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Potential problems with field-judging age
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<blockquote data-quote="Popcorn" data-source="post: 5781032" data-attributes="member: 20151"><p>Ok, This all makes sense to me now. Of course I do not keep the detailed records that some of you do, thats not what Im paid to do... BUT Stewart county property, 1160 acres surrounded by another 6 to 8000 of similar poor pine stands, clearcuts highly eroded weak / non-existing soils, same drought conditions with no mast last year and failed plots both years. The hunters generally high grade here and the mature bucks that summer here disperse early and only randomly pass thru during the rut. This season has been nothing but mediocre bucks or worse and exactly as described with an overabundance of 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 year olds. All of the bucks 2 1/2 or older came into the fall lookin relatively healthy but by no means fat and are now looking like its Jan 15 instead of Dec 01. Everything above fits like a glove. The only difference I see is that these deer have no local ag and what plots didnt fail were so absent of nutrition they made little difference</p><p></p><p>Its almost as if somebody unloaded a truck load of basket racks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Popcorn, post: 5781032, member: 20151"] Ok, This all makes sense to me now. Of course I do not keep the detailed records that some of you do, thats not what Im paid to do... BUT Stewart county property, 1160 acres surrounded by another 6 to 8000 of similar poor pine stands, clearcuts highly eroded weak / non-existing soils, same drought conditions with no mast last year and failed plots both years. The hunters generally high grade here and the mature bucks that summer here disperse early and only randomly pass thru during the rut. This season has been nothing but mediocre bucks or worse and exactly as described with an overabundance of 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 year olds. All of the bucks 2 1/2 or older came into the fall lookin relatively healthy but by no means fat and are now looking like its Jan 15 instead of Dec 01. Everything above fits like a glove. The only difference I see is that these deer have no local ag and what plots didnt fail were so absent of nutrition they made little difference Its almost as if somebody unloaded a truck load of basket racks [/QUOTE]
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