Wall Street Journal Article

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As most of you know, I bought a towhouse 5 months ago and have been in the process of remodeling/upgrading everything in the house. Well, while in the Home Depot parking lot this past weekend, my dad and I ran into my cousin who lives less than 5 miles from me. He was buying stakes and green mesh to put around his pine trees and other shrubs that he thought deer were not supposed to eat. He mentioned all the trees and shrubs to me and I almost started to laugh. I had to tell him that deer had their preferences, but when they are starving they will pretty much eat anything. These deer here are starving because there are way too many of them in an urban setting. My cousin has woods behind his house, but to go bow hunting back there you need to be the President of the United States. Even then, you still need a bunch of political clout from other foreign nations to sign all the permits. It is utterly insane.

A couple of years ago, I heard a story from a hunter. Seems that when he opened up the deer's stomach, all he found were pine tree needles. That deer must have been really hungry. What is the difference if they starve to death or end up getting a swift quick clean kill? Probably the amount of pain they have to go through before they pass away.