Here at our hunt cabin bucks are broke down to personal "first buck" if you have never shot a buck on any land.This buck can be any horn size and body size!After that I have a 8pt or better rule set in place unless a hunter wants to have a special agreement to shoot and collect certain racks for their own trophy collection.I have a personal choice for my hunting to only hunt book bucks on my own land but on others private or public lands unless told I just look for meat deer buck or doe.I have been lucky enough to hunt several states for whitetails and have seen many deer and taken a few too.I have hunted area's where an small 8pt buck is king size to area's that the sky is the limit and all have been fun to me.
When it boils down I enjoy the meat and yes a good buck too but the hunt is ultimate to me. So if I take an animal that is the special bonus and if not,well then I had fun anyways because for me the "kill" is not that much at all.
on your place you don't take does???
QDM for me does not mean that all deer should be book deer just to maintain a good balanced herd and with that can come good bucks.As with another post by hellbilly about food sources and with proper nutrition during the correct times this goes along with good QDM.
Yes sir we take several doe per year to try and keep a better balance plus those are my meat deer.
QDM for me does not mean that all deer should be book deer just to maintain a good balanced herd and with that can come good bucks.As with another post by hellbilly about food sources and with proper nutrition during the correct times this goes along with good QDM.
in my experience, people don't shoot enough does. Georgia lets us shoot 10, but at some point their numbers have to be decreased. a good doe to buck ratio is around 2-3 to 1. any more than that your big bucks will be harder to see. they don't have to chase as hard. food and supplements are good for antler growth but to see them big boys, i believe that does have to be kept in check.
like in my situation being able to harvest so many does, mistakes happen and button bucks will get shot. you can almost count on it. try to avoid it but it does happen.
