@tr_babb @nickcammarata yeah- definitely true too... but these deer would be browsing along the trail edge and not stop when we'd bike past... but it was an area w no hunting & population pressure on the vegetation... I think they've started a bow hunting program now
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Reply · Aug 23, 2025@nearcyan seriously! for me it's the land use and % of mammal biomass, like you cannot just have everyone switch to bow hunting or somethingReply · Nov 15, 2023@nickcammarata @tr_babb lol yes deer learn & adapt! I grew up in a suburb w trails where the deer would let you walk past maybe 3 ft from them and…Reply · Sep 18, 2023@not_a_fed_fr big game hunting is a question of sustainable population management & not hunting them down to the point that there's a scramble to kill…Reply · Aug 20, 2023@Navier_Tokes @futurecarcass sure for a particular individual- but my point is that overall there are not enough deer and rabbits for all humans to…