Deer Vehicle Accident has gone UP as the result of hunting

[skidoosnowmachine]

80% of DVAs happen at night when there are no hunters in the woods. I'm not saying hunters dont cause a few DVAs but 2 main causes they go up in the fall is because farmers are in the field picking crops. The deer feed on these crops and when they are being picked they run out of the fields and sometimes end up being hit by a vehicle. Bucks also come into rut in the fall so they are walking around constantly looking for the next doe to breed. So dont point fingers before you know the facts

[Shayanne1212]

Rut is part of nature but you also have Wildlife Agencies providing deer to satisfy million of hunters so that mean by deer killing season you have that extra million that was not necessary but because of 'hunting' it was provided.

Look at what written in the PA Game Commission website on why they have "deer management".

"We strive to maintain a deer herd that each year that can provide quality sport to more than a million hunters. "

Then 'hunters' spook the deer out of the forest too.

[Shayanne1212]

That is why DVA's are the highest in the fall during 'hunting' season and why states with the most 'hunters' have the most deers thus DVA's.

[MnDeerHunter09]

Yeah you say the same old crap as the rest of the anti hunters. The PA Game Commission is the worst in the U.S. and needs help. Deer populations are not maintained to satisfy hunters. Hunters are needed to keep the number of deer within the carrying capacity of the land. Think of all the crops being harvested in the fall, these crops were a main food source and bedding area for deer, but then farmers harvest there crops and the deer go running and get hit.

[Shayanne1212]

You all love to use your crop theory because all the other BS is just that, BS. Maybe they are going into the crops to hide from the wildlife serial killers because they are not safe in their own home!

Sure its maintained straight from the Pa game commission and that is how most Wildlife Agencies work. Every state that has the most 'hunters' seem to have the most DVA's for many years, And why do DNR rejects deer birth control if DVA and overpopulation is such as issue.?

[MnDeerHunter09]

You need to take everything that is happening in the fall into account. Im sure hunting does cause a few dvas but there are many other factors. Obviously hunters dont cause that many because 80% of the dvas happen at night when hunters are not in the woods. My old accound was skidoosnowmachine.

[Shayanne1212]

The report also confirms that most wild animal collisions occur during early morning (5am-7am) or after sunset (5pm-11pm). Deer hunting is permitted one half hour before sunrise and one half hour after sunset. I am sure these widllife serial killers wants to slaughter after work and before work.