Guess it depends on where you are in Texas, each year we kill between 330 to 350 Whitetail deer, we weigh each deer live weight and dressed weight, we score every bucks antlers and collect the lower jaw to age them, on does we weigh and collect the lower jaw to age them, and make note if they are lactating or not. when he season is over we know the average weight, age, and score on the deer taken that year.
The weights will be 25% to 30% higher before the breeding season starts, the weights will go down, until the breeding season is over.
Pre-Breeding season we kill does that will weigh 120+ # and bucks that weigh 240+ # The big difference is we don't shoot young deer, we try to take deer that are 5 1/2 years old or older, and we try to take off deer that are poor quality deer no matter their age.
We look at the age of the deer before we judge antler score, our system works for us, it might not work for everyone. Rio7
sounds like a well thought out plan.
we do something very similar to that here in MS with the DMAP program.
also over the last 6 years we have participated body weights have increased by killing more deer.
average 40-45 deer ( 35 does , 10 buck) on 900 acres.
