The character some of your deer have is unreal! nice deer
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October 16, 2015 Update
A couple of my friends and I made it out to the ranch this past weekend to do some bow hunting, boy was it hot. I was able to shoot one of our cull bucks on Sunday morning. He had a huge body on him. This is a buck we have seen for 3 years now and his antlers have been pretty much the same, so it was time for him to go.
We also filled up the three cottonseed feeders, topped off our 1,000lbs protein trough (keeping it filled year-round to keep bucks near the center of our property) and dumped 200lbs of rice bran and 100lbs of cottonseed meal for the deer as well.
Here are a couple of pictures of two bucks we are passing on this year:
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Thanks! I'm sure we will continue to see improvements over the next couple of years, especially once we hit our 8th year of feeding protein. Next year will be the start of our 5th year feeding protein and we are just now starting to see some really good 2.5 and 3.5 year olds. We have an 11-point 2.5yr old and several 10pt 3.5yr olds, so if we can continue feeding protein, cottonseed, alfalfa, corn, rice bran and other supplements along with doing some brush management - clearing strips of cedars every year to improve forb/browse production, I think we will eventually start seeing some bucks in the high 140's/low 150's. Our neighbor to the west of us has a high fence and he hasn't brought in any breeder deer, just native deer that he feeds protein and does continuous brush management and he shot a buck a couple years ago that scored 172in, so I know the genetics are out there. It definitely doesn't happen over night.
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Originally posted by BosqueCountybow View PostIm wanting to buy land in menard cty. What was the hunting like on your ranch before you guys started managing? Buck size/Deer numbers?
Thanks,
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Originally posted by BosqueCountybow View PostHow dense is the deer population in general? If its thick how does that play into your specific plan that you have going on your place?
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