It's never easy losing land is it??

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Re: It's never easy losing land is it??

Unread postby BigHunt » Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:40 am

i feel your pain


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Re: It's never easy losing land is it??

Unread postby fishlips » Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:33 pm

It does suck. Probably one of the reasons that I have put more of my eggs in the public land basket lately. I also found it hard to not be able to do everything 100% on your terms on other privately owned properties at times. I respect the owners right to tell me how and where to hunt, but it waters down the experience a bit for me. I love that about public that you can dive in and hunt it how you think you need to and you can't get the boot!
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Re: It's never easy losing land is it??

Unread postby Buckfever » Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:46 pm

MOBIGBUCKS wrote:Well, it happened...I lost some good ground tonight. It's never easy is it? I have tried to expand out and find new areas just in case this would happen. I did find some new places but none of the new places I know like this one. All I have to say on the matter is some people are really selfish; I did so much work on this place and now it was all for nothing. I took some good bucks there and I will miss it's proximity to my house.

Anyone else have this feeling?? Right before season no less....


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Re: It's never easy losing land is it??

Unread postby MOBIGBUCKS » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:31 pm

Thanks for all of the input guys. I'm definitely not alone as your guys stories tell the same story as mine. Thank goodness I added some buck beds from a couple public land spots this past off season! I have other places to go as well so I'm confident I can still make something happen. It was pretty cruel telling me this two weeks before season....obviously intentional.
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Re: It's never easy losing land is it??

Unread postby MOBIGBUCKS » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:32 pm

hunter_mike wrote:That really sucks! How much land was it?

Obviously i dont know what the circumstances were in your situation but i do not like the "my deer" mentality that a lot of people have. I see it a lot in my aeeraea too. Its one of the reasons why i avoid hunting on my family's land even sometimes.

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Atleast 300 and a couple really good primary bedding spots.
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Re: It's never easy losing land is it??

Unread postby MOBIGBUCKS » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:33 pm

fishlips wrote:It does suck. Probably one of the reasons that I have put more of my eggs in the public land basket lately. I also found it hard to not be able to do everything 100% on your terms on other privately owned properties at times. I respect the owners right to tell me how and where to hunt, but it waters down the experience a bit for me. I love that about public that you can dive in and hunt it how you think you need to and you can't get the boot!



Yup, I've making this transition myself. Atleast public land is what it is and you can come and go as you please.
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Re: It's never easy losing land is it??

Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:43 pm

MOBIGBUCKS wrote:Thanks for all of the input guys. I'm definitely not alone as your guys stories tell the same story as mine. Thank goodness I added some buck beds from a couple public land spots this past off season! I have other places to go as well so I'm confident I can still make something happen. It was pretty cruel telling me this two weeks before season....obviously intentional.

That really stinks about the timing if they did that intentionally, but I think Missouri is the most underrated state for bow hunting big public land bucks. This may turn out to be a good thing. Hopefully it won't be long before we see you holding a public land giant.
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