Well it might get crowded. It might not. Depends on your neighbors. That’s why you do it for 5 years and record deer weights.
Well after 5 years of changing your harvest restrictions on bucks, you look at the results and see if your goals were accomplished and then make a decision on what to do. It’s not rocket science man.
If you want to chase your tail every year go ahead. But just because it didn’t work in year 2 doesn’t mean after 5 years your goal won’t be accomplished. Think of it like stocks. There are some ups and downs each year but you need to look and see if your management decisions are trending towards your goals or not.
If a club has been killing 6 points are better for 10 years and then they put restrictions on buck harvests and say you can only shoot 5 year old bucks now… do you think they need to make the decision to keep that rule after 1 or 2 season? Of course not. They need to do it for 5 seasons and then look at the results.
Give your management decisions time to have an impact on the deer herd. An impact that is above the small up and down swings that happen from year to year.
