I’d be happy to ship you about thirty of them that cross my drive every morning and evening.
Deer are like rabbits, they exist to provide meat for the next rung up the food chain. If that predator is not there, they breed until starvation culls the herd.
Much more humane to shoot a few than to wait until thousands starve.
It’s rather unfair to call someone you do not know a creep or thug. He’s probably a typical farmer, fighting to stay afloat, bankers calling about loans, bad weather and on top of it all deer eating what little profit he may make that year. Those beautiful deer may mean his kids don’t get new clothes for the coming school year, or even worse, losing every thing he owns.
I think its Wisconsin that is facing Chronic Wasting Disease and is on the verge of giving the ok to kill the entire herd then attempt to restock.
Northern Michigan is facing Bovine Tuberculosis and all deer killed in zone 1 are required to be inspected by the DNR after tagging.......
Fortunately there are no diseases affecting the deer in the lower half of the lower peninsula and the only off season predator are the 4 wheel kind...............