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You are partly right about the need to manager deer populations but the key problem is that the cat is out of the bag, in regards to sprawl and large predators.
by jaegerpicker 9y ago
You are partly right about the need to manager deer populations but the key problem is that the cat is out of the bag, in regards to sprawl and large predators. The basic fact is that we are never going to reverse that unless there is sweeping and catastrophic changes to society. Also that leaves a HUGE reason to manage deer populations, hunting itself. Many people use hunting to supplement their normal meat supply and without some form of Government management wildlife would be quickly destroyed. See the American Bison as an example, though just one of many.
- roflc0ptic 9y agoWholly agreed. Given where we're at, hunt away. WRT to bison, their population is depleted specifically because of the US government's Native American eradication program. The US military provided bullets to hunters. The iconic image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_skull_pile-restored.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_skull_pile-restored... this was policy. And in fact, the USG still works to limit their population - http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/ http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/ find themselves regularly in conflict with... BLM, I think. Some federal group(s), at any rate.