Took a huge doe last evening!

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Harry Collins

We have 254 acres with two creeks. Shannon Run meanders through our Western boarder and Elkhorn Creek our Northern boarder. We have two herds of cattle and fields dedicated for hay. Several cattle fields have strips we've let become overgrown. Last Christmas I took the grandsons for a drive around the farm after lunch. We counted about 36 deer. They were like mice in the house. An infestation.

My property is close enough to James Madison's home Montpelier that the deer on our property and those on Montpelier would be considered of the same "herd" for lack of a better word . Anyway 15 or so years ago the biologist at Montpelier claimed the deer in said herd were getting smaller from over population . I used to keep up with the total take on about six large chunks of real estate in my area and seems to me the average take in those years was well over 200 deer and a few years I think it approached 300 . That was on less then 8,000 acres . My take on my own 60+ acres has averaged between 12 and 15 a year for over twenty years . I think the guys that are allowed to hut Montpelier averaged over 100 a year for the last twenty .