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You make good points Myth, but I disagree with one. The studies I saw way back when were done by professional foresters and researchers. They did not depend anecdotal evidence. There are methods in place to count wildlife. It depends a lot on statistical extrapilation, but has been proven accurate for decades. So the argument that the deer are just more visible doesn't hold water.
Actually 2 reasons were cited for the increase. One was an abundance of new food sources and most likely a decrease in hunting where new s/d were concerned. But another reason is a geneitic response. The animals view the encroachment of man as a 'threat', therefore they are driven by genetic code to produce more offspring. Case in point: deer usaully have twins with the first birth, but only have single fawns in the subsequent years. After encroachment many have been seen to produce twins again. It must be a genetic response since I don't think the deer have been reading the study's...lol.
I no longer hunt for health reasons, but spent most of my youth in the woods. I am not a tree hugger, but I am also not in favor of raping all the land. I understand the forces of nature and know that Mother Nature will correct most of mans wrongs. But I am also a capitalist and understand that if it is NOT my land, I have NO right to tell anyone else what to do with it. I guess you would call me a 'compassionate conservationist'...lol. Clear cuts are essential for good land management. My Father retired from Kimberly-Clark. He told me many times grwing up that when they built the C'burg plant he was pessimistic about the forest of the area and was afraid that "in 10 years there want be a pine tree within 100 miles". He was young and naive at that time. In his later years he could see there were more pine trees than ever, after 40 years of the paper mill operating. Proper land management was the key, and that includes clear cutting.
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