Question

Deer are eating the crops of local farms. Farm owners are asking wildlife managers to increase the bag limits for deer in the state park adjacent to their farms. Bag limits are the number of deer hunters can kill per season. What environmental factors should wildlife manager investigate before making a decision? Please provide supporting details for your answer.

Answer 1

I came up with this. Before passing the law, they need to think about the consumers. Deer feed off of plants, and bugs feed off the deer. Bugs such as the tick and mosquito. Reptiles and other larger bugs in turn feed off of them. If the deer are killed off too much, these consumers can't feed, in turn killing them. The government should think of alternate ways that will not disrupt the ecosystem and food web.