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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 4378325" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>IMO, although the ag is way down on the island, there is an insane amount of native browse (greenbrier, honeysuckle, etc) to support 3-4x the population currently.</p><p></p><p>I hunted the fall after the great flood... there were no browse lines anywhere in the woods. Semi-open woods had huge patches of greenbrier that was unpressured. Really, there is just TOO much food to concentrate the deer after the population plummeted.</p><p></p><p>It will come back as long as there isn't another flood. Figure around 6-8 more years for the population to rebound, then add another 4 years for those bucks to mature.</p><p></p><p>As far as number of years applying before you're drawn... I strongly suspect it will take 17-18 years of consecutive applications if one started today. Point creep is a b!tch.</p><p></p><p>Is the current hunt worth the wait??? heck no... will it be worth the wait in the future... maybe... but only if we go several more years without a flood, no EHD outbreaks, etc, etc, etc... a LOT of 'if's' <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 4378325, member: 2805"] IMO, although the ag is way down on the island, there is an insane amount of native browse (greenbrier, honeysuckle, etc) to support 3-4x the population currently. I hunted the fall after the great flood... there were no browse lines anywhere in the woods. Semi-open woods had huge patches of greenbrier that was unpressured. Really, there is just TOO much food to concentrate the deer after the population plummeted. It will come back as long as there isn't another flood. Figure around 6-8 more years for the population to rebound, then add another 4 years for those bucks to mature. As far as number of years applying before you're drawn... I strongly suspect it will take 17-18 years of consecutive applications if one started today. Point creep is a b!tch. Is the current hunt worth the wait??? heck no... will it be worth the wait in the future... maybe... but only if we go several more years without a flood, no EHD outbreaks, etc, etc, etc... a LOT of 'if's' :) [/QUOTE]
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