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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 754522" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Habitat improvements can certainly help. But again, we're back to "realistic expectations." I've seen many examples of what works and what doesn't work, and in TN unless a manager has several hundred acres to work with, I wouldn't feel comfortable telling them they can successfully manage for 3 1/2 year-old bucks. 2 1/2s, absolutely, but not 3 1/2 unless they were surrounded by larger clubs/leases.</p><p></p><p>And that's one of the major limitations in what the TWRA can do with bag limits and seasons. In a single county there may be a section where all of the land is broken up into 40-80 acre properties and there are 1, 2, or 3 hunters on each property. In that situation, even 2 bucks per hunter is too many. Yet just down the road may be a club or lease with thousands of acres and only 10 hunters. In that situation, a 2 buck limit may be unnecessarily limiting the hunters harvest. 3 does per day may be too many in the small-property area, but no limit on does what-so-ever may be perfectly acceptable on the nearby leases. The TWRA simply can't set limits and seasons that work for everybody. Everything has to be a compromise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 754522, member: 17"] Habitat improvements can certainly help. But again, we're back to "realistic expectations." I've seen many examples of what works and what doesn't work, and in TN unless a manager has several hundred acres to work with, I wouldn't feel comfortable telling them they can successfully manage for 3 1/2 year-old bucks. 2 1/2s, absolutely, but not 3 1/2 unless they were surrounded by larger clubs/leases. And that's one of the major limitations in what the TWRA can do with bag limits and seasons. In a single county there may be a section where all of the land is broken up into 40-80 acre properties and there are 1, 2, or 3 hunters on each property. In that situation, even 2 bucks per hunter is too many. Yet just down the road may be a club or lease with thousands of acres and only 10 hunters. In that situation, a 2 buck limit may be unnecessarily limiting the hunters harvest. 3 does per day may be too many in the small-property area, but no limit on does what-so-ever may be perfectly acceptable on the nearby leases. The TWRA simply can't set limits and seasons that work for everybody. Everything has to be a compromise. [/QUOTE]
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