How many mature bucks are you able to hunt in your area?
08-30-2007, 02:05 PM
#1
Dominant Buck
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How many mature bucks are you able to hunt in your area?
I hunt only 65 acres. Given the parks system land (no one can hunt).....and the adjacent farms......I'd say I'm hunting deer that range (rut notwithstanding) one square mile.
46 hunts in '06 yielded sightings of 326 deer from stand. From those sightings....and trail cam photos.....I saw EXACTLY 3 deer that would go 3.5/3.5+ yrs old. I'm not naive enough to think I saw them all.....but how many are there? I'd hazard a guess I probably saw ....I don't know....at LEAST half of them??
So.....the odds of me taking a deer of this age are low. As of today.....I've only seen two on trail cam from this year's bunch (same I saw last year .... the number).
What are you facing (odds)?
46 hunts in '06 yielded sightings of 326 deer from stand. From those sightings....and trail cam photos.....I saw EXACTLY 3 deer that would go 3.5/3.5+ yrs old. I'm not naive enough to think I saw them all.....but how many are there? I'd hazard a guess I probably saw ....I don't know....at LEAST half of them??
So.....the odds of me taking a deer of this age are low. As of today.....I've only seen two on trail cam from this year's bunch (same I saw last year .... the number).
What are you facing (odds)?
08-30-2007, 02:08 PM
#2
Bartender
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
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RE: How many mature bucks are you able to hunt in your area?
WoW Jeff on the deer numbers.
I would have to say my part of the country for Archery purposes seem to be pretty good numbers.
If I head to Northern Wi for gun real low numbers.
I would have to say my part of the country for Archery purposes seem to be pretty good numbers.
If I head to Northern Wi for gun real low numbers.
08-30-2007, 02:15 PM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
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RE: How many mature bucks are you able to hunt in your area?
All "my" bucks have nubbins and carry spots....... 
Every racked buck around here disappears each late summer and all the breeding falls on the shoulders of the buttons.
Every racked buck around here disappears each late summer and all the breeding falls on the shoulders of the buttons.
08-30-2007, 02:18 PM
#6
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: wisconsin
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RE: How many mature bucks are you able to hunt in your area?
This year I have 23 different bucks on film/camera 3 years and older within 2 miles of my 240 acres.... I realize not all have my land as part of their home range, but one can hope!
08-30-2007, 02:24 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mich
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RE: How many mature bucks are you able to hunt in your area?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
gplant:
I log where I hunted; number of deer seen; # of does; Number of bucks; How many in bow range; weather; wind dir. and any notes.
gplant:
I log where I hunted; number of deer seen; # of does; Number of bucks; How many in bow range; weather; wind dir. and any notes.