CNC. There is a ton of movement ecology research out there to be read. I'd start with the source/sink stuff first. Many of these questions have some data that already exists.
Anthropomorphize much?
Let me go ahead and throw this out there in case its causing confusion with how some deer have behaved in studies or other areas……..There are some populations that are much more constrained by natural and man made boundaries from allowing social conflict “expansion” to occur. Guntersville State Park is a prime example…….These principles are going to apply a little differently to an area such as this that is highly constrained by “boundaries” in comparison to a property that might exist in Macon or Bullock Counties. In the GSP situation populations are gonna be much more susceptible to negative impacts on the herd due to “too many”……The other scenario of Macon, Bullock has much more potential for does spreading themselves out to where there are other available resources…….as well as having other major deer moderators called Hwy 29,80, and 82 that the GSP scenario doesn’t have. Just to note that GSP is a bit of an outlier situation as well when looking at what is “the norm” for most areas. These two scenarios above are on opposite ends of the spectrum for Alabama.
