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#426 - How Rare Is a Booner, Really? This Thermal Drone Pilot Flew 50,000 Deer to Find Out with Jack Huston
Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back in the studio with Jack Huston.
We Discuss:
Buck-to-doe ratios average 2.3 does per buck, far tighter than the 10-to-1 hunters assume.
You need to remove at least 20% of your doe herd in a season to actually shrink deer numbers.
Improving timber stand quality can boost a property's deer-holding capacity by 50%.
Mature bucks average one per 88 acres of habitat, tightening to 30-40 acres on the best farms.
On pressured or poor-habitat farms, expect just one mature…
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