Where did I say clearcuts were poor habitat?Clearcuts are great for a while but eventually they turn in to pole timber but you knew that.Large clearcuts can regenerate at higher deer densities but you can only clearcut so much timber so you don't end up with too much pole timber.

I can show you areas that didn't regenerate 5 or 6 years ago when they were cut but now there's phenominal regeneration when they cut inthose same general areas.I can show you several areas that were cut and never regenerated until they erected a fence several years later.

I can also show you regeneration in areas under amature canopy that wasn't there until they fenced it.These areas have a very low deer density and they dodn't regenerate until the put a fence up.DCNR does this to get advanced regeneration started prior to a timber sale.This proves that in poor habitat,even a low deer density will impact the regeneration.That's what happened in Cameron county.

Crazy,I can show you several areas on SGL 93 and SGL 77 where they have implemented habitat improvements for grouse.In some cases,they rotate the cuts every 10 years so they aren't making any money off of the timber.They're simply doing labor to benefit the wildlife but that costs money.In fact in many cases,their isn't any commercially vaulable timber to take out.