Germain,we have between 60-90 dpsm right around my house andI still have acorns laying in my yard from last year.The mast crop last year was huge and the deer went into winter and out of winter in excellent shape.If the same thing happened every year,we wouldn't have to worry too much about overbrowsing.Unfortunately,taht is the case every year and therefore deer are forced to rely on browse.Furthermore,only about 40% of our forest are oak/hickory.We have large expanses of forests that are northern harwoods without an oak tree to be found for miles.What do the deer eat during the winter in those areas?

Smokeman,this most certainly is about timber and the habitat.Why should we put deer hunting ahead of a multi-million dollar renewable resource?Show me ebven one small piece of evidence that the insurance industry has anything to do with herd reductions.