Now the historic Valley Forge deer population estimates: Valley Forge is 5.3 square miles in size.

Year………………..estimated deer population
1985.………………….165-185
1997.……………………772
2003.…………………..1398
2007.…………………..1023

Hopefully everyone can see a couple of things from these estimates. First we should be able to see how fast a deer population can increase when they have suitable habitat. Next everyone needs to recognize that these estimates indicate the deer herd is now in a state of decline, even without the influence of hunter harvests, due to over population. That really is a perfectly natural occurrence when populations reach the point of exceeding their habitat and food supply.

R.S. Bodenhorn
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That's one of our biggest problems ,R.S.! Yourself,Doug,BTB and many others, keep putting out the numbers in plain black and white and some still refuse to see what's in front of them.What is so hard to understand? If your deer herd is above maximum carrying capacity,the number of deer will start to decline even without hunting. [/align]