re: Do any of you guys use a deer management program?

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1. We need to let the bucks grow and let their antlers outside the ears and be at least 3-4 years old

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4. Need to be a trophy hunting club and not a social club

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These aren't compatible statements. A true trophy club would not consider a 3, and probably not a 4 yr old deer, a trophy.

Sounds like you have a lot of people who aren't going to listen to what you say anyway. If you can convince some people to not shoot 2 yr old deer, over the course of a few years you will see an increase in 3-4 yr old deer.

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6 points or better

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This is a silly rule. I'm against almost all management programs that have a point rule. Let deer get older, and you'll have more big deer. A 4.5 yr old 6 point is much more appealing to most than a 2.5 yr old 8 pt.

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We still do deer drives with dogs

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People will say this runs deer off, I have seen little real evidence to support that. Deer have stuff chasing them from the time they are born. This will put more pressure on them, and you'll likely see most of the movement at night though. Most mature bucks are killed when does are in heat, when they aren't even thinking correctly. You can have 100 dogs in the woods and it won't make a difference in what that buck on a hot doe does.

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. Too many people in our hunting club.

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Get more land, or less people.