Think Before You Buy; Understanding Access

By: Connor Hermesch

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Categories: Hunting, Land Management

Landowner standing in agriculture field that he inherited.

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When scouting for property, hunters must prioritize practical access over the aesthetic appeal or ecological quality of the land. Even a prime habitat is ineffective if entering the site alerts wildlife or disrupts natural bedding areas. The author suggests evaluating the existing trail networks and considering the logistical difficulty of reaching a hunting stand undetected. Potential buyers should avoid emotional decisions and instead focus on whether they can move through the terrain without being noticed by mature bucks. Ultimately, failing to secure a property with strategic entry points leads to long-term frustration and poor hunting results. An analytical approach to land management and movement is essential for long-term success.

Published: December 9, 2018

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You can have the most awesome piece of ground in the county. Lots of big deer. Great habitat. It doesn’t do you any good if you can’t access it effectively. Thinking about where you’re going to be parking. How your going to get back to those stand locations, those fields, those food plots you’re creating. If you’re walking through where all the deer are bedding to get to your hunting areas, its very counterproductive. Knowing and seeing if the property has a good trail system, a network of trails, in place or if you can improve it yourself in putting those with some clearing and some mowing and some maintenance.

Forego the emotional attachment of how awesome the place looks and put yourself in the position of you actually trying to get to that stand without alerting that mature buck that’s bedding on these ridges in between. Can you pull it off? If you can’t do that, as bad as you want that piece, if it doesn’t work and you can’t figure out a way to do it effectively, you’ll be frustrated in the long term and almost regretting the decision to buy that particular property.

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Author: Connor Hermesch

Connor is the Marketing Manager for American Hunting Lease Association and has been with them for over 5 years. Connor lives in Indiana and enjoys the outdoors whether it's fishing, riding his quad or sitting around the campfire. When not working or outdoors, you can find him rooting for his sports teams.

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