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Old 08-11-2009 | 09:02 AM
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1080 acres is 1.68 sq miles. That's alot of land. let's assume from your statemenst that it's quality mixed farmland/ hardwoods. If you are seiring to reduce the herd with less than 32 does harvested, then of course your harvest has to exceed recruitment. On average...about 18-20 doe will provide you with a recruitment of 32 deer.... More if your habitat is better than the state averages... If you are wintering about 20 doe, you can assume that you probably have half that many bucks at a 1:2 ratio...so you are only wintering about 30 deer...but not per mile...per 1.68 miles. Thats less than 18 dpsm. Unless you are a habitat hero, commercial farmer, or running a timber operation , Why wouldn't you want more deer than that on your own land? QDM practicioners on much smaller tracts often manage for densities over 40 owdpsm. You are selling yourself short...or if you have deer densities much higher than that than your harvest goal will not be sufficient to reduce the herd for you. Only you know how many deer you really have. I only provided an example of a hypothetical herd size that could be reduced by a harvest of only 32 deer on a piece of land that size.
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