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but high population density forces overlap among matriarchal groups and may limit the effectiveness of localized management efforts.


no conclusions yet, general hypothesis, whitetail deer research is in it's infancy and social studies are very new to deer management

most of that research is done in pens your rose petal theory was in free ranging deer

I've known of the social studies for some time, mentioned it here a few years ago, it's one of the newer applications in a sound deer herd. It started out as how to increase antler size and the effects socialization had on the development of antlers.

Nothing new, the quest for bigger antlers have always brought on the research of whitetail deer. Just like smiling Bob sold millions of vitamins to men. laugh


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