The media is still lying to you. Your average hunter is not a guy named Bubba who drives an ancient pickup truck. It's your next door neighbor, a computer programmer, businessman, accountant, scientist, or lawyer. He or she hunts, not just for the sport, but to fill a necessary niche in the ecology. Unhunted deer follow a three year pattern.
Population rises until it peaks and exhausts winter food.
A massive starvation happens that Winter, and starving deer are seen wondering into urban areas looking for food. Hunted deer maintain an even population base year after year. Unless the wolf pack, cougar and Native American hunters are reintroduced on the East Coast, state game management will turn to the hunter to maintain the balance of nature. It's hitting a whitetail deer while driving. As suburbanization continues, more and more deer are found on our roads, dazzled by headlights and miscalculating the unnatural speed of our vehicles.