BTbownter is our current deer zcar Chris Rosenberry and QDMA suffice for ya? Pike

https://www.qdma.com/articles/details.asp?id=94

'''''''''''''''''''The goals of our research were to determine the cause of dispersal and to compare dispersal rates of pre- and post-QDM populations at Chesapeake Farms, a 3,300-acre wildlife and agriculture demonstration area owned by Dupont, located on the eastern shore of Maryland. To compare dispersal rates of the pre- and post-QDM populations, we studied dispersal on Chesapeake Farms when QDM was first implemented and again seven years after implementation.

In 1994, Chesapeake Farms began restricting harvest of bucks with less than seven points. In 1997, Chesapeake Farms modified its antler restrictions to protect all yearling bucks by limiting buck harvest to those with an outside antler spread of 16 or more inches. These restrictions have notably increased the observed number of adult bucks in the population. Harvest records confirm a shift in the buck age structure. Under the pre-QDM management strategy, 30 bucks were harvested each year, most of which were yearlings. From 1997 to present, Chesapeake Farms still harvests 30 bucks per year, with most now being 3 1/2 years old or older (Fig. 1).

Chesapeake Farms has increased annual doe harvest from less than 10 in 1981 to more than 150 in 2002.''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

In case your not Familair with Chesapeake Farms it is 3,300 acres in size and is less than 23% forested.
It is also managed at over 200 deer per forested square mile.

Whats funny to me is that DR. Rosenberry didnt have a problem with the farms deer density since he was one of the chosen few that got to hunt there but now that he is in charge of PA.'s deer program 20 deer per forested square mile is to many. Pike