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01-04-2010, 07:22 AM

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bawanajim

Giant Nontypical

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: PA

Posts: 8,167

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluebird2

While I agree that the chainsaw may be the answer for properties with little browse and cover and nothing but pole and saw timber, they are not the answer to the statewide problem. The deer have already proven the habitat can support 1.6M deer but the PGC isn't interested in the carrying capacity of the habitat. Their only concern is the regeneration of the existing canopy.

How will chainsaws be the answer for the property owners that already have more food, browse and cover than the current deer population can use? How will they be the answer on SFL where the sustainable harvest rate is only 1% /year?

With a good chain saw you could cut and sell enough fire wood so that you could afford to hunt some rich exotic place with spikes and fork horns galore.

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