cardeer, I agree with you to a point. If they leave the white. red oaks and beechnuts the deer and other critters will have a basic food source. When a forest is selective cut you keep the mature food source and you also start ground level growth for additional neutrition. We recently selective cut 88 acres and the growth of small, ground level plants are springing up all over the area. By spring the area will offer more than acorns and beechnuts, there will be brouse for all the critters.