ORIGINAL: germain
If anybody is familar with the TUSC St forest in the SC of Perry county you know there are very few deer.The FLIR listed a large area at 5 DPSM.In the past this state forest was hit hard with heavy hunting pressure and has pretty easy access.If habitat is the reason as they claim can somebody please explain to me why there are so many healthy acorns left over uneaten going into the second season of grouse?Not to mention this place has very few bear and coyotes.
Not that it will make you or anyone else that wants to hunt there feel any better, but even the DNCR folks seem to agree with your assessment:
Tuscarora State Forest District #3
The Tuscarora State Forest District # 3 does not plan to participate in DMAP this year. We are very pleased with the results to date and, based on initial survey data, have met our objectives for reducing deer densities throughout the Tuscarora. Current pellet group surveys indicate relatively low deer pressure and we are witnessing significant, but slow, forest recovery. This relatively low deer density was also confirmed by the FLIR interpretation. There remains one relatively small area with elevated deer impact; but access is a problem, and until that problem is worked out a DMAP designation would have limited value.