"Dunno if the number of farmers and land in crops has risen or dropped, but should growing complaints about crop damage also be ignored as well just for the sake of holding on to the good old days of deer hunting?"

Its addressed with cac. It was also addressed with cutting the herd dang near in half statewide. I think the poor little farmer (as some here like to portray) can now learn to make do and take advantage of all the additional tools hes been given. We've been bent over far enough by the "antideer" factions. Enough is enough.

Btw, we are only talking 58k farmers. And of those SOME arent even antideer. How many are? Half? A third? How many of those few to begin with are crying about killing MORE deer? So how tiny is this "problem"/excuse some like to use anyway?