We bought our land in 1990 and have converted most from ag land into wildlife habitat. I have never hunted anywhere else. The 10,000+ evergreen trees, thousands of other trees, 2 ponds, prairie areas, and 5 wetlands that we added hold a lot of deer. Much of my deer harvest has been to correct for "meat-hunting" "brown-its-down" hunting practices on neighboring land. There is a reason cattle farmers don't kill off the calves even if it is easier to catch them. Everyone has the right to hunt in any legal manner that they want, but not to pretend it is somehow a more noble pursuit or somehow better for the deer population. Just like managing a pond, there is a lot of science behind deer management. Deer are manged through doe control and limiting buck harvest.
