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well hopefully this stays clean.
I am a big QDM guy, mostly due to the habitat improvements and not so much the "doe management" part of it. I am a younger guy and got to hunt Ohio when I was younger when even in areas like Salt Fork I would see 6+ deer a sit.
About 6 years ago my family bought a farm in SE Ohio and I have done a TON of improvements on the farm. We normally have 1-5 shooters on camera, nothing huge but 130 or better. We do NOT have high doe numbers or so I thought. This year we are noticing many more deer. Opening day I passed 5 does that came into feed in a 1/8th acre of brassica/oats.
I have 0 shooters so far on camera and I have does and small bucks on every camera. The largest groups of does I have is about 5.
So my question is, if I shoot a 1-3 does this year is that going to really reflect next years numbers do you think?
this is a 65 acre farm, limited neighbors. One number is a 500 acre clearcut (hunt able ground is limited). Others are 1000 acre family farms and about 300 acres of guys who haven't shot a buck or doe in 2 years.
thank you all for reading.
I am a big QDM guy, mostly due to the habitat improvements and not so much the "doe management" part of it. I am a younger guy and got to hunt Ohio when I was younger when even in areas like Salt Fork I would see 6+ deer a sit.
About 6 years ago my family bought a farm in SE Ohio and I have done a TON of improvements on the farm. We normally have 1-5 shooters on camera, nothing huge but 130 or better. We do NOT have high doe numbers or so I thought. This year we are noticing many more deer. Opening day I passed 5 does that came into feed in a 1/8th acre of brassica/oats.
I have 0 shooters so far on camera and I have does and small bucks on every camera. The largest groups of does I have is about 5.
So my question is, if I shoot a 1-3 does this year is that going to really reflect next years numbers do you think?
this is a 65 acre farm, limited neighbors. One number is a 500 acre clearcut (hunt able ground is limited). Others are 1000 acre family farms and about 300 acres of guys who haven't shot a buck or doe in 2 years.
thank you all for reading.