Originally Posted by
DougE
Yes,we have six miles of transect lines that we have going through every type of habitat.
I don't know why the b/d ration isn't 1/1 but it's not and I'm not going to argue about it.Perhaps natural mortality and dispersal play a role.We're killing way more doe than bucks so who knows why.
I find it rather amusing that you and RSB want the herd to be managed based on the best science available, but when the science disagrees with your opinions you reject what the experts are saying. For example, you claim the habitat is reducing the herd in 2G, but the experts say that even in an over browsed contiguous forest non-hunting morality does not equal recruitment until the DD reaches 75 DPSM. Therefore, the max. CC of the habitat in TL should exceed 100 DPSM , so there is no reason to believe the habitat is controlling the herd anywhere in the state.