I don't care about their validity.......you however have said that it is the basic formula that they use to cover the entire herd. I find that VERY prone to errors and full of guesstimating. I have also asked you a bunch of questions that would help clarify the vagueness of this subject.
if you know so much about population dynamics, propose a better way to "estimate" (because that's all it is) the deer herd in NY