The Deer Paradox - Tim Heffernan - The Atlantic:
This is an interesting story by Tim Heffernan. Apparently white-tailed deer are thriving to the point where some communities wish there were more hunters. The business of hunting is booming even as there are many fewer hunters now than ever before. Even as it becomes easier to find and shoot a deer, hunters spend more money on fancy equipment, to the tune of $2500 including special sprays to disguise the human scent. (Maybe hunters just stink more and thus have more to cover up.) Car bumpers are killing about 1.5 million deer per year, a staggering number that may soon outpace those killed by more traditional methods which don't tenderize as well as a 2,000 lb. vehicle.
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