Originally Posted By: 49er

I've done the math, and, according to the figures in those reports, we have only been killing a fraction of the 35 percent of does that the biologists claim is necessary to begin reducing their estimates of the deer population. Doe seasons always close anyhow in spite of that, and now doe seasons are being limited. That in itself should tell you that their estimates are inflated.

Counting dead deer doesn't work well to properly control a deer population if you have no solid figures to tell you how many live deer are in the population to begin with.


I'd say hunters griping more than anything

I'm not doubting yotes doing a number on deer, heck I was jumping up and down back in the mid 90's about yotes killing adult deer and was laughed at.

I don't doubt we've killed them back to some degree.

But I've been around enough club members thinking we'd be killing 30-35 3.5 yr old and older bucks off 5,000 acres a year to realize some overestimate what is truly possible year in and year out.

What eventually happens to any wild animal population that is over populated?

I keep hearing about no deer in an area then drive thru a 20-40 acre 5-6 yr old pine plantation with honeysuckle and greenbriar that is leafless at a deer's reach.
Maybe a new attic is needed to killem.

Tonight on the way home, I seen 12 plus deer on the Trace and Hwy 72
I've seen at least that many if not more ran over along the same travel route this year.

Last edited by cartervj; 01/19/14 06:05 PM.
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