Tried to watch the show but couldn't,
because the "hunters" jabbered too much.
HOWEVER, I would rather see someone helping solve the urban deer problem this way than know about the ways one affluent tree hugging St. Louis county suburb handled it.
Town n Country, Missouri had and has a huge 'urban deer problem'. The deer were responsible for many many auto accidents and thousands of dollars in landscaping damage. But, enough of the residents didn't want to see Bambi killed so they convinced the MO dept of cons to trap the deer and transplant them to more urban surroundings. MDC explained that a huge majority of these deer would die because deer don't accept relocation! So, they radio collared the transplants and studied the results. Something close to 98/100 of the deer died within a year!
Fast forward about 5 years and the problem was back. This time, the city HIRED "sharpshooters" and MDC waived the spotlighting laws and the ANTI-BAITING laws to allow the sharpshooters a free for all depredation. This cost the city something in the neighborhood of $200 per deer. MDC recommended the city allow Archery hunting within the city to alleviate the problem but NO, that just wouldn't do.
So, if this show plants a the seed of a reasonable solution in just 1 tree hugging bureaucrat's head, I am GLAD they are showing it. As for me, I just change the channel
because the "hunters" jabbered too much.
HOWEVER, I would rather see someone helping solve the urban deer problem this way than know about the ways one affluent tree hugging St. Louis county suburb handled it.
Town n Country, Missouri had and has a huge 'urban deer problem'. The deer were responsible for many many auto accidents and thousands of dollars in landscaping damage. But, enough of the residents didn't want to see Bambi killed so they convinced the MO dept of cons to trap the deer and transplant them to more urban surroundings. MDC explained that a huge majority of these deer would die because deer don't accept relocation! So, they radio collared the transplants and studied the results. Something close to 98/100 of the deer died within a year!
Fast forward about 5 years and the problem was back. This time, the city HIRED "sharpshooters" and MDC waived the spotlighting laws and the ANTI-BAITING laws to allow the sharpshooters a free for all depredation. This cost the city something in the neighborhood of $200 per deer. MDC recommended the city allow Archery hunting within the city to alleviate the problem but NO, that just wouldn't do.
So, if this show plants a the seed of a reasonable solution in just 1 tree hugging bureaucrat's head, I am GLAD they are showing it. As for me, I just change the channel