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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5559512" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>For data purposes, I break down our stands into three categories: stands that are in a new location that year (first year in that location), stands that were moved to a new location the previous year (second year in that location), and then all other stands (3rd or more seasons in that location). Before I started running this analysis, I assumed the "new" stands (first season in that location) would produce the highest older buck sighting rates, especially the first hunt of the year. But that was not the case. It was the stands that were new the previous year (2nd season in that location) that have the highest older buck sightings for the 1st hunt of the year. I really had to ponder that for a couple of years before I realized why this is. It all comes down to how/why we move a stand. We move a stand once sightings begin to decline, <strong>or the stand is not producing the sightings we had hoped.</strong></p><p></p><p>We find new locations for stands based on finding "holes in our hunting pressure." I can run a GIS analysis of our hunting pressure over the last three seasons that produces a map showing hunting pressure like a topo map. High pressure areas look like hills and low pressure looks like valleys. We will then try to move declining sightings or unproductive stands into these holes/valleys in our hunting pressure, regardless of whether there is buck sign in those locations or not. Because of this system, about half of all the "new" stands each year turnout to be total busts. <strong>Those new bust stands will get moved the next year.</strong> And that's the answer to why the "second season" stands are so productive. They are comprised <strong>only</strong> of the "new" stands from the previous year that were the hot stands. All of the "busts" have been moved somewhere else.</p><p></p><p>The funny thing is, some of the other hunters have figured this out. I make a new map of the property each year with the current habitat and each stand color-coded as to whether it is new, 2nd season, or 3+ seasons in that location. Some of the hunters now run around trying to be the first person to hunt the 2nd season stands! It's actually quite a productive tactic!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5559512, member: 17"] For data purposes, I break down our stands into three categories: stands that are in a new location that year (first year in that location), stands that were moved to a new location the previous year (second year in that location), and then all other stands (3rd or more seasons in that location). Before I started running this analysis, I assumed the "new" stands (first season in that location) would produce the highest older buck sighting rates, especially the first hunt of the year. But that was not the case. It was the stands that were new the previous year (2nd season in that location) that have the highest older buck sightings for the 1st hunt of the year. I really had to ponder that for a couple of years before I realized why this is. It all comes down to how/why we move a stand. We move a stand once sightings begin to decline, [B]or the stand is not producing the sightings we had hoped.[/B] We find new locations for stands based on finding "holes in our hunting pressure." I can run a GIS analysis of our hunting pressure over the last three seasons that produces a map showing hunting pressure like a topo map. High pressure areas look like hills and low pressure looks like valleys. We will then try to move declining sightings or unproductive stands into these holes/valleys in our hunting pressure, regardless of whether there is buck sign in those locations or not. Because of this system, about half of all the "new" stands each year turnout to be total busts. [B]Those new bust stands will get moved the next year.[/B] And that's the answer to why the "second season" stands are so productive. They are comprised [B]only[/B] of the "new" stands from the previous year that were the hot stands. All of the "busts" have been moved somewhere else. The funny thing is, some of the other hunters have figured this out. I make a new map of the property each year with the current habitat and each stand color-coded as to whether it is new, 2nd season, or 3+ seasons in that location. Some of the hunters now run around trying to be the first person to hunt the 2nd season stands! It's actually quite a productive tactic! [/QUOTE]
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