Buck To Doe Ratio
06-07-2008, 02:04 PM
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Buck To Doe Ratio
I just read an interesting little tid-bit in the Aug/Sept issue of Bowhunter Magazine. In an article called Whitetail Myths& Truths, it says it's biologically impossible to have a sex ratio of more than one buck to eight does. I thought, and have stated, that the B/D ratio in my area was more like one buck to ten doe. I guess things in my area aren't quite as bad as I thought.
Anyone have any thoughts on this info?
Anyone have any thoughts on this info?
06-07-2008, 03:12 PM
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RE: Buck To Doe Ratio
ORIGINAL: bloodcreek
Did the mention why its impossable?? just curious, i was guessing mine about the same as yours.
Did the mention why its impossable?? just curious, i was guessing mine about the same as yours.
06-07-2008, 03:56 PM
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RE: Buck To Doe Ratio
While bucks and does are born at roughly equal ratio, bucks suffer the highest mortality because of the prevalent "I gotta have a buck or nothing" mentality of the contemporary hunter. IOW we have no one to blame but ourselves. Even in a zero pressure environment buck deaths outnumber does deaths for the simple reason that bucks are more mobile, and solitary by nature, and therefore more vulnerable.The mythical 1-1 ratio is and always will be a pipe dream of the antler obsessed, no matter what they do to affect the outcome. Short of a 12 foot fence we cannot change reality. A 1-1 ratio is only possible under controlled circumstance, it will never happen in a wild herd, which is the principle reason why QDM is a pipe dream outside of a high fenced trophy farm. If 200" deer became the norm in the wild then the standard for trophy class would rise accordingly and the pressure for states to adopt restrictions to encourage more trophy class animals would grow, be careful what you wish for.
06-07-2008, 04:48 PM
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RE: Buck To Doe Ratio
ORIGINAL: kevin1
While bucks and does are born at roughly equal ratio, bucks suffer the highest mortality because of the prevalent "I gotta have a buck or nothing" mentality of the contemporary hunter. IOW we have no one to blame but ourselves. Even in a zero pressure environment buck deaths outnumber does deaths for the simple reason that bucks are more mobile, and solitary by nature, and therefore more vulnerable.The mythical 1-1 ratio is and always will be a pipe dream of the antler obsessed, no matter what they do to affect the outcome. Short of a 12 foot fence we cannot change reality. A 1-1 ratio is only possible under controlled circumstance, it will never happen in a wild herd, which is the principle reason why QDM is a pipe dream outside of a high fenced trophy farm. If 200" deer became the norm in the wild then the standard for trophy class would rise accordingly and the pressure for states to adopt restrictions to encourage more trophy class animals would grow, be careful what you wish for.
While bucks and does are born at roughly equal ratio, bucks suffer the highest mortality because of the prevalent "I gotta have a buck or nothing" mentality of the contemporary hunter. IOW we have no one to blame but ourselves. Even in a zero pressure environment buck deaths outnumber does deaths for the simple reason that bucks are more mobile, and solitary by nature, and therefore more vulnerable.The mythical 1-1 ratio is and always will be a pipe dream of the antler obsessed, no matter what they do to affect the outcome. Short of a 12 foot fence we cannot change reality. A 1-1 ratio is only possible under controlled circumstance, it will never happen in a wild herd, which is the principle reason why QDM is a pipe dream outside of a high fenced trophy farm. If 200" deer became the norm in the wild then the standard for trophy class would rise accordingly and the pressure for states to adopt restrictions to encourage more trophy class animals would grow, be careful what you wish for.
06-07-2008, 04:56 PM
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RE: Buck To Doe Ratio
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Keep in mind, that when more habitat is avaliable, in more "wild" areas, a ratio of 1:1 is the most common ratio. That statement is not my own, it is the statement of a biological study conducted over several years.
Keep in mind, that when more habitat is avaliable, in more "wild" areas, a ratio of 1:1 is the most common ratio. That statement is not my own, it is the statement of a biological study conducted over several years.
