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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 4545327" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>I believe that Ames in particular suffer from periods of too many does during the spring and summer and then too few does during fall and winter. This is the result of hunting pressure. How do we fix this? When the agriculture is growing and the food is plentiful the does flood into the plantation from the safety zones and from the dense cover and even from off the plantation. The farmers complain that deer are eating up all their crops and they might be and sometimes deer are blamed for any crop failure too. </p><p></p><p>Then come squirrel season and the club gets inundated with an onslaught of hunters riding ATVs and bikes with hundreds and hundreds of cameras and deer stands. For a young deer, this seems like Armageddon has started. For older deer, they know what's up, it's hunting season! Time to start heading for the hills so to speak and the bucks follow. </p><p></p><p>Every year the need to kill these does is intense and relentless. From a hunters perspective, we try to kill one or two with archery equipment. This has even become difficult and we consider it a victory in and of itself. But if not, you better kill the first one you see with a ML cause when the rut hits you would like to maybe pass one so you can concentrate on a buck without dragging dead does through the woods. But with the scarcity of seeing does, you better shoot anyone you see! </p><p></p><p>You would think late season the pressure would finally let up but no, we need to kill 40 more! What's a doe got to do to survive?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 4545327, member: 10373"] I believe that Ames in particular suffer from periods of too many does during the spring and summer and then too few does during fall and winter. This is the result of hunting pressure. How do we fix this? When the agriculture is growing and the food is plentiful the does flood into the plantation from the safety zones and from the dense cover and even from off the plantation. The farmers complain that deer are eating up all their crops and they might be and sometimes deer are blamed for any crop failure too. Then come squirrel season and the club gets inundated with an onslaught of hunters riding ATVs and bikes with hundreds and hundreds of cameras and deer stands. For a young deer, this seems like Armageddon has started. For older deer, they know what’s up, it’s hunting season! Time to start heading for the hills so to speak and the bucks follow. Every year the need to kill these does is intense and relentless. From a hunters perspective, we try to kill one or two with archery equipment. This has even become difficult and we consider it a victory in and of itself. But if not, you better kill the first one you see with a ML cause when the rut hits you would like to maybe pass one so you can concentrate on a buck without dragging dead does through the woods. But with the scarcity of seeing does, you better shoot anyone you see! You would think late season the pressure would finally let up but no, we need to kill 40 more! What’s a doe got to do to survive? [/QUOTE]
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