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<blockquote data-quote="pluckem" data-source="post: 180307" data-attributes="member: 843">I agree with what you are saying.&nbsp; Its takes a mix of habitat to provide the right cover for fawning, browsing, and thermal cover to SUSTAIN a population. Without all of them in balance you are on borrowed time.&nbsp; When we had peak CRP we had peak deer #'s because that CRP allowed for more fawn and deer habitat in the spring and summer months. The lost CRP will help a population rebound, and coupled with mild winters (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) where deer can winter in Cattails/CRP and browse and scavenge grain from AG fields the population will keep rising. However we had 47% less CRP those later years then we did in 2006 and years priors. So we cant expect the numbers of deer to climb like they did back then.&nbsp; But one nasty winter and the population will be reduced to the holding capacity of the winter/thermal cover we have and how much cattle feed they can get at.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pluckem, post: 180307, member: 843"] I agree with what you are saying. Its takes a mix of habitat to provide the right cover for fawning, browsing, and thermal cover to SUSTAIN a population. Without all of them in balance you are on borrowed time. When we had peak CRP we had peak deer #'s because that CRP allowed for more fawn and deer habitat in the spring and summer months. The lost CRP will help a population rebound, and coupled with mild winters (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) where deer can winter in Cattails/CRP and browse and scavenge grain from AG fields the population will keep rising. However we had 47% less CRP those later years then we did in 2006 and years priors. So we cant expect the numbers of deer to climb like they did back then. But one nasty winter and the population will be reduced to the holding capacity of the winter/thermal cover we have and how much cattle feed they can get at. [/QUOTE]

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