Deer Per Sq. Mi.

[FLboy77]

I was looking on QDMA's website and they have a deer density map. The interesting thing to me was that most of the big deer areas have 15 or less deer per sq mi.

What do you thing the reason is behind this??

Heres the link to the map I couldnt get it to upload.

http://www.i-maps.com/QDMA

[buckeye]

ORIGINAL: FLboy77

What do you thing the reason is behind this??

http://www.i-maps.com/QDMA

Less competition for food.

Mycounty and surrounding counties shows "less than 15 per square mile".

[Germ]

I hunt in one of those areas
Habitat

Deer per square mile of Habitat that support deer.

Example

County 10,000 SM
Deer habit in that county support deer 3000 SM. So the 15 deer per SM is based off 3000 SM of availble deer habitat.

[GMMAT]

LOL...

It shows my exact area to have 15-30/sq. mi.



Outside the areas I hunt....."OK". Inside the confines of my hunting area, though.....it's at LEAST 2X the higher number cited.

[Matt / PA]

Yeah I'm pretty sure that's 15 deer per sq mile of habitat that supports deer........in Pa they call it "Per Forested Squre mile"
Trust me the big buck thing in low deer density areas here doesn't fly.

Our big woods sections of PA have some unbelievably low deer densitites. Where my camp is for example in WMU 2G in Clinton Co. we have a touch over 6 deer per FORESTED sq. Mile.

Roll that number around in your head once. Where you might have 15-20 or more deer per sq mile of habitat in farm country where deer are squeezed into a much smaller usable acerage, we have areas in PA that have 6 lonely arse deer wandering around 660ish acres of forest. LOL And that AINT the habitat where the majority of the big bucks are found.

Of course we have the other end of the spectrum too in heavily populated suburban areas with densisties over 30 deer per sq mile and more.

I wouldn't even want to think about what the densities are in places like the Adirondacks in NY.

[Rob/PA Bowyer]

ORIGINAL: Matt / PA

Yeah I'm pretty sure that's 15 deer per sq mile of habitat that supports deer........in Pa they call it "Per Forested Squre mile"
Trust me the big buck thing in low deer density areas here doesn't fly.

Our big woods sections of PA have some unbelievably low deer densitites. Where my camp is for example in WMU 2G in Clinton Co. we have a touch over 6 deer per FORESTED sq. Mile.

Roll that number around in your head once. Where you might have 15-20 or more deer per sq mile of habitat in farm country where deer are squeezed into a much smaller usable acerage, we have areas in PA that have 6 lonely arse deer wandering around 660ish acres of forest. LOL And that AINT the habitat where the majority of the big bucks are found.

Of course we have the other end of the spectrum too in heavily populated suburban areas with densisties over 30 deer per sq mile and more.

I wouldn't even want to think about what the densities are in places like the Adirondacks in NY.

And throw in over 1mil hunters with the majority of them shooting the first 3 pts to a side buck that walks by and you see why PA has issues.

[crazedbowhunter]

It says the density is 30-45 per sq. mile where i amYou are lucky to see 15-20 per sq. mile around here.

[Germ]

ORIGINAL: GMMAT

LOL...

It shows my exact area to have 15-30/sq. mi.



Outside the areas I hunt....."OK". Inside the confines of my hunting area, though.....it's at LEAST 2X the higher number cited.

It's accurateyour just that damn goodRemeber it's an average. We are above 15, actually the number is 11 according DNR of MI for my county.

[MeanV2]

I hunt 120 acres where there are 8 other hunters who have permission.

More Hunters than Deer per sq. mile!!

Dan

[Matt / PA]

ORIGINAL: MeanV2

I hunt 120 acres where there are 8 other hunters who have permission.

More Hunters than Deer per sq. mile!!

Dan

Quit your whining Illinois boy.