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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 318033" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Marg, that's a BIG deer. It's in the same family as the red deer and American Elk (you might call it a Wapiti as in some areas "Elk" equals what we call a moose) based on physical structure and antler shape and size.</p><p></p><p>I can only imagine the PITA those things are in an area like yours where there are no controls are allowed and the environment can't support them at all.</p><p></p><p>Our deer are native to the continent. Where we've run into problems is that we are taking over their native range, AND we've killed off their natural predators.</p><p></p><p>In fact, a large reason for the populations of wolves and pumas tanking for so many years was that we'd nearly killed off their main prey.</p><p></p><p>Now, we've got the deer back and then some, but we don't have the predators to balance out the populations.</p><p></p><p>I've seen starving deer in the winter and it is horrible. husband hunted so long as he was able to sit out with a rifle and pack out a kill. I used to bowhunt, but my days of being able to handle a bow with the sort of power to kill a large game over are long over...plus, with my tremors, I am not confident in my ability to aim properly and hate the idea of causing undue suffering.</p><p></p><p>For many years, most of our "winter meat" was whitetail deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 318033, member: 1963"] Marg, that's a BIG deer. It's in the same family as the red deer and American Elk (you might call it a Wapiti as in some areas "Elk" equals what we call a moose) based on physical structure and antler shape and size. I can only imagine the PITA those things are in an area like yours where there are no controls are allowed and the environment can't support them at all. Our deer are native to the continent. Where we've run into problems is that we are taking over their native range, AND we've killed off their natural predators. In fact, a large reason for the populations of wolves and pumas tanking for so many years was that we'd nearly killed off their main prey. Now, we've got the deer back and then some, but we don't have the predators to balance out the populations. I've seen starving deer in the winter and it is horrible. husband hunted so long as he was able to sit out with a rifle and pack out a kill. I used to bowhunt, but my days of being able to handle a bow with the sort of power to kill a large game over are long over...plus, with my tremors, I am not confident in my ability to aim properly and hate the idea of causing undue suffering. For many years, most of our "winter meat" was whitetail deer. [/QUOTE]
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