ORIGINAL: Germ
1st Atlas I really am enjoying this thread.
What is your definition of "mature deer in your area"?? 1? 10? 50?
Lets take a square mile 640 Acers.
How manydo you think you have in your area(bucks)?
My best guess for Northen MI is 1 to 2, I am getting my data from my Cousin who hunts there a lot. He is very good hunter, 2 bucks and 1 doe with a bow. He hunts the same block and see's 2 maturebucks a year. He has taken 2 with a rifle.
My farm-areaI would say 3 to 4 1 per farm in the area.
Like I said.........trying to use real numbers is not of much use here because you are just guessing and the margin of error is even higher then the DEC's method of calculating the deer herd around here (Not that it stops them).
Just say what's on your mind.