What you fail to mention is that the habitat is terrible in much of 2G.As the habitat gets more and more stressed,it takes far less deer to continually impact it.
If the habitat is so terrible in 2G , please explain why the adult doe have the third highest number of embryos/doe in the state.
It may take less deer to "impact" a stressed habitat, but that stressed habitat can still support 70 DPSM. But, at that DD non-hunting morality equals recruitment. That is why it is ridiculous for RSB to claim the habitat is controlling the herd in 2G at 8-9 DPSM while hunters are still harvesting 11,800 deer.