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On opening day of late rifle deer I got mine, and I know of four others taken within a mile. I got mine within 100 yards of where I got last years buck. If I were to give advice it would be to find the good cuts with timber nearby and glass. Don't get impatient.
This years
Yea he is an old looking bugger!! The deer too..
Quote from: trophyhunt on December 15, 2013, 11:22:59 AMI will be calling Hancock in the morning, someone is driving in the gated areas. I know it's a tree farm and people work in there but it seems to me they should stay out of the wildlife escapement areas during hunting seasons. Sucks to walk in 5 miles in a gated area and see tire tracks in the late rifle and in the snow for late muzzy, bs.Huh? Really? You're going to complain to the land owners about a worker driving in to do his job? Seriously? Maybe they should just close it to all hunting.
I will be calling Hancock in the morning, someone is driving in the gated areas. I know it's a tree farm and people work in there but it seems to me they should stay out of the wildlife escapement areas during hunting seasons. Sucks to walk in 5 miles in a gated area and see tire tracks in the late rifle and in the snow for late muzzy, bs.
Their easement is I'm sure for motorized access to their property (which it sounds like is through a gated area in your case). That's completely within their rights. If their hunting Hancock's land in a walk in area from a vehicle, that would be grounds for some sort of repercussion. Maybe that's what the meeting is about?
Very little deer way way way too much pressure. Not enough elk tags in my opinion for the amount of old mature bulls. I say at least 5 tags for each weapon would be fine that way people would have a better chance to draw for the increased number of permits and cost of permits. also Just because Someone owns land in there that is not Hancocks and drives into their property with a legal easement doesn't mean you have a right to complain to Hancock that and tell them they have to walk like you. They own the property they can do as they please and drive all over their own property. My suggestion would be to offer to buy the piece of property and then you can drive yourself in behind the gate too. If not quit bitching about someone that hunts their privately owned property because $350 you spend to walk in there is nothing compared to the thousands actually millions to drive to your piece of ground. Maybe you are trespassing onto there property up there since no one has permission to be on their ground up there... And I have seen plenty of rigs parked hunting their properties on the South Side of the river. So I don't think you need to be getting mad at the only timber company that is not charging you to hunt their other properties around the area!