Originally Posted by
bluebird2
You say it only takes a deer or two to prevent regeneration in exclosures with max. sunlight and the max. rate of growth, yet you expect to see a well developed understory in pole and saw timber with minimal sunlight and the slowest rate of growth. That doesn't make any sense what so ever.
It does make sense because none of these exclosures are over 70 acres.If the habitat is poor to begin with,one deer can certainly inhibit regeneration in a 70 acre exclosure.