The #'s of pine acreage has been increasing and maybe the limits have finally taken their toll.The pines have always been there and limt was fine for years...its something else. I do think lack of trapping has something to do with it...from the time that egg hits the ground something is after it.
I really dont think it's just one thing that has caused it. Those I mentioned may not be the root cause,
but they sure dont help.
The pine monoculture may as well be habitat destruction IMO. Back in the day, South Bama used to
produce some absolutely giant whitetail. But turning our row crops into rows of pines have put a
serious damper on that.
I'm looking at buying some land and it's hard to find any that isn't one big pine plantation, or was
a pine plantation but has been logged and re planted in pines. Not exactly diverse habitat, which
is what Turkey and Deer need.