Holding Big Whitetail Bucks On 40 Acres Or Less

Forget traditional home ranges for bucks because holding the attending of big whitetail bucks on parcel sizes of 40 acres or less, is probably a whole lot easier than you think! Even on mega parcels of 200 acres or more, I find there is rarely 20 acres of habitat that includes high quality food, bedding areas, travel corridors, water sources AND zero hunting pressure. A lack of hunting pressure is why small suburban parks or neighborhood set aside lands sometimes hold monster bucks; they simply lack hunting pressure. Holding a mature buck on a small parcel that combines great habitat features is a whole lot easier, when you learn to control the amount of hunting pressure applied to the land. In fact, controlling the level of hunting pressure applied to the land that you hunt, is even more important than the habitat improvements themselves. That's why public land hotspots can be so deadly, because they are often remote little nuggets that have escaped the negativity of high levels of hunting pressure.