Figure 3. — Flow chart of the computer program of the deer 



herd. 



The hunting strategies summarized in Table 

 1 include the range of options which could be 

 practically implemented in Mendocino County. 

 Two kinds of population parameters are shown: 

 those which can be maximized or minimized 

 as management goals, and those comparable 

 with field data to determine whether manage- 

 ment goals are being achieved. Some 

 parameters, such as the hunting kill, serve 

 both purposes. The current program prints 

 out many other parameters in addition to those 

 presented in Table 1. 



Although it is physically possible to hunt 



deer at any time of the year, in California it 

 is customary to set the deer seasons in late 

 summer and fall, for numerous biological and 

 sociological reasons. In the simulation runs 

 presented in Table 1, all buck hunting was con- 

 ducted during August and September, in ac- 

 cordance with existing custom, and potential 

 doe and fawn hunts were set for November 

 and December, the months when antlerless 

 deer are in the best condition. All parameters 

 other than hunting specifications were held 

 constant throughout these runs, and the values 

 shown were selected from the output after 



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