With just one week to opening day we found out the land we have been hunting for over a decade will be closed to all hunters. The very generous landowners have allowed many people to hunt their productive land, but newcomers in the last couple years have left gut piles right in front of their gates, driven all over their planted fields, and otherwise disrespected the lovely people who allowed them to hunt on their property.
For those of you hunting on private land this fall, send the owners a thank you note, drop off a bottle of Pendleton, swing by with some venison, and treat their property with respect.
I'm now off to look at some maps and hope I can find some way to redeem this deer season. Best of luck next weekend!!!