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<blockquote data-quote="Grnwing" data-source="post: 4690217" data-attributes="member: 14910"><p>[quoteThis is what I've read in some QDM journals. Calculate deer per square mile, then use your buck/doe ratio to determine how many bucks you have. Use 25% of the buck population to determine mature bucks 3.5 years and older. This will vary depending on where you are in the season.]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>I have read and looked at some of those articles and found them helpful. I used data provided from a private club and was surprised at what the numbers showed. It really shows the importance of sex ratios in the expression of a more balanced age group in the buck population. Having too many does in the herd reduces the number of bucks further reducing the amount of opportunity a buck will have at growing older, while forcing higher doe kills to maintain the current ratios. I won't go in depth, but just look at a deer density of 20 deer/ sq mile and adjust your sex ratio from 5:1 down to 2:1. You can quickly see how few bucks are in the herd compared to does, but when those numbers get more balanced you see the number of bucks increase further increasing the likely hood that may make it another year closer to maturity. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wish he still posted on here, he is one of the members that I thought may have some answers.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Grnwing, post: 4690217, member: 14910"] [quoteThis is what I’ve read in some QDM journals. Calculate deer per square mile, then use your buck/doe ratio to determine how many bucks you have. Use 25% of the buck population to determine mature bucks 3.5 years and older. This will vary depending on where you are in the season.][/quote] I have read and looked at some of those articles and found them helpful. I used data provided from a private club and was surprised at what the numbers showed. It really shows the importance of sex ratios in the expression of a more balanced age group in the buck population. Having too many does in the herd reduces the number of bucks further reducing the amount of opportunity a buck will have at growing older, while forcing higher doe kills to maintain the current ratios. I won't go in depth, but just look at a deer density of 20 deer/ sq mile and adjust your sex ratio from 5:1 down to 2:1. You can quickly see how few bucks are in the herd compared to does, but when those numbers get more balanced you see the number of bucks increase further increasing the likely hood that may make it another year closer to maturity. I wish he still posted on here, he is one of the members that I thought may have some answers. [/QUOTE]
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