Just out of curiosity, how long has this been going on at this club? Is it affecting the number and different age class of bucks seen? How many acres? There may or may not be other variables to this equation.
5100 acres and we're surrounded by significant water barriers (but I don't think for one minute that it "prevents" deer from swimming the river but it does suppress or influence a home boundary) so we do have the ability to control our herd with such a large acreage.
Bottom line... if guidelines are practiced and adhered-to, BB harvest will decrease. But it's not like it's a huge issue but if members will stop shooting <50 lb deer, we'll preserve some BB and they can walk a few miles and still be on our property.
