13 mature bucks on 5,000 acres
Goal is 4+ yr old bucks for harvest
40 members plus family and guests.
Judging by the last sentence, none of your mature bucks will be killed unless one just slips up. Due to the excessive pressure created by putting 80 plus guns on the property (assuming that just 2 people per family membership hunt and not even counting guests)they will all go nocturnal. With a typical AL membership, you'll end up with maybe one mature buck killed by accident that chased a doe into a plot, probably a few 3 yr olds that people assumed were 4 based purely on antler size and a bunch of 2 yr olds once again based on antler size. Sad fact is, most hunters in AL don't know how to age a deer on the hoof and there is no way that you can find 40 members plus family and guests that even have a clue. You'll turnover a large number of your 2 yr olds each year, just a few of your 3's and maybe a mature buck or two every couple years. With 40 members, the mature buck population is not going to get hurt much at all.
Last edited by abolt300; 02/10/12 10:12 AM.
