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.
Biology · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Deer are herbivores and are known for their opportunist tendencies. Deer will consume most forms of vegetation and wat over 700 species of plants. As crops are easily accessed, highly varied, and extremely nutritious, crops are particularly susceptible to deer feeding. Deer particularly consuming pumpkins, strawberries, squash, beans, peas, and most fruits. This can cause financial loss to farms that are particularly susceptible to deer grazing.