ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Can you provide anything to support that claim? Breeding rates and productivity did not increase where the herd was reduced the most and statewide breeding rates and productivity decreased instead of increasing.
I'll use the areas in and around the ANF as my example. Bigger body size among harvested bucks does and fawns. A dramatic increase in the quality of antlers and the fading away of the old "browse line in many( but admittedly not all) areas