I juggle w the family but do put in food plots through the spring and summer, it’s a passion but also a butt kicker. They look real good this year. But the Ohio DNR bought the property across the river - the best bedding area in town - and put a hiking trail through it. We’ll see if and when they lottery it for hunting. I checked it out a week ago and met a renaissance fair cosplayer wearing plastic antlers and a frog on his head, filming himself for the gram, in what used to be an awesome hemlock section full of rubs. Maybe it’s a coincidence but I usually have 1-4 decent bucks to target and so far this year there’s 0. Maybe that bedding area was more important to my area than I realized, will see. So I’ve worked hard for 7+ years to create superior habitat and this year was the first sign of a big step backwards.
Edit: I think there’s a pretty big difference between buying a parcel adjacent to public land, vs having the public land arrive next door.
