We do lots of counting

[Ketchn]

We are required to do so to keep up with our yearly state tax exception, we try to keep doe to buck ratio information and general stuff like that , including fawn numbers each year and etc
we counted 18 deer in the field the morning we stayed and 16 the night before that . Our current visible population trend is about 1 to 1 ,doe buck ratio , but one also has to keep in mind this about that ....
Not a single doe with a fawn has been seen out in the open field as of yet , so this implies to me the number is not accurate on the actual local population ratio .
I can say this pretty confidently though , the herd has grown well under our management style and we are in the about 4 times what we had hanging around when we got the place ....

[SuperDave336]

Gotta be doing something right. I'm guessing the feeders are a big reason as well as the food plots.

[BuckeyeCrappie]

That’s awesome. We had 9 in our field last night. We are 2:1 does to bucks but in the fall it will go to 500:1 does to bucks!

[DockShootinJack]

Some nice ones.

[Ketchn]

Gotta be doing something right. I'm guessing the feeders are a big reason as well as the food plots.

we supply lots of different mineral blocks and other tasty things , we have one protein feeder and 4 corn feeders and plant lots of deer friendly food stuffs too ....one of the likely reasons though in the increase is lack of heavy harvests as are often the case in that part of the world and very selective on what deer gets to go down as well ....

[Ketchn]

That’s awesome. We had 9 in our field last night. We are 2:1 does to bucks but in the fall it will go to 500:1 does to bucks!

we run really close to 2 does to a buck , but it for sure causes some major buck fights with less girls to go around .
gets pretty testy in the fall and early winter when there are so few does for the bucks to tend .

[Ketchn]

Some nice ones.

rainfall and or lack of makes a huge difference in racks in these parts , we are getting a bit more rain than we did last year and it seems the antlers are liking it ,some of it is due to age though and some of the bucks are not so young now ...

[Redge]

rainfall and or lack of makes a huge difference in racks in these parts , we are getting a bit more rain than we did last year and it seems the antlers are liking it ,some of it is due to age though and some of the bucks are not so young now ...

100% on the rainfall playing a big part in my area too.


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