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Post by mstr2175 on Mar 27, 2019 3:39:22 GMT -5
Well, I finally bit the bullet and bought a home with a good chunk of acreage that also connects with hundreds of acres of public. Been a dream of mine for many years now. It’s in Monroe county and I can’t wait to get the keys and go explore the backyard. From all of the nightmare stories I have read about neighbors on this forum, I hope I don’t have too many issues in that aspect of things but only time will tell.
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Post by htownhunter on Mar 27, 2019 4:57:17 GMT -5
When I moved to my place my neighbor got his tractor stuck in a gully.
I pulled him out and I can use his tractor, livestock trailer, and he let's me fish his pond.
Not all neighbors are bad. Treat with respect and if they don't respect you back, then you could call them a bad neighbor.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Mar 27, 2019 6:49:22 GMT -5
Congrats! Do you connect to HNF, Morgan-Monroe, or?
Lots of public land opportunities in/around Monroe County.
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Post by genesis273 on Mar 27, 2019 7:25:00 GMT -5
Congratulations!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2019 8:01:16 GMT -5
Congratulations and well done!
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Post by featherduster on Mar 27, 2019 8:26:31 GMT -5
Congratulations! If I can offer any advise that would be don't do anything to change your property until you have a good idea of what your inventory of huntable animals is.
Give it a year and see what shows up and what area they like the best,I am not saying don't hunt it just don't make any changes until you know what you have and how you want to attract and hold.
Don't just target huntable animals make your place a refuge to all forms of wildlife including everyday birds, your family will enjoy the sightings.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2019 9:23:02 GMT -5
Congratulations! If I can offer any advise that would be don't do anything to change your property until you have a good idea of what your inventory of huntable animals is. Give it a year and see what shows up and what area they like the best,I am not saying don't hunt it just don't make any changes until you know what you have and how you want to attract and hold. Don't just target huntable animals make your place a refuge to all forms of wildlife including everyday birds, your family will enjoy the sightings. Unless it's Asian honeysuckle. Get rid of it. |
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Post by tenring on Mar 27, 2019 11:24:10 GMT -5
Once you get settled in, got your wildlife inventory, arrange a PR meeting with your Conservation Officer. You will benefit from a face to face meeting with him [or her] if you encounter trespassers or need a DNR biologist to come out and see if any habitat improvement can or should be made.
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Post by featherduster on Mar 27, 2019 12:04:47 GMT -5
How big is your property?
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Post by jbird on Mar 27, 2019 12:14:48 GMT -5
Congrats on the new place. Some good advice so far... I agree in that you should not do anything to the property itself other than address invasive plants the first year or so. #1 - POST YOUR PROPERTY LINES. If your place butts up to public ground, you may have 100's of temporary neighbors this fall if you catch my drift. #2 - Meet your real neighbors. Get an idea of who they are and what they are like. Good people or not - the more you know about who you are dealing with the better. You could live next to a saint...or a meth head! #3 - perimeter access to as much of the place is a great way to reduce disturbance on the core portion of your property. #4 - if you place trail cams do so in a means to either hide them really well or put them up out of typical reach. #5 - start any road or property line screens now. Good fences make good neighbors. Keeping prying eyes out (especially from a road way) can take time and the sooner you start the sooner it becomes effective.
When it comes time to create a plan for the property you will need to understand your property but also the area in general and the how and why the deer do what they do. Then you need to work with what you have. Our properties are not islands and the deer will come and go for various reasons. You can't get hung up on trying to manage your place like a mini King ranch. It just doesn't work. Figure out the weakest aspect of the place and improve upon it. Work WITH mother nature and not against her....far less frustrating and far less costly in time and $$$.
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Post by mstr2175 on Mar 27, 2019 14:24:47 GMT -5
Congrats! Do you connect to HNF, Morgan-Monroe, or? Lots of public land opportunities in/around Monroe County. Thank you! It connects to Morgan Monroe |
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Post by mstr2175 on Mar 27, 2019 14:25:37 GMT -5
How big is your property? The property is 12 acres, all woods with a creek at the bottom of the hill |
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Post by featherduster on Mar 27, 2019 14:34:51 GMT -5
12 acres is a nice size piece of property. Now that you own your own land your hunting techniques will change, instead of seeing how close you can get to the deer, now you want to see how close you can get the deer to come to you.
