Yes, these are needed in some areas. I've been participating in a program where at one point the deer herd topped 100 per sq mile. Road kills topped 300 per year in a 10 sq mile area. These are good in many ways and really help the deer herd. Negatives might be, people hunting very close to houses and wounded deer never being recovered but the municipality makes you take a shooting test and label your arrows w/ your name and phone # to help control that. Positive in many ways, I'd rather a deer be taken, butchered and used rather than laying on the side of the road.

In some areas, I believe that the reintroduction to coyotes has been a real problem and totally wiped out deer herds. I've heard stories about people putting a trail cam near a coyote den for 10 days w/ time stamps on the photos. In that time 23 fawn were taken into the den by the coyotes. That much I can tell you totally destroys the deer herd.

Charlie
Pittsburgh, PA