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Artie with the doe he took Sunday morning, November 2, 2008, the second of two adult does he arrowed during the 2008-09 archery season.
Photo by John B. Lander
Posted November 2, 2008
By Art Lander Jr.
OutdoorsKentucky.Com
Harvesting Adult Does Benefits Deer Herds
Harvesting adult does always makes good sense.
Removing older antlerless deer impacts a herd’s reproductive potential by removing the females that are most likely to give birth to twins.
Since a deer herd can increase in size by 40 percent a year if unchecked, it doesn’t take long for herds to overpopulate.
This creates a problem for the deer by over browsing and degrading their habitat. Humans that live in proximity to the deer suffer damage to suburban shrubbery, farms crops, and experience increases in deer/automobile collisions.
Removing does also helps to keep sex ratios, the number of bucks to does, balanced. This improves hunting. When a deer population has too many older does, bucks don’t have to compete for mates, and that makes the rut less intense and spread out over a longer period of time.
Older matriarch does are also responsible for running off young bucks -- their offspring and the offspring of other does in their family group. This ultimately means fewer bucks in your hunting area.
As a rule of thumb, adopt a harvest strategy so your herd will have an older age structure of bucks and a younger age structure of does.
Updated March 13, 2010
By Art Lander Jr.
OutdoorsKentucky.Com
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission Approves
2010-11 Deer Season Regulations
FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission approved regulations for Kentucky’s 2010-11 white-tailed deer season on March 5, 2010.
Here are some highlights:
Archery (Either sex, Zones 1-4) September 4, 2010 through January 17, 2011
Early Youth Weekend (Either sex, Zones 1-4) October 9-10, 2010
Early Muzzleloader (Either Sex, Zones 1 -3, antlered deer only, Zone 4) October 16-17, 2010
Modern Firearms (Either sex deer, Zones 1-2) November 13-28, 2010
Modern Firearms (Either sex deer, Zone 3) November 13-22, 2010
Modern Firearms (Antlered deer only, Zone 4) November 13-22, 2010
Late Muzzleloader (Either sex, Zones 1-3) December 11-19, 2010, (Antlered deer only, Zone 4), December 11-16, (Either sex, Zone 4), (December 17-19
Late Youth Weekend (Either sex, Zones 1-4) January 1-2, 2011
Statewide, there’s a one buck limit. In Zone 1, there’s no bag limit on antlerless deer. In Zones 2-4, there’s a season limit of four deer.
Citing declining deer harvest the last five years in 24 counties, the Commission adopted the following changes in zone status:
Bullitt, Hardin, Hart and Nelson counties were moved from Zone 1 to Zone 2.
Adair, Barren, Butler, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Hancock, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Ohio, Simpson, Taylor and Warren counties were moved from Zone 2 to Zone 3.
Clinton, Garrard, Knox, Laurel, Russell and Whitley counties were moved from a Zone 3 to Zone 4.
Caldwell County, which showed an increase in deer numbers, was moved from Zone 2 to Zone 1.
Kentucky 2010-11 Deer Season Zones
ZONE 1
Anderson, Ballard, Boone, Bracken, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carlisle, Carroll, Christian, Crittenden, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Grant, Graves, Harrison, Henry, Hickman, Jefferson, Kenton, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Trigg, Washington, and Woodford.
ZONE 2
Allen, Bourbon, Boyd, Bullitt, Carter, Fayette, Fleming, Green, Greenup, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Hopkins, Jessamine, Larue, Lawrence, Logan, Lewis, Mason, McLean, Mercer, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Rowan, Todd, Union, and Webster.
ZONE 3
Adair, Barren, Bath, Boyle, Breckinridge, Butler, Casey, Clark, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Grayson, Hancock, Johnson, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Meade, Menifee, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Ohio, Powell, Simpson, Taylor, Warren, and Wolfe.
ZONE 4
Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Floyd, Garrard, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Letcher, Leslie, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne, and Whitley.