I can't really comment on the enclosures because I'd have to see the difference myself. I'm sure the vegatation would do better inside because it is protected from thedeer. I did see some enclosures in the Allegheny National Forest but I didn't see much of a difference in or out of it. I'm not sure what those enclosures were for.

I hope you are understanding my point. The tornados knocked down trees and almost instantly there was regeneration.

You just stated again about an area you visited and saw stump sprouts over 6 ft tall.

Timbering + sunlight = stump sprouts

It seems that the area you got your deer at this year was recently timbered. What attracted those 20 deer to that area.
Its like this. they timbered, regrowth started, well, regrowing. Then the deer came and ate back the regrowth. Correct?

It would seem to me that the easiest way to regenerate the forest would be to cut the trees down.

Some people want to just shoot off the deer and expect the forest to regenerate that way. That way will take forever. Cut the darn trees down and as early as the next summer it will start regenerating.


You hunt areas that were recently timbered and see 6ft stump sprouts. You see areas that tornados knocked down trees and you say the deer were overwhelmed. Wouldn't it seem to you that the quickest way to improve the deer habitat up there is to cut down the trees so the forest can start regenerating.

You basicly admit that when areas are timbered, regrowth starts almost immediately.


The areas you hunt are timbered areas. The deer were attracted to that area by the new growth. Of course the deer will eat it back to nothing, theres nothing else to eat because the thick canopy in other areas won't let enough sunlight in to let anything grow. Deer go to where the food is.

Do you hunt in areas where there is a thick canopy over head? How many deer do you see there compared to areas that were timbered?


Let's face it. the deer were attracted to timbered areas because of the regrowth. It doesn't seem all that hard to understand. Cut the trees and the habitat and carring capacity will increase.



JUST CUT THE TREES!