Saw a Jeff Sturgis mention - I watched this segment this spring and it resonated with me.
"... the three neighbors lands have different deer ratios one is 10:1 one is 2:1 one is 4:1, who's right - THEY ALL ARE..."
Gotta watch it to understand. Personally I and my neighbor are trying to create properties (600 acres combined) to hold more bucks then the 4,000 acres of "Doe Factory" land around us. We shoot as many mature Does as possible / law allows, as the surrounding lands, 4,000 shoot Zero does. Because we create good habitat and have low pressure W/R/T when the matriarch kicks the 18month bucks out of the local family groups they seem to gravitate to our, "less is more" in the case of Mature doe and yearling stressors.
The number one mature buck in the area (which I failed to kill this year

) calls my parcel home. I started managing it properly in 2016 so this 4.5 y/o is the first truly good buck to more than likely be born here and I killed his momma so he didn't get driven off, or he got driven off by another mature doe on the adjacent property and found a home on mine because it didn't have a matriarch to push him out/keep him moving along as a young buck... 'cause I shot her too....
This is what I want in a property, at this stage in my hunting/wildlife management life. A vacuum sweeper for young bucks that have a chance to grow old.... apparently with me around ... very good chance!