How many different properties do you hunt?

[Hooksfan]

I spent the day off work today driving around and knocking on doors and secured a new place to hunt. Got me to thinking about some of my buddies who focus on one really good property. I can't afford expensive quality leases, but have had a lot of success gaining access to places that I don't have sole access to and are mediocre by Missouri standards. As of now, I can think of 11 different farms I currently have access to that are, with the exeption of two of them, all hit and miss as far as having birds. The two that are what I consider quality properties are also pretty heavily pressured. I try to hit those during the week before work.

My idea is that a lot of ok properties are better than just relying on one great place and running the risk of something going wrong--say a flooded creek during season cutting off access or the property owner selling or losing a lease, etc. Any folks out there have the same idea?

[silvestris]

On a particular day, all one can ask for is one gobbling adult turkeys.  Less = birdwatching.  More = too many decisions.

[taylorjones20]

I try to gain access to as many pieces of property that I can.  Then at least go to them one evening or morning to see if there's any gobbling.  If no sign or sound of turkeys, I just don't hunt it.  But I think last season I hunted around 20 different properties...

[stinkpickle]

The more options you have, the better.  Sometimes, an unpressured mediocre property is better than a pressured honey hole.

[J Hook Max]

Maybe six or seven.

[Marc]

Accessing private property for hunting is a difficult feat in California.  I am very lucky to have access to two different properties in close proximity.  Both properties are 400-500 acres and have a handful of birds on them.

Public land is extremely pressured with very few birds...  Killing a tom on public land here is a feat of and in itself...  Although, this year, I have found some birds in some areas that I hope will not be overly pressured, and might just give some new public areas a try.

[yelpaholic]

You can never have too many.......

[ridgerunner]

1 family farm

[West Augusta]

I basically have two 300 acre farms to hunt now.  One is owned by a very old lady that was a friend of my Grandmothers.  She has no family and who knows where that farm will end up.  I'll hate to lose it.  I lost use of some coal company land a few years ago.  Probably 2000 acres that I had to go through 3 locked gates and check in with a guard to get to.  I really hated to lose that one.

[born2hunt]

As of right now I hunt three smaller farms and two are both owned by men in their 80s who's kids have no interest in the land . Those two are hot little spots most years but I'm wise enough to know my time there is limited. The other is not bad but normally a backup plan. When those old fellas are gone I will be hunting 99% public land, unless I can secure something else.

[Tennessee Lead]

I have 3 properties that I can hunt that my employer owns. I primarily hunt one. I have it to myself and it is ruff and steep but holds several birds.


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[TauntoHawk]

In PA i hunt public or drive 3.5 hrs to my unlces land, In NY I can think of 10 Farms i have access too ranging from 50-500 acres some have multiple birds every day in almost the same trees year after year.

[Gooserbat]

Honestly I have more than I can hunt but I like to keep my options open.

[shaman]

I had a heck of a time this morning.  I had a nice response all written out and I hit the submit button and . . .   Nothing.

I really liked what I had written so I decided to put it up on my weblog.  Here's what you should have gotten around 0644 ET today:

Where the shaman hunts

[zelmo1]

We have 12-15 small pieces to hunt and 5 large pieces way out in the boonies, these are my favorites. Less pressure but less birds. I don't want a bird feeder bird.