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Gun hunting on small property
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02/04/21 12:08 AM
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Reich
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What are your thought's on hunting small properties? I'm looking for 60-80 acres for my wife and I to gun hunt on. Can we realistically have two stands and hunt at the same time? The area we are purchasing is mostly heavy cover. Thanks
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 12:12 AM
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Should be able to.
If my neighbors can each have a hunting blind on their 5 acre tracts, 2 blinds on a tract that size should not be a problem.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 12:17 AM
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DQ Kid
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Yes, I have that size property and two can safely hunt it given sufficient cover and line of sight breaks from each other.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 12:26 AM
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Be sure of your target and what's beyond.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 12:37 AM
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I don’t see any problem at all, if you have a clear line of site and beyond ,go for it.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 12:43 AM
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freerange
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I would be more concerned with your bullet crossing property line than what happens on your side. You should easily be able to manage the situation on your side of the fence.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 12:54 AM
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shouldn't be a problem at all
It's still "we the people", right?
"If it bleeds, we can kill it."
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 01:27 AM
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It will work fine if it is thick cover and your place is not going to be a long skinny rectangle. Is it flat or rolling or hilly terrain? I would use elevated box blinds to 8'-10' to make sure I was shooting at an angle that would put the bullet into the ground or with a treed or thick cover backdrop. Get you a crossbow and extend your season even more and not worry about shooting across a fence or safety on your side of the fence.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 02:46 AM
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
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02/04/21 02:58 AM
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It will work fine if thick cover and you place is not going to be a long skinny rectangle. Is it flat or rolling or hilly terrain? I would use elevated box blinds to 8'-10' to make sure I was shooting at an angle that would put the bullet into the ground with a treed or thick cover backdrop. Get you a crossbow and extend your season even more and not worry about shooting across a fence or safety on your side of the fence. This is good advice. We have two properties, 32 acres and 44 acres. One of the most important keys to hunting small places safely is to use elevated stands and plan your shooting lanes to make sure no bullet will ever leave your property, period. No maybe's, probably's, shouldn't's, etc. No bullets leave the property.
God is so good to me.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 04:32 AM
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BigRon nailed it. We do it on 50 , no problems in thick east Tx.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 01:28 PM
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Get to know your neighbors, never know when you might need their permission to retrieve a deer, or they might need to do the same.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: BigRon]
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02/04/21 01:31 PM
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It will work fine if thick cover and you place is not going to be a long skinny rectangle. Is it flat or rolling or hilly terrain? I would use elevated box blinds to 8'-10' to make sure I was shooting at an angle that would put the bullet into the ground with a treed or thick cover backdrop. Get you a crossbow and extend your season even more and not worry about shooting across a fence or safety on your side of the fence. This is good advice. We have two properties, 32 acres and 44 acres. One of the most important keys to hunting small places safely is to use elevated stands and plan your shooting lanes to make sure no bullet will ever leave your property, period. No maybe's, probably's, shouldn't's, etc. No bullets leave the property. agree, we have 3 stands on 32 acres with enough elevation change to safely hunt all 3 at the same time and no shooting paths that would have a bullet leave the property.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
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02/04/21 02:19 PM
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Yes, I have that size property and two can safely hunt it given sufficient cover and line of sight breaks from each other. X2
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 02:53 PM
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I own 140 acres that is divided by a highway into 45 and 95. The 45 gets hunted a good bit. We used to run 2 stands on it, no problem. Feeders relative to the stands kept the hunters oriented away from one another.
As always, the thing about small properties, in general, is that you have to be mindful of your shots. Remember, that woods are not a backstop. Elevated stands will help make sure errant shots are grounded.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 03:04 PM
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All above covers it well. No ground blinds facing the perimeter. I try to be conscious of where neighbors' houses (and blinds) are too, no matter what size your property.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 03:35 PM
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Echoing other comments. Elevated blinds are the key. Don't shoot out of ground blinds unless they are positioned higher than the target.
Careful planning of blind placement and training hunters where they can safely aim is also very important.
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 04:42 PM
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I used to own 28 acres (leased 102 that joined it) in East Texas and had elevated stands except for 2 places. Those 2 places had a feeder half way up a hill so the only place a bullet could hit was the deer or into the hill. Any stand placed close to a fence line was set up for shots only into the place we owned or leased. We also talked with all of the neighbors about the stands on fence lines and got approval from them before they were put up. They had the same set up, facing into their own property. Nice to have neighbors that you can get along with, we also helped each other recover wounded game that crossed fences on the rare occasion it happened. Usually kids on their first hunt. Dang I miss that place.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
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02/04/21 07:38 PM
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Be sure of your target and what's beyond. Tis why some put back of stand ta fence... They know what's on thar side...
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/04/21 08:49 PM
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in Bastrop county if its plated, must be at least 40acres, the only reason I bring this up, you should check with the county that you are in to see what the restrictions are
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: stxranchman]
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02/04/21 11:13 PM
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It will work fine if it is thick cover and your place is not going to be a long skinny rectangle. Is it flat or rolling or hilly terrain? I would use elevated box blinds to 8'-10' to make sure I was shooting at an angle that would put the bullet into the ground or with a treed or thick cover backdrop. Get you a crossbow and extend your season even more and not worry about shooting across a fence or safety on your side of the fence. Definitely good advice for elevated stands
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/05/21 04:02 PM
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I agree with what was said already. I own a small place and have successfully hunted 2 blinds for years on it with my old man and myself. One thing I do when gun hunting is to also shoot a larger caliber rifle. I use a 300 wm if I am rifle hunting hogs or deer. And when I bow hunt I shoot really big expendable's so I get good blood fast. Putting critters on the ground fast is the name of the game. I also stagger when my dad and I walk to our blinds. Usually him first, then me. That way we watch each other and have a second level of security knowing where each other are at. Same large pasture, different ends, different shot directions that we hashed out years ago.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
[Re: Reich]
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02/05/21 08:31 PM
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
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02/09/21 01:33 AM
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I hunt on 10 acres. I have had to pass on shots to to direction.
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Re: Gun hunting on small property
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02/09/21 01:59 AM
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945, welcome to our forum.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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