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Ok, let me get my part straight. Before matt even looked at my land he asked me what my objective was. I told him in this order;
1 I want as many deer as my property could hold and still be healthy.
2 I wanted to improve my age class of bucks to have as many 5-6 year Olds as possible.
Every improvement matt gave me was toward those goals. He walked all over my property and showed me how to tell if my land was over populated. This was MY goal and he help a bunch. What he said made sense and he showed me how to tell. Not just take my word. We both agrèd my property could hold a significant amount more deer.
The reason I called him, and I really didn't want to post this on the internet, was because in my opinion I have alot of deer. I have several people come to my place and tell me I NEED to start shooting does. It's not uncommon to see 25-35 deer in my pastures. I didn't know! I was very satisfied with the explanations matt gave me and am working toward implementing every suggestions he made. My comment to Bama eyedoc was to try to share the info I had with him. Which is just because you see a bunch of does, doesn't mean you NEED to shoot them. I know where he hunts and I know his neighbors very well.
I really don't care if someone wants to shoot does. If you want to shoot them shoot them. But there is a difference between want and need. I really don't care if you are allowed to feed corn, or use cameras or not. I really don't care what my neighbors do or how long the season is, as I cannot control any of this. I will worry about my place and what I can control. I will say I only have about 350 acres and the difference I've made by implementing these ideas is enough for my neighbor to start doing the same . He has about 350 acres also. If the question is how do we help the STATE manage the deer herd, it is my opinion that the season is too long. Way too many deer being killed and the EASIEST way to correct it is to shorten the season. We cannot simply continue to be allowed to kill 180 deer a year legally. Just my .02 Dang good post right here 👍🏾
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:4
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