This is one of the challenges facing conservation that is best handled with a multi-front approach.
The two links below have some great and unique solutions to keeping deer populations in check. Everything from culling herds via extended hunting seasons; habitat modification (this involves deterring males from approaching females during the rut, by reducing usable ground cover in some cases); re-introducing or bolstering natural deer predatory numbers, etc.
Shelters in Michigan and Washington both are happy to taken in donated venison. My understanding is this is most often used in stews.
When deer populations get out of control they put significant strain on the surrounding ecosystem. Another serious problem that happens when a herd exceeds the lands ';carrying capacity'; they start moving about more -- sending the deer - car incident numbers up rapidly. Some of these encounters are not only fatal for the deer, but car drivers and passengers as well.What are some logical suggestions for controlling the deer population?
1.Extend the season
2.Have a ';Food Pantry Season-all deer meat in this season get donated to the food pantry
A shotgun
extend the hunting season to include bow and cross bow in areas where human contact is a problem and why only allow the poor the venison ,why not make it a available to all consumers from butcher shops
extended hunting season, or remove any restriction on number of deer you can kill in season
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