Question about deer numbers
I am just wondering if the guys & gals that say they still have to many or just see a lot of deer if they still have quite a few farms in the area they see all the deer.
Also where few deer are seen have the farm all gone & building big.
Reason I ask this is in the one area I hunt we have some weekend farmers that don't plant a crop every year.
The years they do we seem to have a lot more deer as the fawns seem to have a better survival rate.
Another area has full time farms & they seem to have a good sized herd.
Yet in another area I also hunt there are no farms and the are just a very few deer and there building houses up the b.
What I am working on in the areas where I hunt we do see & seem to have less deer than before Dad [85 years young]says he sees less deer at his apple trees in the fall & early winter.
Is less food & loss of habitat the biggest reason we are not seeing the big
deer herd of yesteryear in some areas.
I can remember that if you did not get your buck opening day they thought you were a fool & they always were 4 point or more & most of the time 2 years & older as no body shot the spiky.