An adjacent property to one of the tracts I hunt has recently acquired a depredation permit.
The tract I hunt is 100 acres. The permit holder owns roughly 400 acres; his property forms L shape around the tract I hunt.
Everything to the east and south.
To the west is another 250 acre tract that is owned by a close friend who doesn’t hunt often, and we share a similar outlook in the type of deer to harvest.
The tract I’m on is primarily young hardwoods, with a couple of small food plots. The depredation permit holders land contains several large (10-20) acre ag fields. They rotate between beans and corn.
I am not upset that they’ve acquired a permit, and I understand that crop production is their only interest.
My question to those who have hunted lands adjacent to an active permit, how did it effect deer movement? What should I be expecting?
The tract I hunt is 100 acres. The permit holder owns roughly 400 acres; his property forms L shape around the tract I hunt.
Everything to the east and south.
To the west is another 250 acre tract that is owned by a close friend who doesn’t hunt often, and we share a similar outlook in the type of deer to harvest.
The tract I’m on is primarily young hardwoods, with a couple of small food plots. The depredation permit holders land contains several large (10-20) acre ag fields. They rotate between beans and corn.
I am not upset that they’ve acquired a permit, and I understand that crop production is their only interest.
My question to those who have hunted lands adjacent to an active permit, how did it effect deer movement? What should I be expecting?