this a wash and do what I normally do and make the longer drive?
Pros: It’s 30 mins from my house and in a heavily wooded area. My wife’s family land where I normally hunt is 1:45 away.
Cons: I know nothing about the neighbors, and the property is shaped like a long rectangle. 200 feet wide, 1,700 feet long.
Anyone have any tips or recommendations, or should I just consider this a wash and do what I normally do and make the longer drive?
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:29 pm to UpstateCock2007
Here is a what if:
you're set up in the middle of the property 100 feet to the property line in either direction.
You shoot a deer and it crosses the property line. Do you know who you will call go get permission to retrieve the deer you shot?
you're set up in the middle of the property 100 feet to the property line in either direction.
You shoot a deer and it crosses the property line. Do you know who you will call go get permission to retrieve the deer you shot?
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:32 pm to UpstateCock2007
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200 feet wide, 1,700 feet long.
They are crossing somewhere, this makes it easier to find. Find it and kill with the wind in your favor
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:45 pm to bbvdd
This is exactly my thought process here. I don’t know that she or her husband even know the neighbors. Her son hunted turkeys out there this spring which makes more sense, but deer poses that big question.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:58 pm to UpstateCock2007
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should I just consider this a wash and do what I normally do and make the longer drive?
I would definitely scout it out a little and see May be the sanctuary between the other two properties
I wouldn’t worry about the size of it. It wouldn’t hurt to meet the neighbors just in case you had to run into their property to find a deer but if you worry too much about the what ifs you’ll never go hunting
If they are assholes screw em
Posted on 8/5/25 at 4:02 pm to UpstateCock2007
Hunt it and shoot any deer in the high shoulder so it drops (hopefully).
I know people who’ve hunted smaller acres with success. I wouldn’t worry bout size at all.
You have to see a deer and everything work out in order to shoot one 1st. I’d worry bout recovery after I shoot it legally on area you can hunt.
I know people who’ve hunted smaller acres with success. I wouldn’t worry bout size at all.
You have to see a deer and everything work out in order to shoot one 1st. I’d worry bout recovery after I shoot it legally on area you can hunt.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 4:11 pm to UpstateCock2007
Go to county courthouse. The tax assessor will have maps to view. Find the surrounding property on their maps and then ask for ownership information. Call owners and let them know you are hunting this parcel and would like permission to recover any game that expires on their property. Those that hunt their lands can enter your parcel to recover downed game as well.
Be friendly, neighborly, and cordial and shouldn't have issue with hunters on the other surrounding properties.
I would bow/crossbow hunt only the small parcel. Allow the deer to layup and use it for shelter. Gunshots and to much pressure on surrounding lands will have them coming onto your parcel.
Be friendly, neighborly, and cordial and shouldn't have issue with hunters on the other surrounding properties.
I would bow/crossbow hunt only the small parcel. Allow the deer to layup and use it for shelter. Gunshots and to much pressure on surrounding lands will have them coming onto your parcel.
This post was edited on 8/5/25 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 8/5/25 at 4:27 pm to Crappieman
if you use a .444 or 45-70 it will drop in its tracks if you shoot in the shoulder
no tracking or long retrieve
no tracking or long retrieve
Posted on 8/5/25 at 4:37 pm to UpstateCock2007
If I had a neighbor hunting a 200 foot wide piece of property next to mine, I would appreciate the call but would be hesitant to give them permission to retrieve.
I don't think I would feel right about shooting a deer on a long, skinny 8 acre place when the large tract neighbors were likely putting lots of time, effort, and money into growing and maintaining that deer population
Again, just my perspective, but we own a ranch in central Texas and if we had an 8 acre neighbor hunting our property line I would not be fired up about it
I don't think I would feel right about shooting a deer on a long, skinny 8 acre place when the large tract neighbors were likely putting lots of time, effort, and money into growing and maintaining that deer population
Again, just my perspective, but we own a ranch in central Texas and if we had an 8 acre neighbor hunting our property line I would not be fired up about it
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:09 pm to MC5601
lol, every place I’ve been to whether it’s 100 acres or 10,000 acres there’s deer stands and plots close to property lines.
And yes he should contact the existing land owners but I wouldn’t contact them till I actually had to retrieve an animal on their property
And yes he should contact the existing land owners but I wouldn’t contact them till I actually had to retrieve an animal on their property
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:11 pm to UpstateCock2007
I heard 3 inches was normal, right?
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:24 pm to WillFerrellisking
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lol, every place I’ve been to whether it’s 100 acres or 10,000 acres there’s deer stands and plots close to property lines.
8 acres is pushing it for a gun though, there's states where that's not legal to gun hunt because they have a minimum acreage. Its hard to disagree with that.
Personally, I'd contact the neighbors unless the owners of said land told you to shoot the deer because they don't want them or are too thick or something. Then its on them. I agree with the above I wouldn't want to piss off the neighbors of someone's new land.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:53 pm to WillFerrellisking
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lol, every place I’ve been to whether it’s 100 acres or 10,000 acres there’s deer stands and plots close to property lines.
In my mind there is a very big difference between 200 yards from a property line and 100 feet. If I can throw a rock and hit your stand you’re too close to the fence
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:58 pm to UpstateCock2007
I hunt in the back corner pasture of my place. I take neck shots and try to avoid tracking jobs.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:10 pm to UpstateCock2007
I killed 3 deer on a 4 acre wooded lot i got permission on last year. I have to use a feeder because there's not really any reason for a deer to walk through it otherwise. Other than not really being able to chase the deer its a good meat haul. I dont think 8 acres is too small.
I would check with the neighboring properties and ask if they only try to shoot big bucks or whatever and kind of follow the same management they do so theyre not pissed at you when you ask to retrieve a deer from their place.
I would check with the neighboring properties and ask if they only try to shoot big bucks or whatever and kind of follow the same management they do so theyre not pissed at you when you ask to retrieve a deer from their place.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:49 pm to UpstateCock2007
quote:
How small is too small?
If you have to ask…
Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:54 pm to Basinhunterfisher
Yep take 50 yd shots with a large rifle or longer if you are a good shot. Fold em up.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 7:38 pm to Loup
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I would check with the neighboring properties and ask if they only try to shoot big bucks or whatever and kind of follow the same management they do so theyre not pissed at you when you ask to retrieve a deer from their place.
I agree with this, but the problem is if they have any sort of restrictions they are still not going to be happy with OP on 8 acres shooting a big buck.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 10:52 pm to UpstateCock2007
quote:let me ask my wife, she knows all about that
How small is too small?
Posted on 8/5/25 at 11:11 pm to Loup
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I killed 3 deer on a 4 acre wooded lot i got permission on last year. I have to use a feeder because there's not really any reason for a deer to walk through it otherwise. Other than not really being able to chase the deer its a good meat haul. I dont think 8 acres is too small.
My problem with this is that it is not sustainable. In most places it take anywhere from 10-20 acres to sustain one deer. You’re killing way more deer than that 4 acres can produce and if everyone starts doing this, soon there will be nothing to hunt
Continued fragmentation and sale of larger land tracts is putting lots of pressure on native deer populations. As a member of TTHA and DSC, we research this often and the numbers don’t lie. I am not a fan of high fence but if I were neighboring places like this I feel it would be the only thing to keep the deer population stable long term
This post was edited on 8/5/25 at 11:16 pm
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