fabsroman
Ultimate Member
Like I said, the numbers where I hunt have been ravaged by year-long culling. Before that, I alone was pulling 9-15 deer out a season. There was no FHFH for me to donate to. I had to find homes for every deer I shot. The piece I hunt is only 40-50 acres(mostly field), surrounded by very low hunting pressure now that they stopped culling. Killing deer on every outing would just result in pushing the deer off 'my' property, onto other properties that, for the most part, aren't really being hunted.
What would you suggest?
Also, some of the blame falls on the landowners as well, taking into consideration that deer hunters can be their own worst enemies at times.
The few bad hunters out there give all hunters a bad name. I have some stories about some idiots, one of whom I had invited with me to hunt in Washington County. He shot the farm owner's daughter's pet mallards "by accident". I can kind of see how it was an accident because he was and still is an amateur hunter, but good God. I have other stories too, but at least they weren't because of the people I invited to hunt with me. Just some idiots that the farm owners gave permission to.
Last time I went deer hunting was probably a decade ago. I got to hunt a farm with crop damage permits next to Seneca Park. I had already been hunting there for a couple of years to help the farm owner out. Never was a problem killing deer there. Well, that morning I killed 8 does back in the woods. No access by truck, so I had to drag them all out. Finally got them all in the truck. Dropped one off at a friend's and then took the other 7 up to Frederick to Feed the Hungry. Did not get home until it was well past dark and I was exhausted. If that ever happens again, I will go out and buy a 4 wheeler to drag them out.