RE: Managing Herds......
I typed a long response and the message did not go through so here are the numbers and this goes back to the 70's before my time
before 1999 avg doe 60lbs avg buck 100 to 110 small racks (occasionally a nice deer)
1999 started shooting every doe that moved as long as no spots and no buck was shot unless it was mounted
2007 avg doe over 100 lbs and several deer over 120" on the ground
When we started this the browse line was 5 foot of the ground, apple trees did not produce except up high where the deer could not eat the buds, food plots eaten to the dirt like we had plowed them under, etc.
Now we have alot of meat on the does, and you get excited at the fact that the next buck could be one for the wall. This happened in S Alabama with 2 deer a day bag limits and the definition of a brown and down area. Deer dogs are still ran all around us as well.
Matt I find your information SPOT ON and would like to see anyone who has kept these types of records that foundanything other than the desired results.