Originally Posted by CNC
Originally Posted by abolt300
Riddle me this. If the southwest portion of the state is the least fragmented, in theory it should be the least affected by “baiting”. Why are the counties in the southwest black belt (historically the highest deer densities in the state) pretty much the only counties on your map that are down on harvest this year. They are still being hunted just like they have been in previous years, so the harvest should at least be equal, or in fact higher, due to all the “corn”.


Why do you think that is???........I'll give my answer when I get back from playing in the rain.

Larger properties with less hunters per square mile and more area for deer to get away from pressure. Which I will agree with to an extent. I know on our property that once you shoot a couple deer at a corn pile, you can pretty much put an X on that spot for a long time. Same thing with the food plots. That’s why we try to do the doe killing at the beginning of the season on bait and fields. I tend to believe that these small properties may kill a couple deer and then the deer wise up and avoid the baiting area during the daylight. That’s my opinion. I don’t think the deer up north would be any dumber then the ones in the south. If anything, I think they would be way smarter because of so many people hunting them. We have a pretty good size piece of property and we know that if we get more then 5-6 people hunting at one time, the deer sightings go way down. Simply because of all the unusual activity. Once again that’s my opinion. Maybe I’m giving the deer to much credit.

It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.