3. Big Black South Association 22,237 acres
122 Bucks Harvested 1 Buck Harvested per 182 acres
Fawns = 5
1.5 yr old bucks = 11
2.5 yr old bucks = 12
3.5 yr old bucks = 21
4.5 yr old bucks = 44
5.5 yr old bucks = 20
6.5 yr old bucks = 6
7.5 yr old bucks = 1
8.5 yr old bucks = 2
77% of all bucks harvested were at least 3.5 years old
60% of all bucks harvested were at least 4.5 years old.

4. 4.5 years old 177 pounds 8.0 points 18.5 inch beam 15.1 inch spread
Average Buck Harvested during
4.5 years old
177 pounds
8.0 points
18.5 inch beam
15.1 inch spread

5. Statistics for Buck Harvest
Age weight beam length spread

6. % 4.5+ Year old Bucks % % % % % % % % %

7. Number of bucks by month (n = 120)
October
November
December
January
10 (8%)
24 (20%)
68 (57%)
18 (15%)

8. What day did the most bucks get harvested?
Wednesday December 16th & Friday
December 30th
6 bucks each day

9. What was the best 3-day? December 16th – 18th 13 bucks
December 25th = Zero!

11. * 25 does killed on Nov. 19th (opening day)
Number of Does
October
November
December
January
23 (10%)
108 (50%)*
44 (20%)
43 (20%)
* 25 does killed on Nov. 19th (opening day)

12. Big Black South Association 22,237 acres
221 Does Harvested 1 doe per 101 acres
Fawns = 5
1.5 yr old does = 34
2.5 yr old does = 54
3.5 yr old does = 31
4.5 yr old does = 30
5.5 yr old does = 26
6.5 yr old does = 25
7.5 yr old does = 11
8.5 yr old does = 5
Lactation = 73%
58% of all does harvested were at least 3.5 years old

13. Minimum doe quotas 2017-18 Bear Creek 5 Buckhorn 2 12
Campbell Swamp 20
Cane Lake 35
Crawford 10
FAA
G & G 8
High Hill 20
Hilltop I 15
Homewood 15
Jasper Bottom 5
Last Chance 3
Millpond 35
Old Whitaker 15
Ragsdale 15

14. What about any Doe Permits for the club?

15. 140+ Bucks

16. Food Plots
No Round-Up Ready Plants!!

17. No Baiting or Feeding!
Mineral/Salt licks are fine, but must be put out before September 1st. Nothing at all can be put out after September 1st.
A good recipe for minerals is 2 parts trace mineral salt, 1 part stock salt and 1 part Dicalcium Phosphate.

18. Firewood Policy!
No firewood (that includes any species of firewood) is to be brought onto Anderson Tully property from any other area for any reason.
All Firewood must be obtained and used on site.
Emerald Ash Borer

20. Deer Research

21. Mississippi State University Deer Genetic Research

23. Age = 3
weights

24. Age = 3
B & C Score

25. Age = 3
B & C Score

26. Age = 3
B & C points

27. The MSU Researchers concluded that manipulation of deer population genetics is not possible under any reasonable deer management scenario. “Stop worrying about genetics”.

28. Buck Breeding
The dominant bucks in the herd breed only between 2 & 3 does per year.

29. Buck Breeding
All bucks participate in the breeding regardless of age or social status.

30. Buck Breeding
Up to 25% of twins can have multiple sires.

31. Buck Breeding
It was documented in an Auburn University study that a doe gave birth to triplets – all 3 fawns with a different sire!.

32. The MSU Researchers concluded that manipulation of deer population genetics is not possible under any reasonable deer management scenario. “Stop worrying about genetics”.

33. Buck Movements
Bucks move mostly at dawn and dusk – Period!
Regardless of the weather, bucks move most at dawn and dusk!
Regardless of the moon phase, bucks move most at dawn and dusk.

34. Bucks in Rut Movement Patterns
Nomadic
Periodic
Resident

35. Culling

36. Comanche Ranch – 20,000 acres high fence
Used a moderate and intensive culling approach over a 7 year period.
2226 bucks were removed
Zero percent difference in number of bucks meeting the culling criteria after a 7 year period!

39. Baiting/Feeding

40. Georgia Research
“Hunters are less likely to encounter adult males and females at a bait site than other portions of their home range.”
“Overall bait site use was least during the breeding season, when most hunters are afield.”

41. North Carolina Research
“Use of bait while hunting…shifts distribution of use nocturnally, resulting in a lower overall probability of deer sightings during the legal shooting hours.”

42. South Carolina report
In the Piedmont where baiting is not allowed and the deer population is less, hunter success rates were greater than in the low country where baiting is allowed and with higher deer populations.

43. Cementum Annuli

44. Wildlife Analytical Laboratories
Deerage.com
99 pairs were sent separately to the lab.

45. Findings? Only 15% of the pairs were aged the same!
50% were different but were within 1 year
34% were different by more than one year.

46. Who would the doe choose if she had a choice?

47. 13 out of 14 does chose the buck with the largest antlers.

49. Recent Deer Research continued
A researcher in Tennessee spent $180/acre on fertilizing white oak trees.
Since the inception of this study in 2006, no increase in acorn production or deer use has been seen.

50. Wild Hog Research

51. Sodium Nitrite
180 mg/kg to achieve 90% mortality in wild hogs 100 lbs or less
2 to 3 hour kill time
Delivery method
Dehydrated fish

52. Take a kid hunting!

53. Things to consider when taking a kid hunting.
Don’t joke around about the blood on the face, etc.

55. Things to consider when taking a kid hunting.
Take only one kid at a time.
Pick pretty sunny days to go.
Let them go home or back to camp when ready
Let them play with their phones or ipad or whatever.

56. Questions?