Jim,deer should have to depend on a mast crop.Mast crops are not dependable and they're a food source that's only available for a limited amount oftime in the fall.Deer need browse and that browse is severly lacking from decades of overbrowsing.

Losthorn,we have less deer in the northcentral part of the state because the habitat is so poor.That's a fact.
It's also a fact that counies such as potter and Tioga still had increasing herds up until about 2001.