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Post by wayvis on Aug 23, 2023 9:29:52 GMT -5
Only 2 Deer for Merritt Island which used to be a favorite duck spot for me. Kinda surprising but the crazy restrictions the Feds place on you in there hamper success. It's not just the Feds, it all WMAs with low quota numbers and only 9 days of gun hunting.  |
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Post by meateater on Aug 23, 2023 12:34:27 GMT -5
total take for big cypress was 34 total deer wow how all the restrictions are working. i would add another 20 deer to this number because its the  well lets just say its the closest wma to a city filled with a certain group of people who seem to be breaking fish and game laws on a regular basis. |
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Post by joekat46 on Aug 24, 2023 4:06:17 GMT -5
total take for big cypress was 34 total deer wow how all the restrictions are working. i would add another 20 deer to this number because its the well lets just say its the closest wma to a city filled with a certain group of people who seem to be breaking fish and game laws on a regular basis. Only what I hear rumored but between the pythons and the panthers that don't report their harvest the deer 🦌 population took a big hit in Big Cypress. |
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Post by Crkr 23 on Aug 24, 2023 5:22:05 GMT -5
Y'all have too many apex predators down there. Between the pythons, panthers and this "certain group of people", the deer don't have a chance.
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Post by publichunter on Aug 24, 2023 13:24:16 GMT -5
Yeah something is off here. Lake Monroe is 3000 acres of non quota (roughly 2 miles by 1 mile in area) and is showing 51 deer killed. If that's true I'm never putting in for another quota Lol! Deer are so thick they are killing two with one shot!
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Post by JS84 on Aug 24, 2023 13:31:31 GMT -5
That would be pretty thick. With 28 bucks and 23 does, it would roughly work out to 50 aces per breeding pair.
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Post by publichunter on Aug 24, 2023 14:06:50 GMT -5
That would be pretty thick. With 28 bucks and 23 does, it would roughly work out to 50 aces per breeding pair. Definitely not correct numbers. I'd be surprised if there were 5 deer killed in there to be honest. |
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Post by wayvis on Aug 24, 2023 19:35:07 GMT -5
I agree those numbers are very suspicious, but that's what's in the data. I going to attach an image of the data. Not sure how this is going to work.  |
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Post by wayvis on Aug 24, 2023 19:39:11 GMT -5
Ok it seem to work just click the image in the above post to open and then click again to see full size. The other surprising thing is just about all are bow kills.
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Post by publichunter on Aug 24, 2023 20:55:22 GMT -5
I agree those numbers are very suspicious, but that's what's in the data. I going to attach an image of the data. Not sure how this is going to work. View AttachmentI just don't see how it's possible. I've heard the wma is pretty poor. And areas 5x that size with quotas aren't getting that many harvests. If it's true it's the best kept secret in public land lol. |
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Post by wayvis on Aug 25, 2023 8:48:25 GMT -5
I find this very hard to believe also. With this large of a data set I'm sure it could be an error. No way of knowing without contacting FWC. Comparing it to a quota hunt area is not comparing apples to apples. One thing you need to know when comparing areas is how many man days each area is hunted. Man days are defined as a hunter going hunting on an area for any amount of time. Just remember most of these numbers are most likely low to what was actually harvested on most areas.
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 25, 2023 17:25:07 GMT -5
Browns Farm was 3000 acres and it gave up 100 or so bucks every year. Of course the surrounding ag helped but none the less... now it's a fucking sta with ultra limited access.
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Post by walkerdog on Aug 25, 2023 18:41:21 GMT -5
Yeah something is off here. Lake Monroe is 3000 acres of non quota (roughly 2 miles by 1 mile in area) and is showing 51 deer killed. If that's true I'm never putting in for another quota Lol! Deer are so thick they are killing two with one shot! 2 miles by 1 mile is just two square miles or 1,280 acres. 3,000 acres would be almost 5 square miles. Anyway you slice it though, 51 deer killed on 3,000 acres is a crap ton! A typo, maybe? |
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Post by pinman on Aug 25, 2023 18:50:49 GMT -5
Only 2 Deer for Merritt Island which used to be a favorite duck spot for me. Kinda surprising but the crazy restrictions the Feds place on you in there hamper success. It's not just the Feds, it all WMAs with low quota numbers and only 9 days of gun hunting. I dont think you know the rules for scouting and hunting Deer at Merritt Island.....Loxahatchee Refuge might come close for their airboat permits requiring a physical inspection of the airboat before a permit is issued. |
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Post by wayvis on Aug 25, 2023 19:02:56 GMT -5
Yeah something is off here. Lake Monroe is 3000 acres of non quota (roughly 2 miles by 1 mile in area) and is showing 51 deer killed. If that's true I'm never putting in for another quota Lol! Deer are so thick they are killing two with one shot! 2 miles by 1 mile is just two square miles or 1,280 acres. 3,000 acres would be almost 5 square miles. Anyway you slice it though, 51 deer killed on 3,000 acres is a crap ton! A typo, maybe? No typo, several post back I attached a photo of the excel data. |
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