Our herd balance is easily 12 mature does to every buck.This is not a natural balance in any form of animal species.
As the hunting season progresses it could rise to 12:1 but at the beggining of the season the total doe to buck ratio will be less than 2 to 1 and the ratio of sexually mature doe to sexually mature bucks will be less than 3 to 1. Most of the rut occurs before gun season when the doe:buck ratio is near its lowest point in the yearly cycle and the rut is the time of year where the ratios are of significant importance. Most definately the ratio is not 12:1 during the time of year when it matters.