Each year in August and September we perform a survey of the deer population on our ranch in Brazos County just east of College Station. Currently our property is part of  a local wildlife management association consisting of various owners and over 20,000 acres. In conjunction with this program and the Texas Parks and Wildlife doe permit program , we have to provide a survey to get an idea as to how many, if any doe need to be harvested annually. Last year we had to harvest 5 on 276 acres. I suspect this year due to the drought that the requirement may be less. Because so much of our land is heavily wooded, we cannot rely solely on in personal surveys so we are trying hidden cameras. Here are a couple of recent photos. 

 

 
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Love the pics. My husband is an avid hunter and he has one of these cameras on a couple of his stands. I am always amazed looking at the pics they capture.
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I did many, many wildlife surveys and plant surveys while I was in forestry at Texas A&M. Had some good times out in the forests and ranges, notwithstanding the chiggers and ticks.
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Trey, a question.. you mention having to harvest 5 deer on the 276 acres.. what if everyone's a bad shot and they don't get 5 total... ?

Camera took good pics.  We have wildlife camera but it had problems and had to send it back to the company.. they sent a new one. Cannot remember what brand it is.  Do you know which model of the Stealth Cam you have?
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Laura

They make it both fun and educational.

Russel

With the onslaught of fire ants ...the chiggers and ticks aren't as bad these days

Judi

With modern guns , misses aren't as frequent as in the past.  My problem is usually everyone just wants to shoot a buck...so I end up doing the dirty work. Sometimes I hunt with a pistol to give them more of a sporting chance..

 
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