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<blockquote data-quote="Tyson C." data-source="post: 974501" data-attributes="member: 9534"><p>this could relate to our problem on the area my buddy and i have on his place. in the earlier years all he and his dad and two brothers would do is shoot buck, some nice and some could have been great if let be. but the doe population in the mean time had exploided, they would not harvest the doe. well over time it has been just him and the exception of a friend or two that hunt it (mostly once again bucks being taken <strong>if</strong> spotted, younger bucks 3-4yrs old). but what has happened from overtime within the last 3-4 seasons (first two years i video taped him) is that we do not see bucks as often. also maybe getting him to stop shooting at anything with antlers might help to..LOL...THIS is no lie; that around the beginning of bow season i counted from a stand 27 doe/fawn on the rye field that we watch and on the other field 18 doe/fawn both spots well outta range for the bow (they seem to be smart like that). so as the rut and over season time starts to take place and the deer feel the pressure/pressence from us and thier herds start to lessen in number, but they start moving at different times in #'s. so back to the point is that all his buck have to do is basically roll over and land on a doe, they do not have to venture to far to "get some", so they stay in the thick wooded areas where the doe come back to bed. now just like stated above, we did have a big one come in that we had never seen this year (and outta range) but the overall spotting of the bucks have became less and less....</p><p></p><p>so since we have became more educated/aware of population control we tried our best at thinning out the doe population this year. he and i tagged out with all our doe tags in no time, we even had a few people young or old that were having no luck come out and they walked away happy. we would tell them as a bribe to help our problem; you shoot it, we will clean it and section it up. i think overall we had roughly taken off about 15 doe total, not much but better than zero. SO now we are now in the process of making some new food plots to see if our theory will work. <strong><em><u>THEORY</u></em></strong>: thin them out in certain spots (not having so many on one field) by putting plots/watering holes in their way. thus maybe slowing down #'s to the area they may be used to going to. then being able to lesson the doe numbers for that particular area???maybe bringing the bucks out to an area we can control, then in a yr or two <em>MAYBE</em> actully be able to put the bucks in the area within view......</p><p></p><p>now you know the rest of the story.....goood day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tyson C., post: 974501, member: 9534"] this could relate to our problem on the area my buddy and i have on his place. in the earlier years all he and his dad and two brothers would do is shoot buck, some nice and some could have been great if let be. but the doe population in the mean time had exploided, they would not harvest the doe. well over time it has been just him and the exception of a friend or two that hunt it (mostly once again bucks being taken [B]if[/B] spotted, younger bucks 3-4yrs old). but what has happened from overtime within the last 3-4 seasons (first two years i video taped him) is that we do not see bucks as often. also maybe getting him to stop shooting at anything with antlers might help to..LOL...THIS is no lie; that around the beginning of bow season i counted from a stand 27 doe/fawn on the rye field that we watch and on the other field 18 doe/fawn both spots well outta range for the bow (they seem to be smart like that). so as the rut and over season time starts to take place and the deer feel the pressure/pressence from us and thier herds start to lessen in number, but they start moving at different times in #'s. so back to the point is that all his buck have to do is basically roll over and land on a doe, they do not have to venture to far to "get some", so they stay in the thick wooded areas where the doe come back to bed. now just like stated above, we did have a big one come in that we had never seen this year (and outta range) but the overall spotting of the bucks have became less and less.... so since we have became more educated/aware of population control we tried our best at thinning out the doe population this year. he and i tagged out with all our doe tags in no time, we even had a few people young or old that were having no luck come out and they walked away happy. we would tell them as a bribe to help our problem; you shoot it, we will clean it and section it up. i think overall we had roughly taken off about 15 doe total, not much but better than zero. SO now we are now in the process of making some new food plots to see if our theory will work. [B][I][U]THEORY[/U][/I][/B]: thin them out in certain spots (not having so many on one field) by putting plots/watering holes in their way. thus maybe slowing down #'s to the area they may be used to going to. then being able to lesson the doe numbers for that particular area???maybe bringing the bucks out to an area we can control, then in a yr or two [I]MAYBE[/I] actully be able to put the bucks in the area within view...... now you know the rest of the story.....goood day. [/QUOTE]
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