Regulated commercial harvest to manage overabundant white-tailed deer: An idea to consider?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-194

  Vercauteren, Kurt C ^a   Anderson, Charles W ^a   Van Deelen, Timothy R ^b   Drake, David ^b   Walter, W David ^a   Vantassel, Stephen M ^c   Hygnstrom, Scott E ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial harvest; Odocoileus virginianus; Overabundance; Population management; White tailed deer; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; FOOD SAFETY; HARVESTING; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIVATIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84856252919     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.36     Document Type: Review

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