yoderjac
5 year old buck +
There's really not enough info sited in those articles to draw much of a conclusion. So many other factors at play in Wyoming over an 8 year period. How big an area did they study? Localized extinctions on one ranch or half the state? Any blue tongue or EHD in the equation? If they are losing 10% of their herd per year, and it has been there for 50 years, how did they find any deer to study by the 8th year? Gotta say.....I'm suspicious there!
There is a link to the study itself with all the details, methods, and math in the articles.