The whitetail deer is a staple animal in Arkansas. Arkansas is home to over 200,000 deer. But if there was a lack habitat, light, and nutrition. That number would go down significantly.
If there was a lack of habitat for the whitetail deer than the population numbers would go down a lot. The deer would start pouring into the city's instead of their natural habitat in need of somewhere to breed, sleep ect. Studies have shown that the loss of habitat can be detrimental to all animals, so the deer would be no different. Deer have already started going in urban areas, an example would be on the Maumelle golf course deer come and eat, sleep, and walk around in people's yards, gardens, etc. So if there was a even greater lack