ORIGINAL: rybohunter
you don't hunt one square mile, you hunt 65 acres. By your admission. You base thisherd of yoursat 40 deer estimatedin a square mile, based on sightings of deer 326 times within your65 acres? 40 deer in a square mile is one thing, all 40 of those deer bieng spotted within the same 65 acres over and over is quite astounding.
Why is it so hard to comprehend that 40 deer, over the course of a 2-3 month season, may all cross that 65 acres at some point?
Its not like he said he saw 40 deer per night living ONLY in his 65 acres.
Rybo is exactly right and to go one step farther, In one evening hunting just over the knoll from that 65 acres I physically counted over 40 some deer in roughly 3 hours......Now I KNOW many were the same deer (doe) over and over that came and went however(roughly 8 bucks), it's a fantastic place to hunt, I wish I had it so good.
In 2 evenings and one morning I stopped counting that second evening at 75 sightings.