ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
Correct me if I'm wrong, and I vry well might be, but doesn't true DEER management come from the taking out of does in a herd??? Now I am talking about healthy deer, not necessarily massive bucks.......
Be gentle guys, I am just asking .... educate me .....
From whatI understand, even if the carrying capacity is OK, when the ratio is closer to 1:1, buck competition to breed is much higher. You are more likely to see bucks out and about. If you have 5 does to 1 buck there is a lot for the buck to choose from and the dominant bucks cannot get to them all in that short period. Not much competition. That makes a whole lot of sense to me.
Same way with turkeys. When there are a ton of hens, the gobblers are busy. Hard to call in.
We do not have an starving deer around here, but we have way too many does to bucks. IMO. Just from what I understand. It does make sense. So if the ratio is out of whack, kill them skinheads.