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RoseBlush1 said:Mudyy ...


It's not like civilization is taking away their habitat. 75% of this county is owned by the Federal government and is totally undeveloped. In fact, there is very little development up here. It's just that the town deer don't have the deer skills to live in the back country. There are plenty of deer out there and that is where hunting is allowed.

There are no monetary resources to cull the town deer herd, so they are more of a problem than I would have never imagined would be possible.

Feeding the deer in town would just make the problem worse.

Yes, I do think they are beautiful animals, but I don't think it is always a kindness to feed the deer.

I agree with you. Montgomery County is very wooded and the county actually gives rebates to people who plant 3 or more trees on their property. The deer are in the parks and all of the wooded common areas as well as our yards. Several years ago the county sponsored a deer culling. They were using police and national guard sharpshooters and were going to donate the meat to the food pantries etc. Can you believe the day of the hunt there were allsorts of people out protesting the hunt with signs and the whole works. From what I understand it wasn't the Montgomery County PETA people it was people from California. I couldn't believe it when I heard this. It was cruel to humanely kill them with a quick bullet through the heart but its alright to leave them scattered like leaves in the fall on the highway.