When you take in to consideration that a single deer needs 6 to 10 pounds (dry weight) food per day, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how much damage 1 hungry deer can do to an acre of woodland.
Thanks Remard, maybe you've read the study by a neighboring state about browse availability and deer populations. Less deer doesn't necessarily mean more browse.
There is a study that proves deer in lower population densities actually eat more browse. The deer show an increase in weight within a few years. With the better nutrition buck racks grow slightly larger. Conversely, as population increases each deer gets less quality browse, and the weight begins to fall, racks get smaller. Again there are other studies out there other than PGC. Yeah, maybe they did allow too much of a harvest for a couple of years. The benefit may still be down the road 5 years.
I am dealing with the facts provided by the deer in PA
So you got this data directly from the deer, not PGC studies??? Do you talk to them often??? Where's their blog???
Damn, you mean I wasted all this time hunting, observing, and studying deer in Ohio, New York, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Oregon
when all I had to do was ask them what they needed!!!!