100 acres white tails too small?

Yep, 100 acres is definitely too small and your chances of taking a decent deer are slim to nil...

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I miss that 90 acre property and it really sucks that the person who bought it is an anti hunter.
 
rral22 said:
I'd quit hunting if there was 8 guys for every 100 acres. Seriously.

That is just mind blowing to me. I never dreamed hunting would get to that point in Canada, but I understand the more populated parts have access issues. But 8 guys on 100 acres is not what I imagine when I think I want to go hunting. I can only feel sorry for those forced to do it, depressed about the future of hunting if that is "acceptable" in today's hunting world, and fortunate to have what I still have where I live and hunt.
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Try 20 surrounding a 50 acre bush, welcome to SW Ontario.

We have hunter density issues.
 
Fox said:
Try 20 surrounding a 50 acre bush, welcome to SW Ontario.

We have hunter density issues.
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This is your responsability to make sure you dont give to many autorisation so this way you keep the population of hunters to a reasonable level, every year, i cancel or add a hunting permission billet for every season, so this way i dont get fvck... JP.
 
caramel said:
This is your responsability to make sure you dont give to many autorisation so this way you keep the population of hunters to a reasonable level, every year, i cancel or add a hunting permission billet for every season, so this way i dont get fvck... JP.
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It is a different kind of hunting down here. This is one group, a shotgun only hunt and people are within visual range of one another. Man doggers walk into the bush to get things moving and the deer are shot at close range.

We don't all have the opportunity to hunt with thousands of acres of empty land where you will never see another hunter, gun deer hunting in Ontario is a completely different animal.
 
Fox said:
It is a different kind of hunting down here. This is one group, a shotgun only hunt and people are within visual range of one another. Man doggers walk into the bush to get things moving and the deer are shot at close range.

We don't all have the opportunity to hunt with thousands of acres of empty land where you will never see another hunter, gun deer hunting in Ontario is a completely different animal.
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My farm is in Ontario ( Prescott Russell ) and when we started to operate the farm there were so many hunters that hunting was bad for a lot of peoples, we had to give permission to some hunters, make a rotation for others hunters, now everyone is filling their tag including my wife and i, when you put order in a system it's bound for success... JP.
 
caramel said:
My farm is in Ontario ( Prescott Russell ) and when we started to operate the farm there were so many hunters that hunting was bad for a lot of peoples, we had to give permission to some hunters, make a rotation for others hunters, now everyone is filling their tag including my wife and i, when you put order in a system it's bound for success... JP.
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I moved from SW Ontario to south of Ottawa, a lot more enjoyable hunting here for someone that does not hunt in a gang.

The guys in SW Ontario hunt in a gang for 1 week, mainly farmers, everyone fills their tags in that group and the population does not really suffer too much due to the limited number of hunters.

I was actually hunting last year near my house and did not hear a single shot close, was really odd, not that there are not any deer but they have really lowered the doe tag allocation to bring back the numbers.

The family ended up getting 40 acres of mixed bush, it is along farmland and swamp, I do not think we will have any problems hunting it with 4-6 people, including the public land down the road and the permission properties it will be perfect.

As an aside, I have never heard as many shots as I had when hunting that shotgun hunt, deer would be hit and still running and get hit over and over because nobody could tell they were hit, sounded like a war zone in some blocks but with the rolling hills and stand locations it was always safe, as long as you were not a deer.
 
Fox said:
It is a different kind of hunting down here. This is one group, a shotgun only hunt and people are within visual range of one another. Man doggers walk into the bush to get things moving and the deer are shot at close range.

We don't all have the opportunity to hunt with thousands of acres of empty land where you will never see another hunter, gun deer hunting in Ontario is a completely different animal.
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This year I had guys on the neighbouring property hunting birds with dogs who were close enough that I could hear them talking. I could have joined the conversation. I didn't end up back in that blind the remainder of the week. It was so good too.
 
Here in east quebec we dont have big land to hunt me and my dad hunt on 20 acres
whit small land you need to find tunel and plant food plot
My dad dont really hunt but i kill each year you need to find 1 or 2 spot of your land and dont over hunt it and you will eat some bio-jerky
 
LOL!!! I can't remember where I retrieved this, however, from what I hear from Ontario hunters this may be the type of challenge they face. I did have a real great laugh.
 
My main concern would be safety, to be honest. A rifle could easily shoot accross a 100 acre lot. Any more then a couple hunters and you not only need to be concerned about your shots towards each other but also leaving the property.

Its doable for a small group, as deer move and know no boudaries, so that isnt the problem. Just pay utmost attention to where your shots are going.
 
track said:
I can totally understand that people from Ontario are limited to hunting lands. If the 100 acres makes you content, I say go for it! Getting out and enjoying Mother Nature is the main thing for me, harvesting a big game animal is secondary. Hunters in the western Canadian provinces are most fortunate that we live in a hunting and fishing paradise. Good luck with your journey in finding your paradise.
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There is bscaily two Ontarios. "South of seven" and "North of seven". North of seven is 99% crown land, forests, lakes and rivers. South of seven is 99% people and their associated non-sense.
 
^ Yep.

Unfortunately, the South of Seven bunch wants to tell the North of Seven bunch...as well as the rest of the country...and preferably the rest of the world!...how to live.

"Just remember, you're all special and unique and have unlimiteted potential to do whatever you want to do...now step back into line!"
 
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