Originally Posted by CNC
Originally Posted by kyles
Hardly any acorns last year

We’ve touched on this a little in past conversations but what is likely happening in Jackson Co is folks are wearing out the does on bad acorn years…..The last two rounds of bad years they’ve just worn them out another 30% harder than usual…..Now on this good year you cycled on, you have a few less deer with tons to eat and they spread out a little……Doe groups arent gonna stay heavily concentrated on any one piece of land for long when this pattern is occurring over the broader landscape around you…..Folks say let me manage my does as I please but yet the reality is that the group is managing them just as much as your individual decisions

You know this ^^^ is probably why the “timelines” seem different when making comparing between some places like Jackson co and south Alabama……If Jackson Co hunters are going through years where “opportunities” fluctuate greatly….then something like the 2 doe change may not have its full initial impact until next year or whenever the next bad acorn crop hits and the "up" year hits again…..Same with baiting…..It may be something that has a big impact every other year where as pine plantations may be affected closer to the same annually without the massive mast crop swings.....That would explain the timeline differences with the trends

Last edited by CNC; 11/06/25 03:15 PM.
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