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Potential problems with field-judging age
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5778673" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>I've got an alternative idea, although just a rational guess. Well managed properties are not only the best habitat in good years. They're also the best in bad years. In fact they really shine in bad years. As bad as things seemed to be on the managed lands, imagine how bad it was in unmanaged lands. </p><p></p><p>We know that the older a buck gets, the smaller his core gets. Yearlings and 2.5yr olds are still wishy washy. They'd be the first to vacate a barren land in search of greener pastures. Not coincidentally they'd congregate on the best properties. The result would be a lot of properties seeing very few bucks at all while a few seeing a big influx of middle age bucks. </p><p></p><p>The properties you work are all well managed and almost certainly offer more in the way of food than the bulk of surrounding properties. In very tough conditions they would be a shining beacon to deer that are willing to uproot and move. 1.5 and 2.5 year olds are just that type of deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5778673, member: 20583"] I've got an alternative idea, although just a rational guess. Well managed properties are not only the best habitat in good years. They're also the best in bad years. In fact they really shine in bad years. As bad as things seemed to be on the managed lands, imagine how bad it was in unmanaged lands. We know that the older a buck gets, the smaller his core gets. Yearlings and 2.5yr olds are still wishy washy. They'd be the first to vacate a barren land in search of greener pastures. Not coincidentally they'd congregate on the best properties. The result would be a lot of properties seeing very few bucks at all while a few seeing a big influx of middle age bucks. The properties you work are all well managed and almost certainly offer more in the way of food than the bulk of surrounding properties. In very tough conditions they would be a shining beacon to deer that are willing to uproot and move. 1.5 and 2.5 year olds are just that type of deer. [/QUOTE]
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