fun thread ; what would you do ?

[jimbires]

today I took a couple pics of somebody's tree stand . it's on public game lands . this spring the game commission had a tree company come in and do a lot of logging . they logged a few hundred yards away from this stand . this won't bother anything . the game commission also erected a fence around a couple acres of ground . I talked to a couple of the wardens a few months ago . the reason they fenced it was to do a study on a few of the bushes , or trees inside the fence . I think it's a mountain laurel study , but not 100% sure . this fence is about 30 yards away from the tree stand . would you hunt it , or would you move locations , if this was you ?

in this pic you can see a red gate on the far side of the fence . it's between the two trees on the right side of the pic . you can also see the near side fence to the right of these two trees . the far side is probably 80 yards away . the near side about 30 yards away .



these pic you can see the near side fence , between the two trees at the center of the pic .



archery season starts in about 6 weeks , this hunter might be in for a surprise if he doesn't check things out before season . I know what I would do , what would you do ?

 

[Blkram]

It would depend on other factors:
- Are the main trails the deer are using here inside the newly fenced area? And if so, I would want to see how the new obstruction changes their travel pattern here...and if it does, will it be a negative or a positive?
- Is the newly fenced area a staging area, or feeding area? Or are these types of values outside the fenced area and will still draw deer through this area by the stand?
- How much disturbance will there be during the hunting season as they conduct the study? (If any) If limited to a certain number of days, and only during certain times (middle of the day), it may not have a big influence on the deer activity. If considerable, then relocation would be necessary.

If there is going to be enough disturbance, I would relocate the stand...if not, then leave it there and hunt it when the conditions are right, as animals adapt to changes in their environment, and it could result in better than expected results...but could as easily go the other way.
Only time and further monitoring will tell.