RE: Hunt by numbers - revisited...
I have seen 14 bucks this year. 9-1.5 year olds, 3-2.5 year olds, and 2-3.5/4.5 year olds.
The place I hunt is around 60,000 acres and they estimate the deer herd to be around 4,000-5,000 deer, which means 1 deer for every 12-15 acres. And on many areas of the base I hunt, the number is alot lower because some areas of the base are super-concentrated with deer while others are very sparse, putting the actual deer ratio to around 1 deer for every 30-40 acres.
Oh yeah, they usually keep track of the mature bucks killed on base by way of pictures posted on the game check. I would say less than 10 mature bucks have been arrowed on base this year, meaning 1 mature buck has been arrowed for approximately every 5,000 acres.