Abolt300 asked me earlier about which was it…..more hunters or the fragmented property theory??.....and I said both……The impact on Montgomery Co is probably a prime example of both at play…..That county has lots of smaller properties for folks to be able take advantage with a feeder or corn pile…..Its also a well known county for good deer hunting that draws hunters to seek land there……so what you end up with is people flocking to the area scooping up any and every 5-20 acre parcel that someone will let them hunt where they can set up a feeder……You’ve probably had the double whammy of having the hunter density increase as well as more properties being utilized…..and that’s why you see the big increase in harvest occurring for both bucks and does…….Hunters are utilizing the small properties more in all of the “good” areas……A lot of the impact depends on the number of small properties that exist in an area and how coveted the area is to hunt in….There probably arent as many people flocking to Marshall Co to scoop up every 40..... grin

Last edited by CNC; 12/27/24 04:32 PM.

Folks that know don't shoot old does........ wink