Exactly……this is its downfall. There’s only “X” amount of Nov does that exist inside of that Bankhead bubble….It’s not an infinite number of them……And what your telling me is that this number isnt really that high despite that being a big chunk of ground. There really aint that many Nov does that exist. That’s why it wouldn’t take much for a burdeoning herd from the west with triple or four times the density to replace them.

All that really has to happen is for hunters inside of the forest to knock back the doe population to lets say 5 deer psm when carrying capacity could actually hold 10 or 15……If that type setup occurs and you have over flow from this other stocking source pushing toward it from the west due to private landowners not shooting does……then over time you’re eventually going to start getting some infiltration occurring from the other line into this low density area. If that starts occurring and continues a little more each year…… then every time you go through another cycle of public land hunters shooting does and them “restocking”……you’re going to keep cutting out the Nov lines a little more and a little more….from 90% of the herd……to 50% of the herd……to 30%......to 15%......... until they eventually fizzle out. Right now its likely the private landowners around the perimeter are propping things up and preventing it from happening…..IF……IF……they’re actually preventing it.