Originally Posted by Backwards cowboy
Originally Posted by Pwyse
Originally Posted by burbank
So how many properties do you manage that have required killing more bucks than does to correct the balance?

Yes, it’s absolutely about killing does as well as managing habitat.


There’s a difference between an educated decision to kill a certain number of does and “blasting the bleep out of does”

So what is lost when you kill a doe that needs to be killed?




What does needs to be killed mean, what happens if it's not killed. And where do you get this education, to make these decisions?


If it’s not killed it could prolong your rut, cause a higher buck mortality rate, and cause your fawn recruitment to go down. It will also have fawns if it’s not killed. So if your sex ratios or deer densities are not at a healthy number then your herd may not be healthy and your bucks can’t express their genetic potential. You get the education by reading studies by biologists, articles by biologists, podcasts, camera surveys, drone surveys, prior harvest information, and having a biologist come and do an assessment on your property.

I hope this helps you understand a little better.