To continue to follow a MSY strategy is to fail to consider the long term consequences on the habiatat, other species and ultimately the long term effects on the deer herd.
There is no long term negative effect on the deer herd at the MSY CC and that is why it is referred to as the max. sustainable yield, because it is sustainable for the long term. Furthermore , our herd has not been managed at the MSY density since 1980.
If you don't want the herd to be managed at the MSY carrying capacity, do you want it to be managed at the diversity carrying capacity. If so ,do you have any idea what that would do to the buck harvest?