ORIGINAL: bluebird2
That is an easy one.
All across the state there are habitat variables that allow the various areas to support a different number of deer based on the differences in those habitats.
For one thing 2F has fewer steep rocky outcroppings where something can grow. Units like 2G could support more deer if things they could eat would grow on totally rock covered soil or if we could teach deer to survive by eating rocks.
Though both areas have about the maximum number of deer their individual habitats can support unit 2F inherently has better habitat types that will always support more deer then can be supported in the habitat types found in unit 2G.
You're normally pretty good at making excuses for this failed plan , but that excuse was hilarious. You and the PGC has been telling us that they are managing the herd based on forest health. In 2007 only 34% of the plots in 2F regenerated successfully while 42% regenerated successfully in 2G . Therefore the forest habitat is obviously better in 2G than in 2F. So, your easy answer turned out to be the wrong answer,as usual.
Your resonses and the fact that you completely dodged the direct question proves that you know nothing about either 2F or 2G except numbers on a piece of paper. Do really expect an 8% difference in sampling areas in a given year to be regarded as statistically significant?
Again, I know 2F pretty well and not as much about 2G. Actually, the sampling plots in 2F
that I know of are in the areas of 2F that are located in the most marginal habitat. The sampling plots aremost often on public ground. From what I've seen the public ground on 2F is often inferior to the private ground in habiatat quality. There are a few notable exceptions to that and Buzzard swamp is an example ofone of those. 2F has a decent amount of private ground mixed in among the ANF boundaries and some of the best managed private ground is owned by the timber companies. I'd bet that if we had smaller WMU's, parts of 2F, especiallythe eastern areas, would be managed more like 2G.