#3060245 - 12/02/12 08:21 PM
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Eric Kilby
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what deer density per square mile is healthy?
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#3060395 - 12/02/12 09:19 PM
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There is not a correct answer for this question . Healthy deer density/ carrying capacity is area and habitat specific and varies from region to region .
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#3060429 - 12/02/12 09:37 PM
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1000 bucks per acre 
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#3060712 - 12/03/12 07:02 AM
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What bowhunter163 said. In the big ag areas of the Midwest, the land can almost support an unlimited deer density. However, in a big woods environment, an appropriate deer density may only be 10 deer per square mile. Everything depends on the local habitat's deer food production. No weeds or undergrowth, no deer food.
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#3061530 - 12/03/12 04:25 PM
Re: deer density
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what would you consider a density that would provide a good amount of deer to hunt and manage. i was talking to a guy about a lease and he showed me a qdma map that said the are was 15 - 30 deer per square mile. Also said it has been managed for 10yrs for qdma.. just trying to figure out if its worth the money its around 700 acres
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#3062912 - 12/04/12 12:01 PM
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What bowhunter163 said. In the big ag areas of the Midwest, the land can almost support an unlimited deer density. However, in a big woods environment, an appropriate deer density may only be 10 deer per square mile. Everything depends on the local habitat's deer food production. No weeds or undergrowth, no deer food.
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#3062965 - 12/04/12 12:23 PM
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Im telling you they really like the privet when it grows thick in the creek bottoms...
They will eat it, but it is NOT a high value food source. If I see a deer population subsisting on privet, I know there's a deer herd in trouble, and not performing at peak ability.
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#3062973 - 12/04/12 12:26 PM
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what would you consider a density that would provide a good amount of deer to hunt and manage. i was talking to a guy about a lease and he showed me a qdma map that said the are was 15 - 30 deer per square mile. Also said it has been managed for 10yrs for qdma.. just trying to figure out if its worth the money its around 700 acres
First, not only are those QDMA maps seriously out of date, a big difference exists between 15 and 30 deer per square mile. I would ask BigGameGuy what their last thermal imaging census of the area suggested the deer density is.
Deer hunting in a 15 deer per square mile area is tough hunting. 30 deer per square mile is fairly normal for much of the country. In TN, 20-25 deer per square mile is fairly common, especially in the more wooded regions. But deer density on a single property can be very fluid, changing through the seasons of a single year, and potentially changing fairly substantially, depending upon surrounding habitat.
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#3064076 - 12/04/12 11:53 PM
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Im telling you they really like the privet when it grows thick in the creek bottoms... They will eat it, but it is NOT a high value food source. If I see a deer population subsisting on privet, I know there's a deer herd in trouble, and not performing at peak ability.
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