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Dan, I have a theory as to why this introduction of deer could possibly have yielded different results. If you look at the past history of the areas surrounding Bankhead it was void of habitat that would allow gene flow between populations. It was all agriculture, with very few, if any corridors of habitat allowing the Michigan deer off of the mountain, or native deer up the mountain. The Bankhead forest is a relatively new forest. A lot of it was cleared and farmed prior to it being purchased and turned into a national forest. I believe the Michigan deer did quite well early in the reintroduction because you had an expanding deer herd in a young forest being established. Just a theory, and speculation.