New England, New York and Pennsylania all have deer overpopulation problems.
OTOH, I’ve heard that North Carolina has such a shortage of deer that inbreeding has become a problem.
Seems to me that there’s a solution here, somewhere.
Geez, not where I am in NC. They're not much bigger than a decent-sized dog where I live, there are so many of them. I almost backed over one not too long ago. It was at 3am (I was headed to work, half-asleep) and it was eating my wife's petunias by our mailbox.
Waaaaay overpopulated. Of course, I'm in a more urban and liberal area...God forbid that someone might shoot (with... HORRORS - a gun!) Bambi where I live.
The gang-bangers can use the abandoned lot about a mile up the road for all of the target practice they want, though. That's OK, they're just misunderstood teenagers. So long as they don't shoot any deer, they're just fine.
DO NOT! I repeat—DO NOT even THINK about sending any more of those damned rats to NC! LOL We have so many....
My sister lives in Raliegh, @ 2 miles from Crabtree Mall, and she has deer in her yard. Here on the coast, we are overrun, and of course all the handwringers are against any type of pop control.
My guys do their part, but... Sigh It’s not enough. I’d like to see a longer season personally—like year round!
I can sit on my sons deck and we watch herds go thru his yard! He lives in the subs of Pittsburgh. Very dangerous as there are many hills and very winding roads. Cars get hit often.
I'm sure our beloved Poke-us, er, Postus, er whatever Osamabamadingdong is pretending to be today will formulate a solution soon. It will, however, require vast sums of your and my tax monies to implement....