Posted April 3, 2017 12:16 pm by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

“When I saw the big 9 point, he was at 200-yards,” Davis recalls. “I didn't want to risk the chance of wounding or missing him at that distance. So, I let him walk.”

“When I saw the big 9 point, he was at 200-yards,” Davis recalls. “I didn’t want to risk the chance of wounding or missing him at that distance. So, I let him walk.”
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Tennessee-(Ammoland.com)- Fifty-year-old Tim Davis of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, only had 300 acres to hunt in Maury, County, Tennessee. However, Davis and most of the landowners who adjoined his property agreed to let bucks that would score 120 or less walk. Although Davis had a small property to hunt, by cooperating with his neighbors, they were able to manage for trophy deer on 1,500-2,000 acres.

“The State of Tennessee has a two-buck limit,” Davis says. “So, when you only can harvest two bucks per season, you become very picky about the bucks you want to take.” This was one reason that Davis believed that most of the landowners with adjoining lands agreed to let bucks that would score 120-inches or less survive until the next season. “I’ve had the opportunity to take many bucks that will score 120 or less each season,” Davis reports. “However, I’ve been hunting deer most of my life. If I want venison …Read the Rest

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