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Old 11-17-2005 | 07:09 AM
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Turkey63
 
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Default RE: Arkansas Muzzleloaders deer count?

South Arkansas Rebel, sounds like you have members like we do..........old school way of thinking, don't shoot the does. What they don't understand is overpopulation (depleteing food sources), lack of competition for the bucks (more does than they can service, they aint walking around looking for more), and breeding season being extended because of all the does not being bred the first or second time they come into estrus only makes things worse. Are ya'll in the AG&F DMAP program? They provide some very usefull information about your herd after a few years of collecting the data for them. We've been doing it for 5 years and it has helped us as far as getting more guys to shoot does, and letting the smaller bucks walk. We have seen some larger racks come in the past couple of years due tothe "education" DMAP has provided along with I'm sure the instated three point rule.
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