We shall see how the data keeps going, but my fawn recruitment rate sky-rocketted once I produced a lot of cover on my place.  Other clients in the same area are seeing the same results: lots of cover equals a sudden surge in fawn survival.

On my place, the three years prior to our last big timber cut, our fawn recruitment was only running around 20%.  The first year following the cut (a winter cut so we had good regrowth the first summer), the fawn recruitment jumped to 55%.  The second year after the cut fawn recruitment jumped to almost 70%.  That's a HUGE difference.