ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Using your argument you are then trying to convince people that because we have fewer adult does those does that are left will have a lower breeding and reproductive rate, per individual doe, then the does had when we had more does.
That is not what I said. What I said was that because the average age of the adult doe herd has been reduced significantly by removing more 2.5+ doe, there is a higher percentage of 1.5 doe in the herd and 1.5 doe on average will have lower breeding rates and fewer embryos/doe.
so, would solution be to close doe season this year so our doe could get to 2.5 yrs of age to have fawns.
or as RSB says its HABITAT would not be good to even do this .
i am in process of talking to a friend who owns 2500 acres here in clinton.
he has great habitat,i am curious on how many fawns he has on his property.
it still is hard for me to believe its habitat ,when i see best of it on SGL252 in lycoming county and very few deer or small game.
how can we have great HABITAT on these SGL lands in pa .and such lousy hunting.