Big Country,

I hear you, but I do find that observations or pictures speak louder than words...

deaddeer,

I believe your numbers look good but reality is something different. You are making an assumption that every buck born beomes an 6 or 8 pointer eventually. The reason your numbers don't work by me is that 1, there is a hunting club, 25 members, on 500 acres next to me. Next to that is over 3,000 acres of Public Game Lands. The hunting club ONLY shoots bucks, 5 points or more. Button bucks are the dumbest animals in the woods and are easy target for un-experienced hunters on the Public Lands. Therefore, the button bucks don't make it to full spread, more does survive. Big bucks head into the private communities where it's safe, and other bucks are shot on the 500 acres or 3,000 acres of public land which is heavily hunted if they are there.

Where do you see reality and your numbers comming together??

Pike county might be different from Wayne near me but not by much? Also, why are there several DMAP areas in Pike county selling doe permits, such as the Promise Land, because there is a buck problem. NO, Doe problem!

T