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Persuasive Essay On White Tailed Deer

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At the Wildlife Leadership Academy in high school, we discussed white tailed deer ecology and conservation. While deer are overpopulated and regulated and focused hunting is beneficial for our forest ecosystems, the issue is highly contested by many different groups with opposing views.
From a scientific standpoint, hunting is necessary to keep deer populations in check, and this can be done most effectively by hunting female deer. Therefore, conservation-minded groups support the increased issuance of antlerless deer licenses and decrease in antlered deer licenses. This way, most hunters must kill females, and the populations reduce quickly. This would be an easy and simple solution to the problem of deer overpopulation, but the opposing sides don’t have the same priorities as the conservationists.
Hunters want to hunt as many deer with the biggest antlers possible, so some hunting groups support the increased issuance of antlered deer licenses. There is an aspect of cultural dislike for killing does, which are perceived by some as a less valuable kill. Hunting groups that are accustomed to the state of deer overpopulation that has troubled this area for so long even ask that the government supply stocked deer to areas where they used to see more deer.
There are also animal-rights activists who have fundamental issues with the concept of “consumptive” outdoor recreation. Groups like PETA oppose the issuance of hunting licenses at all, and attack the morals of

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