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Originally Posted by Jack Moroney
Don't mind them culling the sick, but the young'ns don't have much of a chance when they get caught napping in the yards in winter.
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I don't think there's much deer predation by coyotes around here, more's the pity. We have terrible damage to our hardwood ecosystem; the deer eat everything except the buckthorn, which is taking over. They want us to shoot and bury again this deer season -- the chronic wasting disease (mad deer disease) is creeping down from Wisconsin. That is so foreign to the hunting ethos that many have just stopped hunting, even in Wisconsin where the schools all close at the start of the season. We have so many suburban deer around here that they are a real nuisance, and a pitiful sight during a rough winter.