Show Overabundance of Deer Reported in Thirty States I Although countless sportsmen have hunted long and hard tp bag a adeer adeer I deer 30 of the 48 states have areas where deer are too abundant Wild Wild- Wildlife Wildlife I life Management institute reports j jIn I In deer trouble areas mens the animals have become so numerous that they have devoured all available high quality foods and an have starved to death in large numbers Stomachs of starved deer are arc usually full of food a survey reveals reve ls but the foods are of such low quality that while they supply plenty of bulk their nu nu- nutritional nutritional nu- nu nutritional value is negligible ible The survey of deer trouble spots in the United States was made by I Aldo Leopold Lyle K IC and David L. L L Spencer of University of Wisconsin They point out that more than different deer herds in the 30 states have reached the excessive excessive excessive sive population density that resulted ultimately in m destruction of the food supply and starvation for the deer Areas of overabundance of deer have developed chiefly since it itis j is pointed out because before that time the two chief natural enemies I of deer timber wolves valves and moun- moun mountain j r tain taro lions were found on most moun I deer ranges and tended to check local both by actual de de- destruction destruction de- de destruction of some deer and by keep keep- r ing mg them mo Coyotes Coy tes are not n t effective predators pr of deer because frequently have de developed de- de developed developed where coyotes are numer numer- numerous numerous numerous ous ous but never where wolves or or- s i. i cougar occur Deer are among the most critical wildlife conserva conserva- conservation conservation tion problems in the nation because the public so often resists control con rol measures necessary to cure cur the sit sit- sit sit- 02 JC |