I believe he told you that much of 2g is sheer slope terrain that is not suitable deer habitat. Deer simply cannot utilize a high percentage of each SM. I have been there..have you?
That is simply pure nonsense being spread by RSB. The habitat in 2G once supported over 40 DPSM. In 2003 the habitat in 2G supported a harvest of 10K buck PSM and 20K doe PSM. But in 2007 the same habitat only produced a buck harvest of 5K buck and 6.6K doe,due entirely to over harvesting the doe in 2G.
The actual SM of deer habitat is considerably less than what a flat map shows. It is straight up or straight down and is very hard hunting. The deer totally avoid much of it, more notably in winter when it really counts.
By claiming that deer avoid steep slopes shows how little you know about deer. I have hunted several mountains that were so steep the only way i could follow the deer trails was by hanging on to trees or crawling up the slope. deer are as close to mountain goats as you can get and steep slopes don't phase them.