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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montgomery County has done it for years without any major issues. It's generally pretty well organized, and they donate the venison to feed the needy.

https://montgomeryparks.org/caring-for-our-parks/wildlife/montgomery-parks-deer-population-management/

The DC area used to have wolves (hence areas with names like Wolf Trap) that organically kept the deer population in check, but we killed them all off. Without a natural predator (aside from the occasional coyote or ambitious fox) the deer population exploded. It's an ecological necessity to do population control in the absence of a natural predator. I'm in awe of the person who suggested we start putting out food for them; that would make it even worse.

It's more humane to have a couple organized hunts a year and donate the meat than it is to let them get constantly obliterated by cars while also throwing off the ecological balance of the region. [/quote]
We obviously should re-introduce wolves to Rock Creek Park[/quote]

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