Originally Posted by ronfromramer
We still have plenty of deer, seeing multiple deer every sit. Been 5 times, seen multiple deer every time. Have heard 2 shots, 1 was a doe my grandson killed. People ain't shooting, bunch of deer watchers like me I guess. Drive the roads around here, you're lucky if you don't hit 1


I’m familiar with that area…..There's a lot more small properties with fragmented habitat as compared to say Russell or Bullock Co………Montgomery Co has a much higher rate of 5,10, 20 acre hunters or even 40-100 acre hunters…..Its a lot more diced up with less big, big properties….Put your finger in the center of town on Google Earth…go out in any direction and someone is sitting over a corn pile in just about every woodlot you can put your finger on……

That’s where your impact is coming from…..A corn pile in every wood lot and the back of every cow pasture has a lot more folks getting a slice of the pie……Sure there’s still a good deer population there but it’s likely less than it used to be for some or maybe most….Its being reduced from a lot of deer to a moderate amount…..Instead of seeing 25 per sit the norm becomes 10-15……..then 5-8…..That’s how that works……

I’m just saying, if this is what you see happening then there’s a good explanation for it…….People arent just deer watching…..There was an additional 1000 deer game checked last year in Montgomery Co in a county that was averaging around 3100…..That’s a lot of extra……For some reason southeast Alabama hunters slayed the does last year…..I have a couple theories as to why

Last edited by CNC; 12/03/24 04:34 PM.
Folks that know don't shoot old does........ wink