[JasonC]

He means, since nobody is hunting them and humans have eliminated all their predators and natural competitors, deer populations are exploding, which means everything they eat is being consumed at unprecedented rates. They are destroying the undergrowth of forests across the eastern half of the US, leaving only the hardiest and most common species, while every marginal or niche variety is destroyed. The result is a reduction in the variety of life forms in the whole forest ecosystem. That is the claim - whether it is accurate is more than I know.

The underlyng point is that greenies who think leaving Bambi alone to frolick is "natural" and automatically results in a harmonious balance and all things light and true, is poppycock. Humans got rid of wolves, and as long as humans hunted deer in place of said wolves, no problem. When neither is around hunting them, is sucks to be a fern.

lol...

[GovernmentShrinker]

Humans got rid of wolves, and as long as humans hunted deer in place of said wolves, no problem. When neither is around hunting them, is sucks to be a fern.

Actually it's *great* to be a fern under these conditions. Or a barberry. It's everything else that gets chomped into oblivion. I don't know why, but it's well known in Northeastern deer country that deer will eat everything *except* ferns and barberries. I'd heard this before I bought some wooded property in Pennsylvania about 8 years ago. Strolling through the property drove home the point.