Post by Woody Williams on Mar 15, 2011 20:22:17 GMT -5
This is a repost of a friend of mine from down in Tennessee. He makes a very good living managing deer hunting properties for clients.
I find it very interesting -
Not sure what Warrick's top five are anymore.
I find it very interesting -
I and many others throw around the terms "realistic expectations" when discussing antler development in a given area, but is there any way to estimate what "realistic expectations" should be?
I've posted this before, but I received a request to post it again, so here it is:
Many years ago I learned from my mentor a pretty good formula for estimating what realistic antler expectations are for a given area. The formula is very simple and basically is 75% of the average of the 5 top scoring bucks killed in the area. In essence, average the top five scores for a given county (in TN, use the Tennessee Registry), and then multiply that number by 0.75.
For example, the average score of the top 5 bucks listed for Hickman County is 166.2 inches. 75% of that number is 124.65, or rounded to 125. So for Hickman County, realistic expectations--what can be produced in harvestable numbers on an annual basis--are 125-class bucks. I find this number works quite well for the area.
Once again, let me make it clear that this formula is designed to produce realistic expectations for well-managed lands, not for all areas of the county. This formula was developed to give land managers some idea of what caliber bucks they can expect to produce in harvestable numbers each year due to the implementation of a management program.
So far, I've found the formula to be very accurate in what you can expect to see on trail-camera. Now certainly some top-end bucks will occur from time to time, but what can be expected every year in harvestable numbers is what this formula is about.
I've posted this before, but I received a request to post it again, so here it is:
Many years ago I learned from my mentor a pretty good formula for estimating what realistic antler expectations are for a given area. The formula is very simple and basically is 75% of the average of the 5 top scoring bucks killed in the area. In essence, average the top five scores for a given county (in TN, use the Tennessee Registry), and then multiply that number by 0.75.
For example, the average score of the top 5 bucks listed for Hickman County is 166.2 inches. 75% of that number is 124.65, or rounded to 125. So for Hickman County, realistic expectations--what can be produced in harvestable numbers on an annual basis--are 125-class bucks. I find this number works quite well for the area.
Once again, let me make it clear that this formula is designed to produce realistic expectations for well-managed lands, not for all areas of the county. This formula was developed to give land managers some idea of what caliber bucks they can expect to produce in harvestable numbers each year due to the implementation of a management program.
So far, I've found the formula to be very accurate in what you can expect to see on trail-camera. Now certainly some top-end bucks will occur from time to time, but what can be expected every year in harvestable numbers is what this formula is about.
Not sure what Warrick's top five are anymore.
