ORIGINAL: DougE
Rich,you have to kill over 30% of the doe each year just to keep it stable.When hunters are only killing 8%(the amount killed last year)or lower of the collared doe,it's reasonable to conclude that the hunters aren't the ones reducing the herd.
Those couple of collared deer that were killed was probably 50% of the entire herd.
Seriously,deerfly answered part of my question but I'm thinking deer populations,habitat,predators,and fawn survival would throw the 30% in either direction.Also you would think winters would have an affect.Am I wrong here or can the 30% be a good bit more or less with those factors?
Doug,deerfly,anybody?