I'd like to see the complete study, not parts and pieces.Some quotes from the one page link:

"K carrying capacity = the population density at which mortality is balanced by recruitment so that net recruitment is zero."

"If deer densities associated with sustainable deer harvest and impacts on various forest resources can be expressed relative to K, and if the relationship is consistent accross differing landscapes, then managers will have a useful diagnostic tool...

"Use of this tool will require techniques for estimating K at appropriate scales."

Lots of "IF" statements in that clip. You quote this report like it is science but it clearly leaves plenty of room for "estimating", "If/Then Statements", etc...

I agree Deadear is back....and his numbers are like the energizer bunny they just keep going and going and.....