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Re: What is your desired deer density?
[Re: GomerPyle]
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12/14/18 12:29 PM
12/14/18 12:29 PM
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CKyleC
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I don’t really care what biologist or qdma says, I’ve hunted a lot of properties in Alabama, and if you told me to pick 3 places that I felt most confident I could hunt for a week in the rut and kill a 125+, all three places that come to mind, have a lot of deer. Like double digit sightings a majority of the time. Those places also have very few deer killed, one place hasn’t had does killed since 1987. That place, you might see 30 deer on a good sit, maybe only 3 or 4 bucks, but your liable to see a mature deer just about every day. I just have never seen a positive correlation to drastically reducing your does and having better “big buck” hunting in the future years. It’s always been the opposite . I'm like you in that I just don't really care about what they say................the way I see it is only 1/2 the deer are capable of giving us more deer. and if you start wiping out those deer, well, that just seems counter-intuitive. Sure, I'd shoot a doe here and there on a property that had good numbers, but killing the "fawn factories" because numbers are already too low just seems dumb. THIS!!!! 100% THIS!!!!!!!!
"In Alabama, we prefer to kill small bucks on big properties"-Turkey247
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Re: What is your desired deer density?
[Re: Bustinbeards]
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12/14/18 01:24 PM
12/14/18 01:24 PM
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CKyleC
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It's like shooting hen turkeys and wondering where all the turkeys have gone and why their numbers are down.  I've yet to figure out how folks who hunt both deer and turkeys can be so staunchly against shooting hens, then come deer season shoot does.
"In Alabama, we prefer to kill small bucks on big properties"-Turkey247
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Re: What is your desired deer density?
[Re: Atoler]
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12/14/18 01:41 PM
12/14/18 01:41 PM
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Montgomery
WmHunter
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I don’t really care what biologist or qdma says, I’ve hunted a lot of properties in Alabama, and if you told me to pick 3 places that I felt most confident I could hunt for a week in the rut and kill a 125+, all three places that come to mind, have a lot of deer. Like double digit sightings a majority of the time. Those places also have very few deer killed, one place hasn’t had does killed since 1987. That place, you might see 30 deer on a good sit, maybe only 3 or 4 bucks, but your liable to see a mature deer just about every day. I just have never seen a positive correlation to drastically reducing your does and having better “big buck” hunting in the future years. It’s always been the opposite . ^^^^ Totally agree top to bottom with this post.
"The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson
" Chuck Sykes is a dictator control freak like Vladimir Putin " WmHunter
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Re: What is your desired deer density?
[Re: WmHunter]
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12/14/18 01:49 PM
12/14/18 01:49 PM
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Jasper, AL
joshm28
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I don’t really care what biologist or qdma says, I’ve hunted a lot of properties in Alabama, and if you told me to pick 3 places that I felt most confident I could hunt for a week in the rut and kill a 125+, all three places that come to mind, have a lot of deer. Like double digit sightings a majority of the time. Those places also have very few deer killed, one place hasn’t had does killed since 1987. That place, you might see 30 deer on a good sit, maybe only 3 or 4 bucks, but your liable to see a mature deer just about every day. I just have never seen a positive correlation to drastically reducing your does and having better “big buck” hunting in the future years. It’s always been the opposite . ^^^^ Totally agree top to bottom with this post. What biologists are telling you those? Everyone I’ve talked to recommended very few does being shot and QDM never said shoot a bunch of does. They approach the situation based on carrying capacity, ratios, etc.
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Re: What is your desired deer density?
[Re: snakeoil]
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12/15/18 09:01 PM
12/15/18 09:01 PM
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ArmPit of the south
DeerNutz0U812_
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Cold weather....They got to eat to survive....Further north you go the bigger the deer are...
Last edited by DeerNutz0U812_; 12/16/18 07:12 AM.
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