If qdm is based on balancing the herd with the habitat...which it is...then why would they admit they were wrong for supporting the plan???
Because the PGC's DMP is not about balancing the herd with the habitat. the PGC data shows the herd was in balance with the habitat when we had 1.6M PS deer in 2000. The current PGC DMP is about balancing the herd based on the regeneration of commercially valuable timber and nothing more.
When we had 1.6M deer in the herd was much closer to a QDMA herd then what we have today. The B/D ratio was 1:2,breeding rates were high , the herd was healthy and the herd was below the MSY CC of the habitat