Not Bob but here are some excerpts from the University of Maine Study on deer and deer habitat in northern Maine. I think it is pretty much spot on. You have to remember that we, on average, get over 110 inches of snow each year (133 in 2013) and deer spend up to 4-5 months in yards.
�Fifty percent of the mature forest area (soft, mixed, and hardwood) was harvested during 1975-2007 in areas within a 1.25 mile buffer outside of protected Deer Wintering Areas (DWAs).
�Nearly all DWAs had harvesting activity within their boundaries; 91% had at least 1 heavy harvest area; 23% of the mature forest area within DWAs was harvested in this period.
�Remnant patches of wintering area are extensively fragmented in Maine and may help explain why deer have declined in areas with severe winters within the Northern Forest region.
�The broad-scale conversion of mature forest to regenerating forest in areas surrounding zoned DWAs� may be indicative of declines in extent of deer wintering habitat throughout the Northern Forest region.�
