bullets are still cheaper
Yes, my thought exactly, a decent .308 cartridge can be had for under a dollar.
Hunting permits will do nothing to reduce the numbers of these deer. In fact, the issuing of such would be in strict violation of firearms safety. These vermin are nothing but neighborhood deer and any attempt to shoot them in their environment will put all the homeowners in that location at extreme risk.
As for any anticipated response of using bow hunters, unless you can guarantee a one shot and drop hunt, which you can’t, nobody in that area is going to want you tracking a wounded deer across their front or back yard lawns………I know I wouldn’t and I’m a hunter.
The only true and safe solution to the problem is rather then tranking and sterilizing the deer, just trank them and get them the hell out of the area……..