Hunting
...igh for a region, it could affect other animals that depend on the plants the deer nibble down to nothing. When the deer nibble on tree branches and many other types of primary producers, they have a tough time surviving. Without trees and plants, energy isn’t produced and that affects successful reproduction. Some insects that rely on plants are affected from high deer population, and if deer numbers reach 15-30 per square mile, they can nibble down shrubs and plants that birds rely on for food and nesting. Many people say that the deer population keeps itself low and hunting seasons are not needed. This is true to some extent, when the deer population gets to high for a certain area, they run out of food and become weak and unhealthy, this causes natural mortalities but not enough to keep the deer population low enough. In areas where deer populations are around 20 per square mile, they can cause damage to many high valued trees. Christmas tree farmers have to figure in costs from losing trees to deer. Deer love pines and usually cause a high amount of damage to them. The deer also love alfalfa, soybeans, corn and many other plants, which causes a lot of damage to farmers field too. Every year, approximately 40,000 accidents are reported from deer being hit by cars. These accidents cause around 90 million dollars in damage claims. As traffic increases, the deer heard is also increasing which just causes more and more accidents to happen per year. An extra season would help bring this high deer population down. On the other side of the fence, the large deer population causes a great hobby for many white-tailed deer hunters. There are a lot of hunters that enjoy getting together with friends and family to go out and hunt. A buck-only season would just add another week for friends and fam...