The reaction of the herd to the sudden kill is increased breeding. With plenty of food to go around, including all the food that the County put out as bait, more females got pregnant, and more births occurred. This new, high birth rate not only replaced those that were killed, but it added significantly to the size of the total population. Knowing this, it is easy to see how the killing that has already happened in Lewis Morris has affected the deer herd. The Park Commission's own documents reveal the rise in birth rates.
Pregnancies are up, and the population has risen.
The hunt has failed miserably, and the Park Commission's own documents prove it. Sadly, they are ignoring this and are going ahead with another year of killing. This is why we are asking the Morris County Freeholders to take action and stop this horrific hunting. Too much money and too much blood has been already spilled, no more lives must be lost to this shameful killing. The balance came from bonds.