cornfield
New Member
This spring I was able to purchase 120 acre piece of land consisting of 90 timber, 22 tillable, and about 8 acres of nasty brush. This property had been cattled on and off for the past 5-6 years. There are cattle on 3 sides of the property and no longer come across the fences. The south end of the property is solid timber that is about 400 acres and does not have cattle. I have not seen the numbers of deer here during the summer that I expected and am a little concerned about the future. The tillable has been planted in beans, oats, and turnips. My question is this, how long will it take before the deer return to this property? I have heard that it could take 4-5 years before the deer become comfortable in that area again. The timber is NOT open and seems to be very good habitat. There is a lot of woody browse along the timber edge. Mainly white oak timber and shingle oak. Also has a pond and nice creek that crosses the property. Everything seems perfect, just very few deer. Anyone ever seen this before? Thanks.