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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 4983515" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>I'd say take the does off the menu until you're certain you have a sustainable number. If you're in an area with nothing to attract deer, then your family groups will be spread out. There will only be as many deer as the property can support. If it's not many to begin with, then taking out 2-3 does per year could really devastate the herd. In a few years you'd no longer have baby makers, and nothing to attract new ones. Sounds like that might be what happened, and an EHD wave only amplifies it. </p><p></p><p>I've had really good luck with "poor man" plots. I like setting up several, spread around the area, so that family groups of does don't have to compete for food or be on top of one another while feeding. I do it in the woods with an ATV & disc, or just a rake & leaf blower. Once established I don't till anymore. I weed-eat the standing vegetation after I spread new seed, and the cut green cover allows germination same way as if I had tilled. So I only till new plots. If you can thin some timber to allow for undergrowth to pop up, it'll give fawning cover to keep does on your place. There are lots of things you can do to attract & hold deer close by, without having to spend much. It's fascinating to me and has become a big part of my hunting experience. I love doing habitat work. It doesn't just work for deer. It attracts all wildlife.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 4983515, member: 20583"] I'd say take the does off the menu until you're certain you have a sustainable number. If you're in an area with nothing to attract deer, then your family groups will be spread out. There will only be as many deer as the property can support. If it's not many to begin with, then taking out 2-3 does per year could really devastate the herd. In a few years you'd no longer have baby makers, and nothing to attract new ones. Sounds like that might be what happened, and an EHD wave only amplifies it. I've had really good luck with "poor man" plots. I like setting up several, spread around the area, so that family groups of does don't have to compete for food or be on top of one another while feeding. I do it in the woods with an ATV & disc, or just a rake & leaf blower. Once established I don't till anymore. I weed-eat the standing vegetation after I spread new seed, and the cut green cover allows germination same way as if I had tilled. So I only till new plots. If you can thin some timber to allow for undergrowth to pop up, it'll give fawning cover to keep does on your place. There are lots of things you can do to attract & hold deer close by, without having to spend much. It's fascinating to me and has become a big part of my hunting experience. I love doing habitat work. It doesn't just work for deer. It attracts all wildlife. [/QUOTE]
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