Contact fish and game. My opinion is that over population hurts the deer more than anything. First the deer become sick from underfeeding and fighting over the food source and deises can be transmitted quicker. Preditors population quickly increase to take on the abundance of meat. Then the ballance shifts dramaticly in favor of the preditor, then the deer pop crashes. then the preditors go searching closer to human food source. Cougars get very brave when starving. Fish & Game manage the hunters not the game. They try to equel the ballance, but they are usually behind the curve.