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Kitsune · 03-11-2004, 11:01 PM

Whats going to happen when the deer outgrow their current habitat and there is not enough food for them to forage?

Then they die off due to starvation and their numbers return to normal.

What happens when the deer get so populated they start inbreding?

Uhh -- inbreeding is caused by small populations, not large ones.

If we don't hunt the deer how are we going to control the population?

What are we going to do when hunters aren't permitted to roam the countryside with .22s and plink away at mice? Won't the mouse population explode and overrun everything? Somehow, I think the deer population will tend to itself just as it has for thousands of years. I could be wrong, but I think the argument that hunters and hunting seasons control various animal populations is a load of bunk.

03-11-2004, 11:01 PM	#24
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Whats going to happen when the deer outgrow their current habitat and there is not enough food for them to forage? Then they die off due to starvation and their numbers return to normal. What happens when the deer get so populated they start inbreding? Uhh -- inbreeding is caused by small populations, not large ones. If we don't hunt the deer how are we going to control the population? What are we going to do when hunters aren't permitted to roam the countryside with .22s and plink away at mice? Won't the mouse population explode and overrun everything? Somehow, I think the deer population will tend to itself just as it has for thousands of years. I could be wrong, but I think the argument that hunters and hunting seasons control various animal populations is a load of bunk.