Thread: Deer Population Growth

Originally Posted by Maxx

In discussion with people better informed than I it seems there may be some understanding of this already? An oft made observation from DoC people I've spoken with is along the lines of " ... rec hunting just can't reduce the numbers to the level required to allow habitat recovery...". That position is apparently informed by 'analysis' of monitoring data that provides estimates of animal density and vege condition, which in places shows that even at very low numbers introduced browsers are a problem.

Like you said .... complicated.

....what about the biomass browsers removed...say...300 years or so ago?

DoC and Twig and Tweet's version of "original" and "habitat recovery" is always tainted by their inbuilt bias.