CNC, I'll try one more time. Since CWD has become more prevalent deer movement studies have garnered an increase in interest. GPS and camera tech has helped a ton. There are great articles available that document buck and doe dispersal patterns. Instead of shooting from the hip you could access these documents.
Google scholar is your friend.
I’m genuinely curious here in asking but which studies is it you’re wanting me to find???……..I'm confused.....Are you saying I'm incorrect or are you saying I should use them to back up my hypothesis??........Because everything I’m reading backs up the things I’m saying nearly verbatim…….For example, it describes doe herd expansion existing on an outward expansion of home ranges like the petals of a rose……That’s exactly what I’m picturing with the road mortality……There arent many does growing old occupying that outside petal that loops across the highways and interstates….. that outside petal eventually gets clipped……and much quicker than you would think....it doesnt take years for sure and they don't form doe "groups" doing that either
I am saying you pose a bunch of questions and propose many solutions about deer movement that have already been answered by others. You seem to be interested in the issues of deer movement and I'm just saying that a quick google scholar search on "deer and road barriers" (or similar wording) will have dozens of studies with thousands of deer tracked to include what barriers to movement are. Some really interesting genetic work has been completed too. We don't have to come up with stuff off the top of our heads because the answers are out there. No one can dispute your "does guarding the castle" and "rose petal of doe dispersal" theories because they are all in your head.
