ORIGINAL: FiveMiler
No need torepeat what Cornelius just said. Should pretty much answer anyones questions.
Corny dodged the issue and so did you AGAIN.
You said again and again that herd health and reproduction had declined. you have not proven any such thing because it's simply not true.
I'll help you out a little:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/lib/pgc/reports/2006_wildlife/21001-05.pdf
an embryo per doe ratio of 1.5 in 2 year olds is considered good reproductive herd health. That was the standard set when the new deer program was launched as the above report states.
Take some time and look at this report:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?A=465&QUESTION_ID=167842
If you look at the reproductive rate studies the one thing that stands out is just how variable the rates can be. All this means is that variationa of .10 and lower can not lead to a conclusion in such a short time span.
Theres not enough evidence yet to claim either an improvement or a decline.
The bottom line is that no conclusions can be drawn yet about reproduction rates and the overallherd health has certainly not declined as you claim.