JCDEERMAN
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BSK said:102 said:I have yet to see a fawn. But these are BIG hardwoods. NO agriculture.
All of the places I'm running censuses are primarily ridge-and-hollow big hardwoods, and all are showing similar numbers. Fawn recruitment is low.
In the places we hunt in Middle Tennessee, deer seem to be scarce. I suspect this is due to an abundance of TALL corn and beans still in the field.
I'm hoping deer are still in the agriculture. I'm also seeing low deer numbers and few mature bucks in the hardwoods.
That is interesting. I am seeing the exact opposite. More and more fawns are showing up with does, buck numbers are high (especially 2 1/2's and 3 1/2's), and deer numbers in general are high.
We have stricly hardwoods (ridges and hollows), but we dont have the surrounding "ag" fields, so thats more than likely the difference in properties. I'm sure they will pop up soon.