Mon 11 Jan 2010
Who You Gonna Call? Deerbusters!
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With the deer being so numerous and adapted to people, why not “hunt” them with net traps or lassos? It’s not to unusual to get within 10 ft of a deer. Two were sleeping in my backyard yesterday afternoon.
The proposals I have reviewed are not going to aid in the reduction of the deer population, but pass it on to someone else. The deer are becoming domesticated as we reduce their domain and being curious animals are going into areas in large numbers in search of both food and cover. Installing high fences will only move the deer to another area and as seasonal changes occur within their diet, they will only move in search of food of different types. The time to start reducing the herd is now when the does are impregnated so you are removing one to possibly three with each doe you remove from the herd. Hunting of this type with qualified individuals will safely start reducing the overall herd and the meat can be donated to groups that will distribute the meat to individuals that can benefit from this effort. The idea of using nets or lassos also requires skilled individuals to remove the animals and with the herd size in the state being what it is, releasing the animals into differt areas is only passing the problem that will continue to grow. We as individuals are largely at fault for the herds to be the size they are today as we planned expansion and did not take into consideration the occupants of the land we were going to use and how to accomodate them. Controlled hunts performed properly will aid everyone, but it is something that you have to have everyone’s support in the area.