I' ve got about 25 deer per square mile (640 acres), but they aren' t equally distributed. With my plantings I could handle 50 -75 per square mile. They don' t winter on the property so there is minimal browsing of trees. I' m in the process of providing more shelter areas but it' s a slow process. The deer have access to about 20 tons of alfalfa/colover hay, 10 acres of wild apples and 20 more of wild forbs. There is no shortage of food. When I' m giving the deer figures I' m basing it on the 2 does with fawns on the property. The bucks are transient.

Dan O.