Solving White Tailed Deer With Hunting And Sterilization

Hunting is very valuable to me, but the value is deeper than just hunting. There are so many aspects of hunting that I love. But I cherish my bow above all of them. Having my bow with me when I’m in the stand or when I’m at my neighbor’s house practicing, gives me a since of dominance. Also brings me pride knowing I’ve worked hard and stayed committed to something I truly love. There are all kinds of animals to hunt and different ways to hunt them. My favorite type of animal to hunt, is the white tail deer. While hunting the allusive deer I like to follow a code of ethics, which a lot of people don’t follow. Even though I would have liked to be given all my hunting needs, I’m proud of myself for going out and getting those needs by myself. Buying my bow and getting into bow hunting, caused me to take responsibility and taught me to stay committed to a true value in my life.

Yet, Shaw concludes, “wild animals increasingly find suburban life in the United States to be attractive.” (Shaw) She explains the suburbs are ideal places for wildlife, citing there are 32 known breeding pairs of bald eagles in Virginia, a species once thought to be on the brink of extinction. She shows the deer population is at an all-time high, with a possible 25 million deer in the United States. She accredits two phenomena to the rise in wild animal populations; including natural reforestation and suburbanization, both of which create a haven for “edge” type wildlife (Shaw).

Over just a century ago the whitetail deer population became nearly extinct, mostly due to a rapid expansion in the railroad system. At this same time market hunting, weak enforcement of game laws, and habitat loss contributed to the dangerously low deer populations in the late 1800’s. In states like Kansas and Indiana deer were completely extinct, being endangered in many others. With the whitetail deer population doubling every two years there is an estimated thirty million deer in the United States (Rooney, 2012). Although with these over-abundant populations comes the destruction of natural resources along with diseases and other factors that can tremendously affect the population. While there are many factors that play an active role in the declination of Whitetail deer populations, chronic wasting disease is just one of them.

In the early twentieth century, hunter-funded state and federal conservation programs rescued deer, elk, bears, turkeys and more from disappearing. Hunting benefits the environment and the economy due to the risk of overpopulation of animals, the taxes on hunting license and hunting equipment, jobs, along with the crops planted by hunters feeds the animals.

It is impossible to discuss deer at all without talking about deer management, because there is there hardly a deer alive in America today that is not directly influenced by man. We control the water the deer drinks, the food that it eats, and the land that it lives on, and we regulate the manner, sex, and amount of deer harvested. The problem lies in the way we manage the deer herd. The time has come to practice Quality Deer Management.

When the white-tailed deer show up in my backyard, it's like witnessing a direct link to an age almost forgotten. I freeze in my tracks, and I can't help but think about their unbroken chain of ancestors going back into the ancient past. These animals were here long before any settlers arrived from Europe. They were the hunted long before rifles replaced bows and arrows. They knew these lands when the waters were still clean and the air was still fresh. They knew these lands when there were no cars and no railroads. They were here before horses were brought to this continent from Europe. In their majestic silence, the deer have witnessed footpaths become trails, trails become roads, and roads become interstates. Their resilience is remarkable.

As a deer hunter, I never like to hear about whether another fellow hunter’s herd is much smaller this year. To understand what the author is conveying and whether the reader is engaged and informed of the issue, we need to look at the points Honeycutt is making. Coyotes predatory behaviour on white tail deer is the main reason why herd numbers are so small. Furthermore to understand if his message is getting across we need to look at the importance of the points he is making. Not many hunters realize that coyotes are having a significant impact on herd numbers. This is the point the author of the article How Coyotes Killed Deer Hunting makes.

In the northeast area, the deer population is especially high. Because they are now so heavily populated, they are starting to cause more and more problems. Crop damage, which is when a farmer loses a substantial amount of crops, is growing with the deer population. This is a huge problem for the farmers because they are losing a lot of money by feeding the deer. With the rising population,

In this article, authors William Ripple and Robert Beschta focus on the issue of predation and the way it affects biodiversity and otherwise alters ecosystems. While many other studies have stressed the lethal effects of predation by carnivores, the authors of this study have chosen to focus on how nonlethal outcomes of predation affect the structure and function of ecosystems. The authors give two main objectives to their study: first to provide a short synthesis of the potential ecosystem responses to predation risk in a three-level trophic cascade involving large carnivores, hoofed animals, and vegetation; and secondly to present research that centers on wolves, elk, and woody browse species in the northern area of Yellowstone National

Correspondingly, beyond the grass, a pond puts forward its purpose as the substantial amount of wildlife presented depends on its spring. As each creature drinks from the water, the motion creates a wonderstruck view of ripples across the clear, blue water. Since each creature cannot sustain life without water, one could easily observe a variety of animals. Furthermore, among all the creatures including the birds, squirrels, and rabbits, I find the whitetail deer to be superior to observe. This creature offers superiority to others because of its obvious strength, independence, and beauty. The whitetail deer is an elegant creature with a tan, brown colored coat with a white undercarriage, accompanied by dark brown eyes. Likewise, the deer as

The Department of Conservation takes Ariel “snapshots” of areas and the multiplies the by the area of land. Even though this is not an accurate measurement I found it necessary to include it because if the population is going up it would stand to reason that the number of deer taken would rise as well.

In 1912 when the “buck law” went into effect it was set to increase the number of deer as well as limit the abundance of deer to prey on other organisms. This was not as simple as thought, many were illegally killed leaving many newborns to starve during the winter. (Brown, 1956). Hunting soon began to be open during certain date ranges during the season to allow more regulation on hunting of the White tailed deer. (Brown, 1956). These deer prefer matured forests with practically no undergrowth (Brown, 1956) which brings them to the same place, around Alfred, New York. Although it may seem that there are more deer, the regulations help, but the deer don’t reproduce as many, squirrels reproduce 2-4 per litter twice a year (Frankis).

The deer and elk population is growing at an alarming rate. According to Outdoor Life, the "Whitetail deer population grew from 29.8 million in 1994 to 32.7 million today." According to Garth Kidd, the solution to this overgrowth problem is hunting. If we were to get rid of hunting,

The size of our deer population has increased, this means that there are more deer who live in the woodlands. This may have some extra consequents. Deer might damage trees, devour seedlings and eliminate some plants. That is why people say deer destroy our woodlands, that they destroy our nature. But they forget one important thing. A deer is as much nature as the woodland. If we want to look out for our nature, we have to look out for our deer’s too!

The speaker also notices that it was, “a recent killing;”. The deer would have experienced rigor mortis, which is when the joints and muscles in a body stiffen a few hours after death. If it was a “recent killing” then this shows that the person who hit the deer did not stop, and just kept on driving. The person who hit the deer just thought of the deer as an object and didn’t realize it was pregnant with a fawn. Furthermore, the speaker, “dragged her off;” the road. The word “dragged” shows that he didn’t care about the deer and thought of it as a rag doll. This communicates to the reader that the speaker has done this before, and thinks it’s okay to just move the