Hey all,
doing a study for school regarding hunting and its impact on deer populations. I am arguing that in fact deer populations would explode and ruins much crop, not to mention vehicle collision increasing. Can anyone help me in such that I am looking for websites or anything that may lend information for me to read.
Thanks

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.

Here is a deer density map from QDMA it may help some.




http://www.i-maps.com/Qdma/frame/def...=0101&MF=11000

It's generally considered bad form to post the same question in more than one forum. I've seen this thing in at least three places this morning.

Sorry wanted to cover my bases. Why is it bad form to ask in three different forums? I amnot flooding them with numerous posts in each, just trying to appeal to different crowds to gather as much information as possible.
Sorry if it upset any of you guys.

-Andrew

Dont worry about it. Someone always wants to argue about semantics. try this: [link]http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/mammals/deer/populat.htm[/link]
or:
[link]http://web.simmons.edu/~franka/520/project/management.html[/link]

do a google search and you will find more info. than you can read in a year.

Thanks again.