Originally Posted by
bluebird2
Didn't you claim that just 3 deer can impact oak regeneration,so should that be the PGC's gaol DD?
Yes I did claim that.Unfortunately,that wouldn't be the case if we hadn't let the surrounding habitat get as bad is it was do too decades of too many deer.By the way,those 3 deer didn't ruin the habitat,they just ruined the oak regeneration.
Twenty five dpsm is a very reasonable deer density in areas where the habitat is decent .We'd have that today if the habitat wasn't alowed to get as degraded as it is in many areas.Unfortunately,we'd just as much complaining at 20-25 dpsm.Once the dd get around 20 dpsm,hunters still have alot of deerless days and claim there's no deer.