March 23, 2020
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Solutions to Deer Overpopulation
What Can You Do About Deer Overpopulation?
Many of my clients in Oregon deal with deer overpopulation. This manifests in deer coming onto their property and eating their plants. When you invest in delicious food-producing plants, you want to eat them, not watch them be decimated by deer. I recently advised a client who reached out with questions about how to deal with a lot of deer in her neighborhood doing exactly this.
The problem of deer overpopulation is in truth an issue of wildlife mismanagement. Deer are a problem because their predators have been removed from the system. I highly recommend advocating for protections for natural predators such as cougars, bears, and wolves. These animals rarely attack humans and are vital to a healthy regional ecosystem.
