ORIGINAL: bawanajim
My question is now who if anyone will allow the white-tailed deer to populate PA again or is thisthe best its gonna get?
Not to rain on anyones parade but the PGC has had a bunch of biologist for many years but now some of you believe this crop of them have it right.
Does the name Don Madl raise any red flags?
Quite pompous of you I feel.
Sorry but this is it for awhile. Not because the PGC wants it that way but because a large portion of our forest is now in the stage again where it cant support the numbers we enjoyed until recently.
Here's an interesting trivia question for you guys.
Q: How muchdeer forage is produced by an acre of mature mixed hardwoods?
A: 10-15 pounds
Q: How much is produced in a new clearcut less than 5 years old?
A: 1000 pounds
Q: How much in pole timber?
A: up to 5 pounds
Q: how much is produced in a food plot?
A:15.000 pounds
Big differences between the different stages. Since much of our timber has matured out and been cut and since our timber spends the vast majority of it's life cycle in the pole timber stage, it aint gonna change soon.