Let me say this……..I’ve lived here 14 years now…….The deer herd using my place has changed over the course of that time as I’ve changed the habitat…….A good bit of my place used to be a horse pasture……Long story short as I increased food and cover the doe population grew and got older until I was routinely seeing 20-25+ does concentrate on me during January…..Well, after 4-5 years in a row of my place being a doe hot spot in January the rut was suddenly off the chain crazy and I was having the same bucks just show up in January that I didn’t see at any other time…….

Here’s where I’m going with it…….I think having a very consistent concentration of big doe groups in a spot year after year that is very predictable….I think that become a known hot spot to more and more bucks in the area and they return each year……The year things seemed to peak here at my place there were 12 deer runover in a 2 week time period in about a ½ mile stretch of road in front of my place……I never seen anything like it…..There were bucks harassing the tee-total chit out of does until I believe they were running them out into the road to try and get away……It took it’s toll on the deer population here around my house. The dead road kill drew in a chit load of coyotes and the whole thing kinda compounded on itself…..I saw a big drop off in doe numbers after that. It was awesome when it peaked though....I think I may start feeding year round just to try and help insure that I have that consistent concentration.....

Now is when it counts around here..................