Great article in Quality Whitetails on Home Range

Germ · 07-13-2008, 08:33 PM

Instead of gussing they put collars on the deer and kept track. The did so in Farm country of SW Michigan

Average Home Range = 95% of there radio-telemetry locations
Core area =50% of there radio-telemetry locations
Average Home range does
123 to 494 acres

Largest does home range was equal to the smallest yearly bucks home range 1 sq mile

Resident yearly buck's home range was 1 to 2.9 sq miles

Home range must be large enough to enhance everyday survival and reproduction, yet be small enough for a deer to know the area.

Also goes to say deers core area in ag land is smaller than deer live in forest area. Deer hunting SLP deer in MI is way different than Northern MI and the UP.

I love being a member of QDMA, great infoo with the science to back it up!!!

PreacherTony · 07-13-2008, 08:37 PM

That's awesome info ...... nothing on a mature buck, or are they included in there somewhere??

Germ · 07-13-2008, 08:42 PM

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ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

That's awesome info ...... nothing on a mature buck, or are they included in there somewhere??

Could not catch any in SLP of MI

They also showed how the migration pattern of a doe was influence by hunting pressure. Where as in NLP and SP it is based on food and bedding.

The map of the core area for all the deer is within spitting distance of WATER.

Germ · 07-13-2008, 08:47 PM

BTW most of the yearly bucks(12-18 months)over 50% moved out of the home range, were as most of the does stayed.

32 does stated
3 moved out

5 bucks stayed
7 bucks moved out

Steven McBee · 07-13-2008, 08:51 PM

wow great info

Rory/MO · 07-13-2008, 08:52 PM

man i wish i got that magazine

Steven McBee · 07-13-2008, 08:54 PM

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ORIGINAL: Rory/MO

man i wish i got that magazine

x2

Germ · 07-13-2008, 08:56 PM

Join the QDMA and it's part of the membership

Germ · 07-13-2008, 09:03 PM

Average dispersal distance was 6 mile, smallest 2 miles, largest 11.4

7 dispers during spring(Apr,May,Jun) 3 does 4 bucks the stated the spring dispersal is related to fawning
3 bucks dispers in October

This is the opposite of what they found in PA, being MI SLP had great deer density.

Fall was from low acorn production or high deer density.

Schultzy · 07-13-2008, 09:04 PM

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5 bucks stayed
7 bucks moved out

This is very interesting! It seems you always have good info coming from these guys. Thanks Germ.