. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. forcstci's ('()iisi(I('i'('(l S to l(i ridull red dm', not (â¢(>iiiitii)«r younjJT, sliould l)f' IIh' limit I'oi- ')()() hcits. In IJoliciniH 1.') to '>'> licjid of rod door fould \)r supported hy ';)()() jicrcs. I)nt ;iuy fidditioii would result in overstockin*!'. KuropcHU cxpci-icuce cojisidcrcd one red doer the <mju;iI of two r;illo\\ d('<'i' oi- Foui- i-oc docv ((i). Dr. ('. A. Scli('id\ (I:")) jidvocjitod liinitiii;:' tlic nuiMhcr of d<'or in tlic Soutiici'ii App
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. forcstci's ('()iisi(I('i'('(l S to l(i ridull red dm', not (â¢(>iiiitii)«r younjJT, sliould l)f' IIh' limit I'oi- ')()() hcits. In IJoliciniH 1.') to '>'> licjid of rod door fould \)r supported hy ';)()() jicrcs. I)nt ;iuy fidditioii would result in overstockin*!'. KuropcHU cxpci-icuce cojisidcrcd one red doer the <mju;iI of two r;illo\\ d('<'i' oi- Foui- i-oc docv ((i). Dr. ('. A. Scli('id\ (I:")) jidvocjitod liinitiii;:' tlic nuiMhcr of d<'or in tlic Soutiici'ii App;il;icln;iu forests to ITiO \'ir<iiuiji deer to Hcrcs, or one dcci" to cjicii (id jicrcs. Anotlici" writor stntcs that in Xortliorii Miclii;:;m 7.')() acres are eap;d)le of supporting- 100 ih^i^v in jiood eon- dition tile year i-ound (J). It is doul)tfuI whether a I'atio as low as this, one {\vvv to sevit>. lias I'ouiid that usually o|)inions as to the deer carrying" capacity of forests have been based more on jiuess than on study. \'ai"ious estimates received have been to the efVect that a sinideral)le less land acreap' is re(juire(l. When contrast :- Peiinsylxania with Kuropean conditions, we must remember that forestiy pi'actices on the (\)ntin<Mit date back tl ii'e<' hundred years. It is characteristic of many Hui"0|)ean forests to have an even a«:ed «irow1h and a moi-e oi- less clean foi'cst floor with verv little underj-rowth. Accordiniih- the ouantitv of br owse a\'ailab|e to <leer is considerably than in the moi-e bi-ushy. younjici-. and uneven aj-'cd foi'ests of IN'iinsylvania. wln-re a dense under«irowth normally f)btains. In much of our uneven a^-cd hardwood forests, especially le oak-chestnut type and the beech-birch-iuaple ty|)e, it would app made bearing- in mind that deer will eat vines, her- iii tl )aceous low plant s. \\('e( Is. f ruit. mos>. and roots, which are ordinarilv l"'<'^
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