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    Deer culling the natural way

    I believe that meat hunters prefer to take does, the meat has better taste and is less tough. This goes against the grain for older hunters, taught to avoid does, but appears to be more accepted now.. Afaik, doe tags are more available as well, as the authorities try to limit the herd size.
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    Deer culling the natural way

    The hunting debate is unfortunately peripheral to the original deer cull issue. Hunters simply cannot significantly cull the deer population in the US, there are too few hunters and too restrictive condition. Beyond that, suburbia is a vast playground ideal for deer, lots of shrub, lots of food...
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    Deer culling the natural way

    Possibly just more hype, but the disease is incurable afaik and the incubation period is uncertain, possibly several years. The transmission mechanism is eating or close contact such as butchering, procedures inherent in hunting, so the risk is potentially substantial. Deer and moose hunters are...
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    Deer culling the natural way

    Agree that deer are an active Covid vector and consequently an extra risk for hunters. CWD is apparently comparable to 'mad cow' disease, so it seems premature to conclude that it is not a risk for people, because it may have a similarly long incubation period in humans.
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    Deer culling the natural way

    Unlike the deliberately introduced plagues such as myxomatosis, CWD has no human origin afaik. It appears to be a rare natural disease that is self limiting if the population is dispersed, but risks explosive spread if the animals are too concentrated. It is probable that the disease also...
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    Deer culling the natural way

    Nature will adjust the excesses even without predators, by disease or starvation. Unfortunately, there is a lot of collateral damage as well. For instance, the exploding deer population in the US is stripping the underbrush that many species rely on for shelter and nesting opportunities...
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