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Post by mstr2175 on Mar 27, 2019 14:48:53 GMT -5
Congrats on the new place. Some good advice so far... I agree in that you should not do anything to the property itself other than address invasive plants the first year or so. #1 - POST YOUR PROPERTY LINES. If your place butts up to public ground, you may have 100's of temporary neighbors this fall if you catch my drift. #2 - Meet your real neighbors. Get an idea of who they are and what they are like. Good people or not - the more you know about who you are dealing with the better. You could live next to a saint...or a meth head! #3 - perimeter access to as much of the place is a great way to reduce disturbance on the core portion of your property. #4 - if you place trail cams do so in a means to either hide them really well or put them up out of typical reach. #5 - start any road or property line screens now. Good fences make good neighbors. Keeping prying eyes out (especially from a road way) can take time and the sooner you start the sooner it becomes effective. When it comes time to create a plan for the property you will need to understand your property but also the area in general and the how and why the deer do what they do. Then you need to work with what you have. Our properties are not islands and the deer will come and go for various reasons. You can't get hung up on trying to manage your place like a mini King ranch. It just doesn't work. Figure out the weakest aspect of the place and improve upon it. Work WITH mother nature and not against her....far less frustrating and far less costly in time and $$$. Thank you for all of your advice, I don’t know what to expect in the fall but from what I can see on the maps there is no good way to connect to the public grounds that connects to mine. Seems like the only road for access is miles away and while I’m sure some will still make the trek, that will at least limit 90% of them. As of now, I don’t have any plans for the making a sanctuary or anything for the deer, really just go set up trail cams for a bit And put a tree stand out to sit in. I’m excited for turkey season though because I know they are dense in the area. The property is all woods and so are the surrounding properties. Fortunately, there is a creek bottom. I will take what you suggested in mind and thanks again for your advice! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2019 6:31:30 GMT -5
If you stay out except for prime days you will find out that a lot of deer will move to sanctuary woods during deer season pressure from the public land. Secret is to keep yours sanctuary as much as possible. So easy to over hunt it.
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Post by featherduster on Mar 28, 2019 9:42:24 GMT -5
If you stay out except for prime days you will find out that a lot of deer will move to sanctuary woods during deer season pressure from the public land. Secret is to keep yours sanctuary as much as possible. So easy to over hunt it.  |
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Post by steiny on Mar 28, 2019 9:52:27 GMT -5
Congratulations! Enjoy your new property.
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Post by tynimiller on Mar 28, 2019 18:22:07 GMT -5
Congratulations on your slice of heaven brother!
Lot of good information here already. One thing I always tell folks is that first year focus on learning as much as you can, don't focus on everything you can do. Study what the deer use what they don't, how they travel and how they don't. Get to know precisely what you have on the property and what you wish you had on the property.
By the time January rolls around and PRIME habitat work season starts you'll have a foundation and knowledge collected to begin to build from.
It is typically year 3 or 4 where things truly begin to come together!
God bless!
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Post by firstwd on Mar 31, 2019 11:14:58 GMT -5
Talk to a state forester and find out you can use to help (fertilize) the natural mast trees, soft and nut mast. All wildlife has survived for centuries on what mother nature provides. With the vast majority of people putting out them same non-native food sources, the best native food source in an area will be the unique area.
Most of all, enjoy the place and don't turn it into a second or third job.
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Post by treetop on Apr 1, 2019 13:02:12 GMT -5
Talk to a state forester and find out you can use to help (fertilize) the natural mast trees, soft and nut mast. All wildlife has survived for centuries on what mother nature provides. With the vast majority of people putting out them same non-native food sources, the best native food source in an area will be the unique area. Most of all, enjoy the place and don't turn it into a second or third job. Boy I know all about the second job it’s amazing just how fast it gets out of hand |
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