Posted By: HVILLE HNTR
Hunting Pressure Calculation - 08/15/18 05:16 PM
Every season it sounds like a war zone out in my neck of the woods and wanted to try and get a true sense of just how bad the hunting pressure is. Took some time this morning doing some online recon using Google Earth and then used another program to calculate out the size of the area being assessed. Ok here are the results
Within a 1.5 sq mile area of where I hunt there is the following:
15 stands (3 of which are mine)
20 feeders (3 of which are mine)
Now a few additional important items to note along with some other interesting observations
There were 4 stands where I was not able to see a feeder. For these I made just made the assumption there is 1 feeder but just not visible online due to trees or brush
One stand overlooked 4 feeders and another stand overlooked 3. All others appeared to be singles
Feeders could be corn and or protein – No way to differentiate
5 feeders are surrounded by hog fencing (1 of which is mine) the others appear to not be fenced in
So what do you guys think? Does this sound about on PAR for most the areas you guys hunt or would this be considered extreme hunting pressure. It was an eye opening exercise…..Would love to see some others do the same analysis and report back with findings
Within a 1.5 sq mile area of where I hunt there is the following:
15 stands (3 of which are mine)
20 feeders (3 of which are mine)
Now a few additional important items to note along with some other interesting observations
There were 4 stands where I was not able to see a feeder. For these I made just made the assumption there is 1 feeder but just not visible online due to trees or brush
One stand overlooked 4 feeders and another stand overlooked 3. All others appeared to be singles
Feeders could be corn and or protein – No way to differentiate
5 feeders are surrounded by hog fencing (1 of which is mine) the others appear to not be fenced in
So what do you guys think? Does this sound about on PAR for most the areas you guys hunt or would this be considered extreme hunting pressure. It was an eye opening exercise…..Would love to see some others do the same analysis and report back with findings