New Property!

I've waited a few days to put this news on the net, but things are looking pretty secure so I'm gonna post it.

Dad received word this week that the landowner of a piece of land that Dad has coveted for many years was willing to lease it. My family is a normal middle class family. Nobody has a ton of money to blow on stuff like a hunting lease. However, this guy gave us an incredible deal that we couldn't pass up.

The property is 80 acres in the area that I spent most of my childhood. Most of the adjacent property is public ground. The public ground has its positives and negatives. The big negative is that the area receives a ton of hunting pressure especially in firearms season. There are two pretty big positives though. First, our lease is adjacent to 1,000+ acres that we can hunt. Second, with all the hunting pressure that the land around it receives, our property should be a great deer holder if we can make the deer feel secure there.

Because of how Dad has long coveted this property, it will be referred to as "The Dream 80" (or TD 80).

The lay of the land is valleys on the southeast and northwest with a ridge in between. Both of the hillsides feature a ton of big hardwoods. White and black oaks are often very productive in this area. On top of the ridge is a 17 acre overgrown field. This is the piece of the property that I am most excited about. The field has two fingers that are great thick bedding areas. In the main body of the field we will probably clear out a couple of signicant areas for food plots.

Needless to say, Dad and I are excited about the opportunity to work on, manage, and hunt this property. We're also looking to talk to others who have tried their hand at property management for big whitetails and get any advice we can soak up.