I agree bb. But fact is, its really imaterial, doesnt matter a lick since the deer herd in many areas is far below the cc of the habitat and continuing to decline. There is more than enough food. The only thing we are in need of is appropriate non-extremist oriented management program.
There is no doubt you are right. When we had 1.6M PS deer the herd was still below the MSY carrying capacity of the habitat and now that we have less than 1M PS deer there should be over 40% more food for the deer than in 2000. Also the fact that the statewide breeding rates decreased by 5% as the herd was reduced, means there was more than enough food when we had 1.6 M PS deer. Guys like RSB and Doug just can't handle the truth and have to resort to scare tactics to defend their position.