re: Tired of letting deer walk- Update on page 2 deer was poached.

If you've got everyone within that 20,000 acres on the same page, you should be growing some very nice bucks, granted that's your goal. I'm in a similar situation on my place in southern Illinois, however everyone does their best to let the bucks reach 5. There are close to 14,000 acres in the area and we all do our best to stay in touch with each other, share trail camera pictures and communicate about what we kill.

Because of that I've seen dozens of mature deer move 2 or 3 miles during hunting season. One day these bucks are on me and two days later a friend kills one 2 miles away.

Again, 20K acres is more than enough to grow some big deer, you just need to make sure everyone is on the same page. I know it can be frustrating and in the end there's little that can be done to prevent poachers but keep passing them if you're looking to kill only older deer.