I came across this article as I was scrolling through the Nature Conservancy’s website for internship opportunities. We have been talking a lot about the excessive deer populations throughout the country and thought this was an interesting approach to managing the populations. In the “Lawn carp” chapter of Nature Wars they even mentioned bringing geese to a slaughterhouse on Long Island where the meat was then donated to various food pantries. This article suggests a similar practice but for deer.

As we discussed in class today we saw some things in Cabella’s that may have been using hunting as a cover to just sell guns but I think that this article sheds light on the topic and that real hunting is important. There are hunters out there that are using it an art form and really care about the deer. Unlike those that shot birds at Hawk Mountain, the hunters in this article are not abusing their power just to destroy the deer without using their meat. This article gives some light that hunters can really help in the conservation of deer populations while helping the hungry as well.

http://blog.nature.org/science/2015/11/04/hungry-change-deer-management-food-security-hungry-venison/