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Best buck to doe ratio is 1:2... change my mind
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<blockquote data-quote="tellico4x4" data-source="post: 5246414" data-attributes="member: 2474"><p>3500 acres under management for 19 yrs. Two adjacent clubs add another 8500 acres for 12k total continguous acres.</p><p>We too strive for 1:1.5 buck to doe. Members are required to shoot as many does as they do bucks each year. In addition & based on survey, we have the option to require 1-2 mandatory does per membership each year. This year survey showed us at 1:1.9, so we initiated the additional 1 mandatory rule. If a membership does not kill their quota, then they can't kill a buck the following year until their shortfall is caught up.</p><p>We strongly encourage that does be killed as early as possible during season & can only be shot on plots during bow, ML & the special private season in Jan after regular season closes.</p><p>This works very well for us & is adjusted each year as needed. After the 2007 EHD, we didn't kill a doe for 2 yrs & then slowly ramped it back up as surveys indicated.</p><p>Lots of mature (4-1/2+) bucks are killed each year on plots following does out & rut is usually intense with lots of chases being seen.</p><p>In past 19yrs we've killed 581 deer including 191 bucks, 374 does & 16 buttons. I didn't start recording age until 2006, so since then the 145 racked bucks killed have been:</p><p>2-1/2 yrs - 19</p><p>3-1/2 yrs - 51</p><p>4-1/2 yrs - 44</p><p>5-1/2+ yrs - 31</p><p>The above does not include bucks less than 2-1/2 yrs mostly killed by first time hunters (youth & wives) which alot of were spikes & such, maybe another 20 or so. Have the info but not with me right now...</p><p>This year we should kill 15-18 bucks & 30-40 does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tellico4x4, post: 5246414, member: 2474"] 3500 acres under management for 19 yrs. Two adjacent clubs add another 8500 acres for 12k total continguous acres. We too strive for 1:1.5 buck to doe. Members are required to shoot as many does as they do bucks each year. In addition & based on survey, we have the option to require 1-2 mandatory does per membership each year. This year survey showed us at 1:1.9, so we initiated the additional 1 mandatory rule. If a membership does not kill their quota, then they can't kill a buck the following year until their shortfall is caught up. We strongly encourage that does be killed as early as possible during season & can only be shot on plots during bow, ML & the special private season in Jan after regular season closes. This works very well for us & is adjusted each year as needed. After the 2007 EHD, we didn't kill a doe for 2 yrs & then slowly ramped it back up as surveys indicated. Lots of mature (4-1/2+) bucks are killed each year on plots following does out & rut is usually intense with lots of chases being seen. In past 19yrs we've killed 581 deer including 191 bucks, 374 does & 16 buttons. I didn't start recording age until 2006, so since then the 145 racked bucks killed have been: 2-1/2 yrs - 19 3-1/2 yrs - 51 4-1/2 yrs - 44 5-1/2+ yrs - 31 The above does not include bucks less than 2-1/2 yrs mostly killed by first time hunters (youth & wives) which alot of were spikes & such, maybe another 20 or so. Have the info but not with me right now... This year we should kill 15-18 bucks & 30-40 does. [/QUOTE]
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