ORIGINAL: GMMAT
If the DNR’s figures are correct 83 deer per sq mile.
Are you kidding? That's a LOT of deer.
That means I should have 33 deer on the 250 acres I hunt.
On paper....Yeah. But I can tell you the adjacent properties to the ones I hunt don't have NEAR the deer density the ones I hunt do. Not even close. So you might or you might not have that many deer on your property. Total assumption. If your staggering figures are correct (RE: deer density)....the guy next door could have 120 and you have 40, total.....if his habitat will support them and they have MORE of what they need than what you can provide them.
I can tell you from hunting an area with a deer density LESS than what you proport.........Having that many does is a DETRIMENT to buck hunting. They will disperse to other, less inhabited lands.
Jackson County MI is over 100[&:]deer Per sq mile