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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5553161" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Couldn't agree more. Although I am shocked at what a success the elk restoration program has been in TN (I expected disease problems to be an issue), I believe it has only been as successful as it has been because of the remoteness of the restoration area. Human density, and especially commercial agricultural production in those areas are quite low compared to most of Middle and West TN.</p><p></p><p>When managing white-tailed deer populations, the biological carrying capacity as well as the <strong>social</strong> carrying capacity must be considered. The biological carry capacity is the number of deer the landscape can feed. The social carrying capacity is the number of deer society will put up with considering car-deer collisions, disease issues, and deer eating expensive ornamental plants and especially commercial cash crops. I believe the higher human population and existence of large-scale cash crop production in Middle and West TN would never stand for a large free-ranging elk population. Hitting an elk with a car has a high probability of causing fatality to the human driver, and elk can eat a massive volume of commercial crops.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5553161, member: 17"] Couldn't agree more. Although I am shocked at what a success the elk restoration program has been in TN (I expected disease problems to be an issue), I believe it has only been as successful as it has been because of the remoteness of the restoration area. Human density, and especially commercial agricultural production in those areas are quite low compared to most of Middle and West TN. When managing white-tailed deer populations, the biological carrying capacity as well as the [B]social[/B] carrying capacity must be considered. The biological carry capacity is the number of deer the landscape can feed. The social carrying capacity is the number of deer society will put up with considering car-deer collisions, disease issues, and deer eating expensive ornamental plants and especially commercial cash crops. I believe the higher human population and existence of large-scale cash crop production in Middle and West TN would never stand for a large free-ranging elk population. Hitting an elk with a car has a high probability of causing fatality to the human driver, and elk can eat a massive volume of commercial crops. [/QUOTE]
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