Clearly you suffer from "selective reading" when it comes to my posts. Please return to page 5 and find the excerpts from Jason Sanvely's article on Ozoga's research.
My request was for facts from PA that supported your opinion, not the widely accepted principle that exceedingly high densities increase stress.
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The simple fact is that even when we had 1.6 M deer, the bucks were not subject to enough stress to effect breeding rates, productivity, recruitment , the breeding window or rack sizes.
Would you mind backing up your opinion with some facts?
I provided the facts and you chose to ignore them. The facts are provided in the AWR which you obviously haven't read.
[QUOTE]I'm not sure. Even if we knew which areas the biggest bucks were coming from it would be impossible to pinpoint which factor was responsible. In NC they may have less stress but they also have less nutrition. Whereas, in SE and SW they have more stress and more nutrition.[/QUOTE
If you were as informed as I am you would know what areas are producing the most big buck and you would know it is the areas with the highest densities where bucks should be subject to the most stress according to your theories.