That is assuming no die off or hunter kills.
well that's sorta why I asked this.
or are you saying that this 500,000 is in the spring. If you are I'd still natures balence of the herd is what the state agncies ideally should be going for.
Ok we have taken over as the predator in the ecosystem, and as far as we know good old mother nature has kept the birth rate of deer at 2:1 so isn't that what we should try to acheive in the herd?
If we do that then and set our kill goals for that ratio it doesn't matter if you shoot a BB,6pt or 4.5 yr old 10 pt right?