ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Why was recruitment low??? Maybe habitat was able to support few deer.
That only makes sense if breeding rates and recruitment were low when the deer densities were higher. But breeding rates and recruitment were good before the herd was reduced and didn't improve after the herd was reduced. Therefore, the low number of fawns recruited was directly related to the decrease in over wintering doe and not due to poor habitat.
You don’t have a clue what you are talking about.
Breeding rates and fawn recruitment were both horrible in many areas of the state prior to antler restrictions.
Fawn recruitment is still horrible in much of the state though it and the breeding rates have improved some in this part of the state. The recruitment rates are still almost completely influenced by the annual changes in the winter and environmental conditions for the year though.
That is exactly what the map and data I presented in the beginning of this topic proved even though you obviously weren’t open minded or intelligent enough to grasp it.
R. S. Bodenhorn