Hoosierhunting
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Does anyone know of any good articles or research that has been done on 3,000-5,000 acres, showing the impacts of the numbers of bucks killed that are 2.5 or younger, and how it impacts buck age structure for the following years?
I’ve had a lease in Brooks Co. Georgia since 2003. I’ve never seen the numbers of 3.5+ year olds this low since I’ve hunted there. I’v been trying to start a cooperative with the people that own land and hunt around me, but it is only getting worse. I’m trying to find an article that explains how Buck harvest effects age structure so these people can understand why we have very few 5.5+ year old bucks. I’ve tried explaining it to them, but I don’t think they get it, or maybe they need to see it written in black and white.
There’s a plantation directly across the river from me that’s over 5,000 acres. They used to only sale quail hunts, but 6-7 years ago it was sold. The new owner started selling deer hunts 3-4 years ago. 99% of the bucks they are shooting every year are 1.5’s and 2.5’s. I’m estimating that they are killing 20+ bucks every year. We also have a lot of younger people hunting around us and they are mainly killing 2.5’s. I need to be able to show them why we have so few bucks.
Thanks in advance!
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How big is your lease and how many hunters? If I had 3,000-5,000 acres to manage I wouldn’t give a damn what the neighbors were up to. If a buck generally has a square mile home range it would seem you only need to manage your fellow lessees.
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