Gobblers, the deer populations are really localized....

On our place(1700 acres in West-Central Texas) we're not seeing near as many deer nor the quality of deer we did when I was a kid. Mainly because we have Day-lease operations all around us that are killing as many deer as they can find paying customers.... 1 neighbor that bought his place (1900 acres) about 7 or 8 yrs ago killed killed over 200 deer their first year.... It's never been the same since.

That "Optimum 1:1 ratio" is more a tool of megabuck growing highfence QDMA farms than can be even remotely possible as a goal for a state DNR. Besides, the theory has less to do with healthy herds than it does with big bucks(and big $$$)