Another issue is the antler management practice followed by several neighboring ranches. It seems that every time that we let a buck get 4 years old where he is starting to show what he might ultimately attain at maturity he becomes fodder for hunters across the fence with differnt goals. That certainly is their right but killing 4 year old deer is a sure way to rarely ever see a mature buck of 5 or 6 years old. Though it is common in many hunting situations where mature hunters seek quality antlers, it has been a frustrating process to do our best to improve our hunting property and to end up with the weather and neighbors working against our goals.We know that our situation is not unique and many of you are in hunting situations far worse than ours. No matter what the hunting is like, we will always enjoy being with true friends and having a great camp life and we have that in spades...!!