What is the number one predator for deer?
Set up salt licks with a sterility drug?

Cindy Hildebrand wrote:
> Since deer are being discussed, I want to point out that while 
> Wisconsin humans may have a higher tolerance for large deer herds than 
> Iowans, Wisconsin ecosystems apparently do not.   The 
> ongoing deer damage to native ecosystems in Wisconsin is severe, 
> according to the research I've read. 
>  
> As pointed out by Brent Haglund of the Sand County Foundation,  "The 
> deer herd of our era may survive and even thrive in the Wisconsin 
> winters thanks to corn and alfalfa, but our woodlots and forests 
> cannot also survive when the herd gets too large. Many Wisconsin 
> habitats have lost important native plant species that will never 
> return."  Managing wildlife according to human tolerance can be an 
> iffy approach if one goal is to maintain native biodiversity.  
>  
> As for Iowa, the DNR may be projecting that the deer herd will 
> stabilize at their population goal in two years, but I guarantee 
> that short of a miracle, Story County will still have a serious deer 
> overpopulation problem then.   I'd bet the same is true for some 
> other parts of this state.  
>  
> Cindy Hildebrand
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> Ames, IA  50010
>
> "Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the 
> instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me." (Anne 
> Morrow Lindbergh)
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