Hunting

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hunting is quite necessary, in some areas, since deer have been left without any natural predators (since we've killed all the wolves) and over run the area.

True! With deer populations too high, all forest undergrowth is devoured and there is no natural buffer to keep sucking up excess nutrient runoff like a big sponge... controlled deer hunts are a necessity near me at the Quabbin reservoir, which supplies drinking water to Boston and the outlying areas....keeping the deer populations down allows for a healthy forest. And also without low shrubbery, other forest creatures have no cover or nesting areas and they become vulnerable to freezing and predation...guess what I studied in college, lol...

Also, hunters are often strong enviromentalists and understand the consequences of upsetting the delicate ecosystem.

Good hunters must understand their environment to be successful.