RE: Buck to doe ratio question
bsbob, that is a hard question to answer without more info. I know what you mean because I've experienced that situation and the reverse. Sometimes when a lot of does are killed off the previous season, you'll see a lot of bucks, especially 1 1/2s, the following season because their mothers were not around to disperse them. Sometimes I've seen a lot of bucks and hardly no does because when there are an abundance of bucks chasing them before their ready, the does vacate the area to hide from the relentless bucks. If you are seeing nothing but does and hardly no bucks, it could also be because there aren't enough bucks to do their job and they are elsewhere doing their thing. These are just some possibilities. You actually need a few years of herd observations to try and make a determination. I hope this makes sense and helps.