Deer are browsers. I don't know why it surprises some people.
Not surprised about that at all. I�m more surprised in seeing how this property is so far past anything else I�ve ever been on yet the deer population nor the habitat seems to be crumbling like the notion was presented. I�m just saying that the property I hunt (my home property and hunting club) seems to be able to carry a lot more deer than we have even though we have a good number. I�m just not sweating that we are anywhere close to needing to thin out deer due to population now. It seems that the habitat will keep taking a hit long before the deer suffer. At what point the habitat is toasted due to overbrowsing I�m not sure. I suppose it depends on how the understory is managed. I know we�re not nearly as close to that threshold as I once thought�..or at least that�s my current perception.
