Cameras - I have 6,3 are on feeders,2 are on high line that runs through the property that have regular crossings and I have a cellular camera on road in front of my house to monitor vehicles on my road.First picture I actually got of the mature 8 was walking down the road,my wife saw him one night standing by our mailbox.I checked my cameras this afternoon and had a picture of him crossing the high line at the western edge of our property.Also got another picture of him at the feeder behind the house.So he’s moving around,just at night.
I have about 75 acres of pine timber that has been thinned in the past and burned couple years ago,the understory is so thick I can’t walk through it.Beauty berry bushes,some blackberry,lots greenbriers and privet on the edges.I have firebreaks running through that I keep bushhogged,lots of blackberries grow along edges.
My cousin(doesn’t hunt) owns about 40 acres that the high line runs through,it needs to be thinned but is a lot of privet and beauty berry bushes growing so It’s somewhat thick.
My neighbor has 75 acres surrounded by my family property,his property is mostly thick mixed oak and pine.He had a stroke few years ago so he’s not doing much hunting,He never killed but maybe 1 buck a year because he owned other properties.

There is couple hundred acres that borders my land that is partly national forest and partly privately owned that is hunted hard.One guy I know over there let’s people hunt on his property if they share the meat,they killed 4 does on his land last year and he only has a few acres.
As I said I don’t shoot does because I feel they attract bucks.I’ not saying I won’t ever.I went through a bad 5 years where I was overrun with wild hogs and my deer population was very slim.The hogs have been gone a couple of years and the deer numbers are picking up.I’ve seen and gotten pictures this year of more does than I,ve ever had.They all look healthy and have 1-2 yearlings with them.If the deer herd keeps growing and the hogs stay away I may start shooting an occasional one.