The thing I left out, Rick....is a herd's natural mortality rate.

I "think" the last No.s I heard cited were from PA....and they said it was +/-20%, annually. That sounded like a lot when I heard it. So....taking into consideration our milder climate (v. PA)...and factoring in the likelihood of more road kills here (based on our pops).....I'll use the figure of +/- 14 deer out of the herd.

That still sounds like a lot, to me.