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Abundant deer populations also create highway risks. In any given year 2,000 to 3,000 deer are involved in accidents with automobiles, and even a dozen or so with trains. Some of the traffic accidents result in human iryury and substantial property damage.

Deer may also wander onto airports where they are a hazard to air traffic.

And then there is crop damage. When deer become a threat to crops, wardens are authorized to issue permits to reduce their numbers. Usually 500 to 1,000 deer are lost annually in this manner.

Regulated hunting which permits the taking of does or anterless deer is the game management tool used to control deer populations. It is brought into play when the herds reach or exceed the carrying capacity of the

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