just wondering if the mld thing is good or not.... what say the guys that are doing it or have done it and changed... we are trying to decide on this issue so any input would be useful... thanks
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is the mld thing a good thing
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I was on a lease that did it and I loved it. The fact that you could control your deer herd and truly attemp to manage your deer. Not having to use your deer tags was nice too even though it would not have made a difference to me, I rarely kill more than 2 or 3 deer a year since we can't eat any more than that in our house hold.
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I think it's a great thing from a management perspective. On our lease of 11 years, we had to pass on countless management bucks (5+ year old bucks that averaged around 110").....due to the lack of "buck tags". We would play musical "stands" within our lease group, trying to get the guys with remaining tags on the right bucks......but it was futile. With the ability to whack 3-4 management bucks with MLD permits......we would have drastically improved the herd and reduced our overall count.
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It is only as good as the biologist the does the census. My friend had a biologist come to his Rocksprings ranch. The ranch is 1100 acres, biologist drives around and looked at the browse and wanted to give 80 wt doe tags. You couldn't find 80 wt on this place is you tried. Heck you can't find 10. What you can find is 100 axis easily.
My friend told the biologist exactly that and he lowered the number of tags to 60 and said they had to kill 40. The biologist was also provided with 5 deer counts with numbers and species......
I hope this is not the common way mld permits are obtained. I have never been in an mld place so I honestly don't know.
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MLD is the greatest management tool available slightly behind a high fence and an accurate rifle.
Originally posted by bboswell View PostMLD is good. Letting anyone hunt with a rifle before rifle season is BAD!
Originally posted by cbrown View PostIt is only as good as the biologist the does the census.
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Originally posted by Chance Love View PostMLD is the greatest management tool available slightly behind a high fence and an accurate rifle.
Why is that bad? Has it affected you in a negative way?.
MLD makes it possible for landowners to take the number of deer required for proper management, there is plenty of time for tat during and after season.Last edited by bboswell; 10-19-2012, 09:49 PM.
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Originally posted by cbrown View PostIt is only as good as the biologist the does the census. My friend had a biologist come to his Rocksprings ranch. The ranch is 1100 acres, biologist drives around and looked at the browse and wanted to give 80 wt doe tags. You couldn't find 80 wt on this place is you tried. Heck you can't find 10. What you can find is 100 axis easily.
My friend told the biologist exactly that and he lowered the number of tags to 60 and said they had to kill 40. The biologist was also provided with 5 deer counts with numbers and species......
I hope this is not the common way mld permits are obtained. I have never been in an mld place so I honestly don't know.
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Originally posted by bboswell View Postyes it does every year. East Tx low fence area and he neighbor starts rifle hunting early while the bucks are still in their summer pattern. The mature bucks we know of rarely make it to rifle season.
MLD makes it possible for landowners to take the number of deer required for proper management, there is plenty of time for tat during and after season.
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Originally posted by Chance Love View PostMay be plenty of time for some, but on our place (low fence hill country) we NEED that extra month. As a matter of fact, pretty much every place I know of needs that extra time. Predictable summer patterns are great for management purposes. The extra month of February can be really tough in our area. Lots of bucks have dropped antlers already and some hunters confuse them for does. Also, bucks are much easier to cull early in the season. It's too bad that you and your neighbor don't work together. And here's something funny about your comment "the neighbor starts rifle hunting early while the bucks are still in their summer pattern".....I used to be on a lease with all rifle hunters, and they would get upset because I could "start early" with my bow.
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