Thread: Stuff that I've learned about deer control

Great write up flyblown. I hunted a farm last year that was absolutely riddled with fallow. The owner wanted us to shoot does (100% the right thing to do) with a modest amount charged for each animal, and the expectation that all meat be recovered. I’ve got no problem with that, but with numbers that high he would’ve been far better off instructing us to shoot every doe possible (at no cost), and we just take the back steaks. Deer numbers that high would’ve been having a very significant material impact on his farming business, and he needed a much more aggressive approach to deal with the problem.

Also interesting to read about your change in philosophy towards hunting strategies and rifle choice. I run a similar rifle (308, 19in barrel, 2-12 scope without parallax) and there’s something to be said for the KISS principle. I’ve often wondered if I should change to the latest whizz bang high BC 6.5
whatever, but the reality is that I don’t have aspirations of shooting much beyond 400yd so I don’t really need the latest in ballistics fuckery