The NJ State Museum in Trenton has an exhibit in its mammal hall that says there are only about 1,800 deer in the state and if development isn't planned they will soon be extinct. Needless to say the exhibit is very old, but I nearly wet myself when I encountered it. I live on the NJ/PA border and probably have that many deer in my garden in one night. The pasture behind us is being slowly taken over by roses and cedar trees: perfect deer habitat.

I'm not a hunter (couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a machine gun at three feet), but wish I could delegate my permit to my huntin', shootin', fishin' neighbor in exchange for the meat.