I’m not a hunter, but have no qualms about it. Texas imported some mule deer into the area around my farm several years ago and they have really taken off. I counted 23 while I was out there last week. I didn’t realize there were so many. I called around to my hunter friends to try and find someone ... anyone ... who could come out during the one week they allow hunting in Bailey County, but nobody was available. Had I given them a few more weeks’ notice, they may have been able to come, but not this year.
I’m wondering how many we will have next year and whether I should prepare to do some feeding over the winter. I hate to see them get overpopulated.
I think the herd has decided to adopt me. The last day I was out there mowing, they actually sat in the middle of the area I was mowing and watched me go round and round. I can just imagine what’s going through their heads. “Those humans. Why can’t they just sit still for a little while?”