![]() ![]() That is why we are on the top of the food chain. That is why he gave us dominion over them. God put animals on this planet for us to eat, period. Heck, they even have made up hunts in some spots because there are way too many deer and the local folks are tired of them. And each and every year we keep taking the same amount of deer and they don't run out! That's too funny. I live here in Arkansas and game and fish says on opening weekend of deer season there are about 400,000 hunters in the woods and only 30 to 35 thousand deer will be taken on opening weekend. Something to consider.ĭo your research, folks. Try living in the middle of it, and you will see a different side of things. I would be happy to see hunting seasons increased in the area, but too many people don't see the need. Many of the animals do not look well they are skinny with tufts of fur coming out. I enjoy the wildlife I just wish it was thinned out a bit. ![]() They eat my garden flowers vegetables, tree leaves and even the bird seed. I usually have anywhere from 2-20 greet me as I get home. I see many bad collisions due to the large overpopulation of these animals. During this trip I often have to stop a few times to let the deer pass. I live in the "foothills" of the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. We use ultra-sonic repellers to keep them out of the garden, chase them out, the dog chases them out, but they persist and multiply. I live on a mountain top in VA adjacent to the Shenandoah Park. Nature would be great if it weren't for the animals everywhere. In my mind the deer didn't cause that accident, the humans did. Was the deer driving a car? we built roads in its home, and fly by at whatever MPH, hitting them if they cross the road. Over time this would damage the gene pool.Īlso there seems to be a lot of people citing "this person was killed by a deer in a car accident". If a hunter is picking off the deer then they would likely choose the best they can find, therefore the weak (or unappealing) would survive. i.e., the strong would survive, the weak would starve. More to the point, if deer were left to their own devices, then it would be a case of natural selection. The deer populous would be just fine if we decided not to thin them out. Nature is far more intelligent than we humans. What a backwards way of looking at something. "If we didnt kill the deer, then they would die of starvation." To anon132707 So I guess that means you wouldn't give a rat's fart if a family member, friend or even yourself ended up killed because of a deer like I almost was this past week by an 8 pt buck on my way to a doctor's appointment? God have mercy on your soul. But just let me shoot one of them and see what would happen. Call fish and game and they won't do anything. My olive orchard and fruit trees look like umbrellas. (25 acres) They come up right to the house and eat my flowers. Now everything has to be fenced because there are 40 to fifty deer every single day in the field. Probably saw at the most 10 to 12 deer a year. Purchased this property (3 Miles from town) 30 years ago. The deer population has grown out of proportion. Deer are not being hunted to extinction- quite the opposite. The meat is consumed and the animal does not die in vain. At least the hunter takes only what he can eat and store. The only alternative is professional cull squads. The recreational hunter is the best conservationist available. The net result of a devastating habitat is mass starvation, which occurred quite recently in The Netherlands. In the absence of any natural predators, humans are obligated to intervene for the good of the habitat and the good of the deer herd. The ethical thing to do is to intervene in this process. The populations increase exponentially but the habitat does not.īest-case scenario, the habitat remains of a constant size while the herd size increases exponentially. The problem lies in the fact that a hind will have a calf per year for most of her life. In the absence of any natural predators, their populations can explode. Landowners can really struggle to keep deer numbers under control. ![]()
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