Potential Economic Returns from Deer as Compared with Livestock in the Edwards Plateau Region of Texas
Issue Date
1965-09-01Keywords
Kerr Wildlife Management AreaEconomic Returns
liability
Domestic Livestock
harvests
demand
hunting
ranchers
resource management
incomedeerstocking ratelivestockvegetationOdocoileus virginianusEdwards PlateauTexascarrying capacity
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Ramsey, C. W. (1965). Potential economic returns from deer as compared with livestock in the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Journal of Range Management, 18(5), 247-250.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895490Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Potential economic return from deer was greater than that from livestock under conditions of average prevailing prices and adequate deer harvest. Data computed from rancher surveys indicated that the deer herd was maintained as a liability to the ranchers collectively, primarily because of inadequate harvest.Type
Articletext