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Let's be Thankful..
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INDEED ........... !
From a different article:
"The U.S. Biological Survey estimated that the whitetail deer population in America plummeted to around 300,000 individuals by 1890—a cataclysmic 99% decline from estimated highs of 30 million just a few hundred years earlier. If we assume these deer were evenly spread across the whitetail’s historic range in the Lower 48, the estimated deer density would have dropped to about .13 animals per square mile. That’s about one ear, a tail, and a single cloven hoof per square mile of God’s green Earth.
What Happened Next? So, were whitetails truly on the doorstep of extinction? It seems so. But lucky for us, this was not the end of the story..."
Article: https://www.themeateater.com/wired-...agement/how-the-whitetail-nearly-went-extinct
MY FATHER REMEMBERED THISE TIMES, after World War II when all these veterans got discharged from the service, physically fit, familiar with firearms, and looking to embrace a manly outdoor hobby like hunting, the number of hunters absolutely swelled!
BUT there weren't that many deer for this large number of hunters to pursue.
Most deer hunts were unsuccessful-- often ending without even seeing
a living deer on the hoof.
People who lived near large acres of woods farm fields, railroad easements, etc. did not see deer regularly like we do now.
Back then, if somebody spotted a deer they would phone their neighbors or go outside and stare, to marvel at the unusual sight: a wild deer within near their homes and backyards! It was really unusual!
"The U.S. Biological Survey estimated that the whitetail deer population in America plummeted to around 300,000 individuals by 1890—a cataclysmic 99% decline from estimated highs of 30 million just a few hundred years earlier. If we assume these deer were evenly spread across the whitetail’s historic range in the Lower 48, the estimated deer density would have dropped to about .13 animals per square mile. That’s about one ear, a tail, and a single cloven hoof per square mile of God’s green Earth.
What Happened Next? So, were whitetails truly on the doorstep of extinction? It seems so. But lucky for us, this was not the end of the story..."
Article: https://www.themeateater.com/wired-...agement/how-the-whitetail-nearly-went-extinct
MY FATHER REMEMBERED THISE TIMES, after World War II when all these veterans got discharged from the service, physically fit, familiar with firearms, and looking to embrace a manly outdoor hobby like hunting, the number of hunters absolutely swelled!
BUT there weren't that many deer for this large number of hunters to pursue.
Most deer hunts were unsuccessful-- often ending without even seeing
a living deer on the hoof.
People who lived near large acres of woods farm fields, railroad easements, etc. did not see deer regularly like we do now.
Back then, if somebody spotted a deer they would phone their neighbors or go outside and stare, to marvel at the unusual sight: a wild deer within near their homes and backyards! It was really unusual!
