[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

500,000 to 20,000,000 in a little over 10 years is an incredible population explosion. And it certainly coincides with most peoples' everyday experience that there are a heck of a lot of deer running around, and that they are causing all manner of problems, not the least of which are accidents on the highway.

I realize that the population explosion has to do with fewer predators around and possibly increasing restrictions on hunting, but can this account for a 20-fold increase in the population? Are there other, perhaps undiscovered, factors also at work? Just curious.

[per loin]

500,000 to 20,000,000 in a little over 10 years

If you are right, and it is really 1910, I'm going on a real estate buying binge. My descendents, living in 2002, will be incredibly rich as a result of my shrewd selections.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Here is another consideration: kids are probably more into computers now than hunting. That may or may not be a significant factor. Also, paintball games, silly as it might sound, might be diverting possible hunters as well. Then there was the ban on bad-looking single-fire rifles.

However, those two factors you mentioned are big reasons: harsh hunting regs, and fewer predators. It might seem abrupt, but don't forget the foaming-at-the-mouth wackos that Clinton unleashed in the EPA for 8 years. They grabbed up all kinds of land by hook or crook.