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<blockquote data-quote="crawdad" data-source="post: 976478" data-attributes="member: 10461">The current deer management system that OWD is using does not work.&nbsp; You can drive down a 5 mile dirt road and all the land on both sides of that stretch of road is privately owned.&nbsp; Of all the owners down that stretch of road there maybe only one who is trying to manage his land for deer or he/she maybe the only one who allows hunting on thier land.&nbsp; If that one owner is trying to manage his land for deer, and all the surrounding owners aren&#039;t, then he/she is wasting their time.&nbsp; Most property around here is only 20,40, or 60 acre lots.&nbsp; You cannot properly manage a deer habitat on your little acreage if your neighbors aren&#039;t doing the same.&nbsp; We have 40 acres and after the first few days of hunting, all the deer go next door to a 160 acre field/wooded area where the land owner does not allow any hunting at all.&nbsp; It&#039;s a piece sanctuary for the deer.&nbsp; After season closes, it&#039;s nothing to see groups of 8 to 12 does back on our land.&nbsp; So how could we possibly manage the doe population with such a scenario that is played out all across Oklahoma.&nbsp; Or at least in my neck of the woods.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="crawdad, post: 976478, member: 10461"] The current deer management system that OWD is using does not work. You can drive down a 5 mile dirt road and all the land on both sides of that stretch of road is privately owned. Of all the owners down that stretch of road there maybe only one who is trying to manage his land for deer or he/she maybe the only one who allows hunting on thier land. If that one owner is trying to manage his land for deer, and all the surrounding owners aren't, then he/she is wasting their time. Most property around here is only 20,40, or 60 acre lots. You cannot properly manage a deer habitat on your little acreage if your neighbors aren't doing the same. We have 40 acres and after the first few days of hunting, all the deer go next door to a 160 acre field/wooded area where the land owner does not allow any hunting at all. It's a piece sanctuary for the deer. After season closes, it's nothing to see groups of 8 to 12 does back on our land. So how could we possibly manage the doe population with such a scenario that is played out all across Oklahoma. Or at least in my neck of the woods. [/QUOTE]

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