J-Bird,
Glad it helped. I try not to come out and tell someone they can't accomplish their goals. After all, I'm not "supposed" to be able to do what I do for a living, and I had more than a couple people tell me that. If I'd listened to them, I'd still be working a real job. People's goals are what they are and I or anyone else doesn't have a right to tell them differently. So, I lay out what I believe one would have to do and the price I see of them doing that. Truth be told, I think on your ground, having a 3.5 or two to hunt should be a realistic expectation and a 4.5 should be there as many years as not (even if it is just passing through). 5.5s would be a dang tough mark to somewhat consistently hit, though, even after doing all the things we talked about. I just had a similar conversation with 2 separate photo eval clients over the past month or so. They both had consistently killing 5.5s as their goals. The one, I broke my unofficial rule and flat out told them that. on their 120, with 6-8 people hunting it, in the area it is in, that just isn't practical, but they should have a couple 3.5s to hunt each year, after they were done implementing the plan and assuming they followed the hunting guidelines I laid out for them. The other had more land, only 2 hunters and are in a much better area. I took my normal approach (same I did with you) and just led them to the conclusion that maybe 4.5s should be their goal.
