[toddst]

I believe that Virginia (correct me if I'm wrong or add more states) is having a huge deer problem.

Other states also. Of course the enviros answer to this is the re-introduction of wolves, to reign in the deer population. The enviros essentially want to turn back the clock and reduce the areas determined as "suitable" for human habitation. Take a look at what's going on in the northwest.

[ZULU]

Personally, I'd take the wolves rather than the bears.

Thre is no case on record of any human being ever being killed and eaten by wolves in North America. The North American Wolf is a different creature from its cousin in Eurasia, an animal which regularly attacked and killed people for food in the past.

But bears, and cougars provided with the opportunity, will kill and eat people, and they are doing this today.

Maybe there is a place for wolves, if they are controlled by hunting, in remote areas of New Hampshire, the Adirondacks, etc. But in thickly settled areas with humans around, they are no more suitable a forest resident than bears and cougars.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Of course the enviros answer to this is the re-introduction of wolves, to reign in the deer population. The enviros essentially want to turn back the clock and reduce the areas determined as "suitable" for human habitation. Take a look at what's going on in the northwest.

Wolves. Now there's a thought. Of course if people can't shoot wild animals coming after them, their kids, and their animals, then of course they can't live there. What exactly is the point in this except to crowd everybody in ghettos where they can be watched better. /paranoia.