It may seem cruel to go out hunting Bambi, but in the US, the deer herds are usually far overpopulated. The mountain lions eat a lot of them here in my neighborhood, but there still are far too many deer. And where there are deer, there are deer ticks.
I think if people want to harvest meat from an overpopulated species, I won't complain - although I don't have the stomach to go hunting myself.

-Joe-