My bad I thought you were worried about loss of human lives from car accidents because the deer are overpopulated.
Without natural predators to curve their numbers I would caution against high fence approach as that is a major concern for the spread of CWD in deer population.
A natural overpass is one solution that may fit for your idea. Check those out. My opinion is still that the best solution is conservation through hunting to maintain a healthy population.
Thanks for the follow up 💚 after your post, I went to chatGPT to learn about overpopulation and the role that hunting plays in controlling deer population. I'd like to learn more about the role their population plays in this problem. Also, I'm generally hesitant to go towards violent solutions, so perhaps I'm being a bit closed-minded on the hunting topic.
I'm not a hunter, so a couple questions for you so I can be more informed on this topic:
1 - how do you know that your local deer population is overpopulated?
2 - have you seen hunting decrease the number of deer deaths due to collisions with vehicles?
Those are great questions! And I appreciate the sincere follow up!
Deer are social creatures. They use their noses and tongues to often communicate either by direct contact or by licking the same branches/or things of the like. CWD, chronic wasting disease, which will kill the deer, is spread from deer to deer by mucous/saliva. So when deer are not left to be able to roam it’s more likely they will infect the entire population.
When hunters are in known CWD counties, they will send samples of their deer to scientists. These are funded by proceeds from the hunters costs to buy permits/tags/etc. The data collected allows the state game agencies to make decisions that are best for the population of deer as a whole.
I don’t have the data to support the car facts but you can research your local state game agency for their statistics and cross referencing with deer related accidents in the area. All that data is funded again by proceeds from hunters.
This is all such useful information. Thank you, koby 🙏 I've got some more learning to do now. You've given me lots to think about 🫂
I always like talking about deer! Appreciate a great conversation or discussion, even if there are differing options.
But for deer population data in your area the government sits will have those statistics for year over year. Lots of great resources outside of government to look at as well!
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Yeah I’ve been getting zaps most of the day just fine. WoS may be down? But everything should be good
Interesting - I'm WoS and getting zaps. Can you zap your own note?
Yo you two, this was really cool to see… kindness, learning, and respect….. I learned a lot too!
Likely your state or county does population surveys of deer, check with them for more info
