Which of these is the best estimate of how many deer your property can support? They can give you completely different numbers for the same area.
Example based off the Hill Country, High Fence, deer only:
Biologists claim that ideally you would have a deer per every 10 acres. So in 640 acres you would have 64 deer.
The NRCS allows one animal units per 20 acres in the Hill Country and a deer is .15 animal units. So 640/20 = 32 animal units, 32/.15 = 213 deer based off animal units. 640/213 = 3 acres per deer.
This is a little oversimplified but either one of these is completely off or both are off. Actual deer populations in the Hill Country are closer to the animal unit model than the recommended 1 deer per 10 acres.
Example based off the Hill Country, High Fence, deer only:
Biologists claim that ideally you would have a deer per every 10 acres. So in 640 acres you would have 64 deer.
The NRCS allows one animal units per 20 acres in the Hill Country and a deer is .15 animal units. So 640/20 = 32 animal units, 32/.15 = 213 deer based off animal units. 640/213 = 3 acres per deer.
This is a little oversimplified but either one of these is completely off or both are off. Actual deer populations in the Hill Country are closer to the animal unit model than the recommended 1 deer per 10 acres.
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