I talked to my local biologist about carrying capacity in South TX he said 1 deer per 10-20 acres is ideal. QDM says 1:1 ratio or as close to it for doe/buck.
Maintain something close to those numbers and allow bucks/doe to age out and you ought to have a pretty good herd overall.
It's super difficult to manage or even get accurate counts w/out your neighbors help if you are low fenced.
Biologist did say if you can get everyone to do a visual feeder count around the same times he could get a pretty good idea of density & ratio. Hard part is getting in contact with the neighbors. You'd need to do probably 500-1000 acres area at least.
Keep in mind your local biologist is listed on txpwd website. You can shoot them an email and they can probably help to some degree.
Maintain something close to those numbers and allow bucks/doe to age out and you ought to have a pretty good herd overall.
It's super difficult to manage or even get accurate counts w/out your neighbors help if you are low fenced.
Biologist did say if you can get everyone to do a visual feeder count around the same times he could get a pretty good idea of density & ratio. Hard part is getting in contact with the neighbors. You'd need to do probably 500-1000 acres area at least.
Keep in mind your local biologist is listed on txpwd website. You can shoot them an email and they can probably help to some degree.
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