Post by Woody Williams on Mar 22, 2011 7:39:21 GMT -5
The type of soils in a certain area has a lot of bearing on the size of the antlers of a buck. You can pretty well see that in comparing the soil maps and the QDMA Boone and Crockett maps.
Alfisol soil and mollisol soils maps
Here's the alfisol soil map. The darker brown, the higher percent of the local soils are alfisols.
Alfisols are moderately leached forest soils that have relatively high native fertility. These soils are well developed and contain a subsurface horizon in which clays have accumulated. Alfisols are mostly found in temperate humid and subhumid regions of the world.
Alfisols occupy ~10.1% of the global ice-free land area. In the US, they account for ~13.9% of the land area. Alfisols support about 17% of the world's population.
The combination of generally favorable climate and high native fertility allows Alfisols to be very productive soils for both agricultural and silvicultural use.
Alfisols are divided into 5 suborders: Aqualfs, Cryalfs, Udalfs, Ustalfs, and Xeralfs.
And for all those who say "Why does south TX produce such good bucks--it's a desert." True it is a desert, but look at the alfisol soils in that area. When they get rain, they grow some large-antlered bucks. Plus the serious hunter density control down there allows for lots of bucks to reach maturity.
Now lets throw in the mollisol soils, which are the most productive agricultural soils in the world.
Mollisols are the soils of grassland ecosystems. They are characterized by a thick, dark surface horizon. This fertile surface horizon, known as a mollic epipedon, results from the long-term addition of organic materials derived from plant roots.
Mollisols primarily occur in the middle latitudes and are extensive in prairie regions such as the Great Plains of the US. Globally, they occupy ~7.0% of the ice-free land area. In the US, they are the most extensive soil order, accounting for ~21.5% of the land area.
Mollisols are among some of the most important and productive agricultural soils in the world and are extensively used for this purpose.
Mollisols are divided into 8 suborders: Albolls, Aquolls, Rendolls, Gelolls, Cryolls, Xerolls, Ustolls, and Udolls.
If I could combine the alfisol map with the mollisol map, you would have the areas that produce the largest antlered whitetail bucks in America.
The following map is about as close as I can get..
See the soils correlation?
So what are the soils are in you hunting area?
Here is an interesting soils map for the U.S. Zoom in right to your hunting location by typing the address.. Enjoy!
bit.ly/e01RnJ
Alfisol soil and mollisol soils maps
Here's the alfisol soil map. The darker brown, the higher percent of the local soils are alfisols.
Alfisols are moderately leached forest soils that have relatively high native fertility. These soils are well developed and contain a subsurface horizon in which clays have accumulated. Alfisols are mostly found in temperate humid and subhumid regions of the world.
Alfisols occupy ~10.1% of the global ice-free land area. In the US, they account for ~13.9% of the land area. Alfisols support about 17% of the world's population.
The combination of generally favorable climate and high native fertility allows Alfisols to be very productive soils for both agricultural and silvicultural use.
Alfisols are divided into 5 suborders: Aqualfs, Cryalfs, Udalfs, Ustalfs, and Xeralfs.
And for all those who say "Why does south TX produce such good bucks--it's a desert." True it is a desert, but look at the alfisol soils in that area. When they get rain, they grow some large-antlered bucks. Plus the serious hunter density control down there allows for lots of bucks to reach maturity.
Now lets throw in the mollisol soils, which are the most productive agricultural soils in the world.
Mollisols are the soils of grassland ecosystems. They are characterized by a thick, dark surface horizon. This fertile surface horizon, known as a mollic epipedon, results from the long-term addition of organic materials derived from plant roots.
Mollisols primarily occur in the middle latitudes and are extensive in prairie regions such as the Great Plains of the US. Globally, they occupy ~7.0% of the ice-free land area. In the US, they are the most extensive soil order, accounting for ~21.5% of the land area.
Mollisols are among some of the most important and productive agricultural soils in the world and are extensively used for this purpose.
Mollisols are divided into 8 suborders: Albolls, Aquolls, Rendolls, Gelolls, Cryolls, Xerolls, Ustolls, and Udolls.
If I could combine the alfisol map with the mollisol map, you would have the areas that produce the largest antlered whitetail bucks in America.
The following map is about as close as I can get..
See the soils correlation?
So what are the soils are in you hunting area?
Here is an interesting soils map for the U.S. Zoom in right to your hunting location by typing the address.. Enjoy!
bit.ly/e01RnJ