hardwaregrrl
FNG
I'm lucky enough to have a friend with 22.5 acres of mostly oaks and hickory trees that allows me to hunt it. It borders a 2500 state park where there is no hunting allowed, there is also 600 acres of woods on the other side of this property, so it's a really nice spot and only 20 mins from my house. Problem is the 600 acres has been sold to a large company who is now developing the border with my friends land. They just started as soon as archery season began! They are clearcutting the border line currently and I'm wondering what that's going to do to my deer and hog season. I'm hoping it opens a new opportunity up for pinch points, but I really don't know or understand deer/hog movement enough to wager a guess. Am I screwed for this season? Would deer/hog cross clearcut areas that were recently bedding or food source areas? Will they avoid that whole area for months? Am I worrying about nothing......? The bummer is that the really good spots of travel area are very near the border with this development. Amazing how much habitat loss has just occurred in under a week, I was really bummed when I saw it today. I can't imagine what my buddy is feeling like.