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<blockquote data-quote="Snake" data-source="post: 4545026" data-attributes="member: 7051"><p>I'm not a biologist nor do I know alot about management of deer but I can tell of experience only . We had a piece of property in Giles Co. since the early nineties but lost it last year and it was small according to most leases (93 acs.) . This place was covered with deer and we shot about everything legal the first few years as most everyone did but in the last several years we had it we quit shooting as many does and tried to only shoot the older bigger racked bucks . We also had fewer people hunting the property as when a member decided not to join back up we didn't replace them but according to most clubs we still had less acres per hunter . The last several years it became a buck paradise and we let quite a few walk each year . We had a similar property in Lincoln Co. a little larger with more fields we practiced the same strategy on this place as we did the other and it was even a little better than the one in Giles as far as bucks . Believe we shot any buck sporting a pretty decent rack but it didn't hurt the buck population . I said all of that to say this , I think you can actually kill too many does even though your ratio is closer . IMO I think if your property has more does than your neighbor your going to pull bucks from them come rut time . Logically speaking if your wanting some relations from the opposite sex then I would you would go where the ladies are , wouldn't you ? Even watched a hunting show were a well known biologist ( I think that's his profession) said that on his property he wanted alot more does for the reason I quoted .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snake, post: 4545026, member: 7051"] I'm not a biologist nor do I know alot about management of deer but I can tell of experience only . We had a piece of property in Giles Co. since the early nineties but lost it last year and it was small according to most leases (93 acs.) . This place was covered with deer and we shot about everything legal the first few years as most everyone did but in the last several years we had it we quit shooting as many does and tried to only shoot the older bigger racked bucks . We also had fewer people hunting the property as when a member decided not to join back up we didn't replace them but according to most clubs we still had less acres per hunter . The last several years it became a buck paradise and we let quite a few walk each year . We had a similar property in Lincoln Co. a little larger with more fields we practiced the same strategy on this place as we did the other and it was even a little better than the one in Giles as far as bucks . Believe we shot any buck sporting a pretty decent rack but it didn't hurt the buck population . I said all of that to say this , I think you can actually kill too many does even though your ratio is closer . IMO I think if your property has more does than your neighbor your going to pull bucks from them come rut time . Logically speaking if your wanting some relations from the opposite sex then I would you would go where the ladies are , wouldn't you ? Even watched a hunting show were a well known biologist ( I think that's his profession) said that on his property he wanted alot more does for the reason I quoted . [/QUOTE]
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