HARVEST # PER ACRE

Looking for opions on how many deer should be harvested per acre. I know it will varey depending on weather you have a healthy / sizable herd. But on average if the herd is healthy how many mature deer would you harvest per acre?

I'd say at least 10 per acre. That should get the population to a sustainable level.

But seriously, that question is impossible to answer without knowing how many deer are there and what the habitat looks like.

Kang on here suggested a few years back that I need to kill 3-4 per acre and I've been doing that for the last few years. The population has really gotten in check and bucks have gotten more quality with more regular sightings.

10 per acre? Wow that seems like a lot. That would be 1000 deer per 100 ecres.

we shoot for more like 6 an acre.

1,000 acres.

6,000 killed this year. Keeping your knife sharp is really the biggest problem

I’m asking how many should be harvested if the herd is already healthy and at a good ratio. Not to bring down the number or bring up the number. To sustain a healthy ratio that’s already good.

hell we have a hard enough time must seeing deer much less worrying aobut how my we kill an acre.... We've killed 7 deer off alittle under 1600 acres. 6 does, 1 buck

We have killed 9(5 bucks and 4 does) off our 1,900 acres. 1 buck was 2, one was 3, the other 3 were 4-6

Impossible to correctly estimate without knowing your current deer density.

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The answer would be different for everyone on here. It depends on habitat quality and how many deer you have. Find what works for your place and stick to it.

I only have a 10 acre tract that I hunt every other weekend to keep the pressure down. I normally shoot 4 or 5 good mature bucks off of it a year myself. My brother hunts it the weekends I don't and he shot 4 bucks this year himself. And we continuously have good bucks show up. It's all about location. Our 10 acres borders the Portland Landing SOA in Dallas county.

We actually call this little secret spot the Dean-a-Rosa. Named after the Dean family that owned so much property in that area years ago.

Sounds reasonable. And legal too!

10 mature bucks off 10 acres is about what I'd expect. Killing 40-50 does there should keep the habitat in check.

Buck or bucks and does? 1 per 50 acres. Total deer harvest would seem normal.
We killed 13 does and 2 bucks on our 880 acres this year.

LOL

Reckon he game checks all of those deer?

I really don’t see the big deal if he does or doesn’t.

Lol

Well, seeing there is a state wide 3 buck limit, if he “himself” kills 4 or 5 bucks a year than he is either 1 or 2 bucks over the limit

If them 6 does were still living you’d at least have a little bit easier time seeing some next year. I love shooting them and and I’m a fat kid has always loved eating them but sometimes I think you’re better off saying you just gonna let em go for this year or maybe even shoot a spike or something if you want one to eat. None of my business but it’s just a thought.

Blasphemy....

4-5 good bucks a year yourself? Why dont you post up yours and your brother's full names and addresses since you're admitting to consistently breaking Alabama Game Laws. I'm sure there are some people in those silver and green trucks that would like to tour your 10 aces with you and give you some management suggestions with regard to harvest strategies.

Oh

You lease it or own it? Asking for a friend

I thought the buck limit was only for the north zone?

I own 5 and my brother owns 5. My name is Harden Long and my brother is Ben Long. We have a special exemption from the state because we are farmers. They have devastated our crops.

I don't think that exemption applies to antlered deer.

Been a statewide three buck limit since 2007

All 10 acres of them?

oh

That's just what we own. We lease another 3,000 for farming near the river in Crumptonia. I could be mistaken on the exemption about antlered deer. I will call the state and get that figured out.

No need. They are on it.

you gotta shoot the big ones with the big antlers first,,.. they eat the most.

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ya'lllareallfullofchitt

We talking squirrels or deer?

This!!

Did someone already call the state for me? My phone is blowing up with calls.

None of us got to hunt much this year and we killed 2.5 deer per 100 acres

I looked back on our records and we typically kill about 1 deer per 100 acres. I'm sure that total could be much higher.

Our population is low so this might not help, but for us we average killing .3 to .5 per 100 acres off 1500 acres.

500-750 deer seems about right.

Yeah lol that was a typo I fixed it

Man, math skills really shining in this thread, lol

Definitely.

More like reading comprehension in my case lol. Multitasking is sometimes not your friend ha

This season 5 bucks ( 4 eight points and 1 6 point ) and one doe on 80 acres. Showing a pile more bucks on camera but yeah, the pressure put them in the dark.

Perch created a farmersonly.com account for you. That would explain the calls.

There is no such thing as "how many deer should be harvested per acre" !!!!

^^^ Obviously a bs troll post, but if I owned the property next to a ten acre piece that was actually
doing that I would put a high fence around it and cut them off.

We have killed one deer per 1000 acres this year.

How is it obviously a troll

Cuz it's u

Why? You don't like fractions???

Who is me

Cole T = Kang

jb20=wrong

Lol

Harden Long would make a good name for a porn star.

My nickname in high school was Ol root rake. Guess I should have tried the porn industry. Wouldn't have had to change my name at least.

Son of a...

We hunt 1600 acres and have killed around 22 does and 6-7 bucks. The biologist told us we needed to kill every doe we see or shoot for around 35 does.

You mean Other than the fact it is against the law same as spotlighting, trespassing, etc.

Don’t believe everything you hear.

I have 200 acres mountain land north bama.
Average a couple does and 3-4 bucks per year....2 Hunters

My bad

Oh

Harden Long....clever

If you have 40 deer /mile and if you harvest 25% of does (can argue that figure if you want) that is 5 does per 640 acres with a 1:1 buck to doe ratio. Really matters what your survival rates are outside of hunting.

Harden Long.... catchy

This died pretty quick. I was hoping it was going to get funny I thought.

I have been picked on my whole life because of my name. I guess it's better than being named Richard Short like my buddy in Montgomery in the real estate business.

I always felt sorry for race car driver Dick Trickle

My old roommate's name is Richard Joiner