BSK?

[landman]

On another Post today its being talked about 2 & 3 buck kills and the effect.

But whats been over looked or not talked about the killing of 2nd and 3rd bucks are usually in pockets and not evenly across the state. Counties or even 2 or 3 in a group that have high number of kills, higher number of hunters, deer, etc.

We know this happens due to kill numbers and the TWRA counting of points results that you see. Certain counties year end year out
hold these spots. If those pockets or counties were limited do you think it would make changes in the deer structure? Its been talked about for years by locals in these areas and I've seen it on here some.

I'm sure we can find hunters killing their 3 bucks all across the state, and some year after year, some are better hunters, have better spots, etc.

what do you think?

 

[BSK]

landman,

As for your question about pockets of buck overkill, and if those pockets were managed independently could it help, the answer is certainly yes. But the problem is managing statewide deer herds in such small pockets. In my opinion, from the TWRA's perspective, it can't be done. I've watched the mess MI management is where they have all these little subunits that are less than county size, and it is a logistics and legal nightmare. Plus I see no indication it is really helping that much.

In most situations, these problem pockets are due to very high hunter density in combination with low to moderate deer density. Even limiting hunters in those pockets to one buck would not improve buck age structure, as there are literally more hunters than legal bucks.