Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Quality Deer Management
Range Question
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 3052765" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>tnbucs1,</p><p></p><p>The problem with giving an "average" figure is that few bucks actually have a range size close to the average. In essence, the difference in range size between individual bucks is so large that only a few bucks have range sizes close to the average number. GPS collar studies of older bucks find <strong>annual</strong> ranges (the area a buck covers in an entire year) differ from less than 100 acres to over 18,000 acres.</p><p></p><p>Every buck is an individual and will display unique patterns. Some bucks shift around seasonally very little. Other bucks have completely separate seasonal ranges with no overlap (spend their summer in a completely different area than during the fall). Many unanswered questions exist about this behavior, as in why do some bucks have such different seasonal ranges and others in the same area don't? Why do a much higher percentage of bucks in some areas display seasonal shifting than bucks in other areas?</p><p></p><p>The only thing you can do is use trail-cameras from summer through fall and into early winter to find out what percent of bucks <strong>that use your property during hunting season</strong> are actual year-round "resident" bucks (or at least summer to fall resident bucks).</p><p></p><p>This information has important management implications. For example, if you find out that a high percentage of bucks using your property during hunting season <strong>do not</strong> use your property during the summer months, I would focus habitat management efforts on producing habitat that <strong>attracts</strong> hunting-pressure wary older bucks to your property, instead of spending a large amount of time and money on producing summer food sources. Why spend all your time/effort on producing summer food resources when the vast majority of the bucks you have to hunt in fall don't live or eat on your property during summer?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 3052765, member: 17"] tnbucs1, The problem with giving an "average" figure is that few bucks actually have a range size close to the average. In essence, the difference in range size between individual bucks is so large that only a few bucks have range sizes close to the average number. GPS collar studies of older bucks find [b]annual[/b] ranges (the area a buck covers in an entire year) differ from less than 100 acres to over 18,000 acres. Every buck is an individual and will display unique patterns. Some bucks shift around seasonally very little. Other bucks have completely separate seasonal ranges with no overlap (spend their summer in a completely different area than during the fall). Many unanswered questions exist about this behavior, as in why do some bucks have such different seasonal ranges and others in the same area don't? Why do a much higher percentage of bucks in some areas display seasonal shifting than bucks in other areas? The only thing you can do is use trail-cameras from summer through fall and into early winter to find out what percent of bucks [b]that use your property during hunting season[/b] are actual year-round "resident" bucks (or at least summer to fall resident bucks). This information has important management implications. For example, if you find out that a high percentage of bucks using your property during hunting season [b]do not[/b] use your property during the summer months, I would focus habitat management efforts on producing habitat that [b]attracts[/b] hunting-pressure wary older bucks to your property, instead of spending a large amount of time and money on producing summer food sources. Why spend all your time/effort on producing summer food resources when the vast majority of the bucks you have to hunt in fall don't live or eat on your property during summer? [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Quality Deer Management
Range Question
Top