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Post by commanche on Dec 26, 2003 20:37:52 GMT -5
not being smart but i saw pictures of a lot of southern deer and they look like fawns.with the farms should they not be bigger? our deer here in pa. eat nothing but browse and acorns and our deer look way bigger than down south. this is puzzling to me.maybe you folk can answer that,thanks  |
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Post by Shorthair on Dec 26, 2003 21:06:58 GMT -5
They are different deer buddy. It takes a deer 4+ years to get one over 200 pounds here. They have plenty of habitat that is full of nutritious food. They are just a different variety of deer here.
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Post by hoythunter48 on Dec 26, 2003 21:17:54 GMT -5
Different breeds of deer, I think they have tried transplanting some yankee deer down south but i dont think the results were what they expected,
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Post by RedOak on Dec 26, 2003 21:22:36 GMT -5
There is a fancy scientific name for it, but basically the colder the enviroment the larger sized the animal.
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Post by deerslayer11 on Dec 27, 2003 15:27:40 GMT -5
Different sub-species plus some over population. They have been getting smaller(body size) here the last decade.
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Post by Hoyt on Dec 27, 2003 20:30:07 GMT -5
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Post by flhuntress on Dec 28, 2003 0:17:34 GMT -5
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Post by t-roy on Dec 28, 2003 8:40:10 GMT -5
our northern deer need to pile on the body mass to make it through the winters. compare a canada deer to a iowa deer, is like comparing an iowa deer to a florida deer
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Post by GAPORKCHOP on Dec 28, 2003 22:17:51 GMT -5
I think the shorter hunting season there felps also........
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Post by benhuntin on Dec 29, 2003 7:02:02 GMT -5
The average 1.5 year old deer here in florida weighs between 100 and 125 lb. I killed an old 5pt. this year that topped out over 160lb. The warmer the climate the smaller the deer tend to be. Something to do with their ability to radiate heat. Sure makes it alot easier to carry them out of the woods though.  |
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Post by GAPORKCHOP on Dec 29, 2003 12:39:20 GMT -5
lol@BENHUNTIN, maybe I could invent a deer vest to haul the deer out, like the ones they use for bird hunting. Just put our small southern deer in the pouch and walk out.  ;D |
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Post by Shorthair on Dec 29, 2003 22:01:33 GMT -5
lol@BENHUNTIN, maybe I could invent a deer vest to haul the deer out, like the ones they use for bird hunting. Just put our small southern deer in the pouch and walk out. ;D Let me know when you go to market with those and I'll get a couple from you. ;D |
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Post by benhuntin on Dec 30, 2003 13:32:36 GMT -5
Now really. Does size really matter? Benefits of hunting Florida deer: Smaller therefore more challenging target; Can be carried out of the woods instead of dragged; Doesnt have to be quartered before you throw it on the grill; Tend to BOUNCE off of fenders instead of going through them; Because of their short stature you dont need to place your treestand so high;and last but not least, they run out of blood alot quicker so you dont have to trail them as far.   Gahntr, sounds like you might be on to something. ;D |
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Post by GAPORKCHOP on Jan 3, 2004 12:37:01 GMT -5
Ben, are you saying us Southern hunters shoot better?
LOL
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Post by hoythunter48 on Jan 4, 2004 12:57:09 GMT -5
Ben left out one thing.....................smaller antlers
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