Originally Posted by
ManySpurs
I think maybe I misworded my post. What I meant to say is that I think the TL herd is being reduced, but the browse impact surveys and the pellet count surveys aren't showing as good a reduction as is actually happening.
I honestly believe we're overwintering every bit of 70 dpsm but there's no way to tell.If we're killing 43 dpsm with bows in the areas with lower deer densities than most of the property has,the dd is pretty high.Add that to the fact that we can only hunt 15% of the property,we aren't having much of an impact.85% of the property can't be hunted so leaves the vast majority of the deer safe.
You really can't base harvest trends on what the actual harvest is in here either.The property has only been hunted for three years so the efficiency and kill rate should increase for several years as guys get to know the property.The vast majority of the guys hunting here aren't residents so they went at it almost blind the first couple of years.