Threat of Axis Deer on the Big Island

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It's all about making lemonade and in the current job market very tasty lemonade. If the deer are already here it could be extremely expensive to eradicate them and very likely unsuccessful. Hunting, if encouraged, can prove very effective at keeping the population under control. Whitetail were being driven towards extinction in the Eastern U.S. by hunting before hunting restrictions were imposed. Now, with a greatly reduced hunting culture in the U.S. and widespread anti-hunting attitudes, along with the urbanization of the populace, the deer population has exploded. Hunting can provide an effective population control. Bottom line is you can possibly squander already insufficient state monetary resources in a futile eradication attempt or you can make lemonade.

Oh, and I have done a fair amount of hiking in all elevations of the B.I.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.