80-100 years ago deer were scarce in most of the US due to overhunting. Actually seeing a deer was a rare occasion in most places. Measures to restrict hunting were taken and the deer rebounded to levels they never achieved before. Deer live comfortably in wild, rural, suburban and even some urban environments. They are still protected from hunting most of the year and many more are likely killed on the highways than by hunters. Wild eyed animal rights activists and unhinged greenies, joined by sentimental Bambi lovers, have fought every effort to cull the herds to a reasonable level. In the meantime burgeoning populations of deer are causing auto and motorcycle accidents and killing people. They are eating farmers corn and homeowners ornamental plants. Without predators or sufficient hunting they have bred like the rabbits of Australia. Until we reverse or overcome the silliness that manifests every time an effort to manage the problem is proposed we will continue to see large numbers of collisions with deer resulting in human deaths and property damage.
