Originally Posted by Mbrock
Home range size varies so much by individual the only way to know is by placing a GPS collar on one.

It’s also the reason I keep saying that bait, cameras and long seasons are NOT going to work long term in some areas. If you have a buck on camera there’s a guarantee that 10 other ppl do too and somebody is out to kill him and they will. It IS impacting age structure in some places to the point that mature bucks are no longer making up any measurable percentage of the population, which is terrible deer management on a population level.

Crossbows being used during archery season and bait are the real problems currently. Certain parts of Alabama have a disproportionately large population of men that travel for work ( shutdowns, river, offshore, land rigs) so they require a long hunting season just to be able to enjoy any of it.