[skeet]

Hey Fabs..the only predators you have for deer in your area is cars..not nuff hunting to keep the deer in check..same with the geese. Not nufff hunting. The foxes are running rampant in many areas of Md because of the areas they have adapted themselves to...urban sprawl no hunting etc there either. Red foxes were not native to that area ya know..but people brought in the reds and the grays suffered badly. Man always seems to overdo things in the name of "conservation". We have wilderness areas here that are becoming sterile areas. You know the indians weren't the conservationists that they are portrayed as being. Know what a buffalo jump is?? They ran entire herds over a cliff to get the meat..Even an entire village couldn't eat a 100 buffalo. Man has always interacted with nature..changing the face of things. Even the Indians started fires ..hunted in what are now National parks..and in the name of saving critters we put them in jeopardy. Think I am pushing an agenda? Look at the history of Yellowstone. And the things that have gone wrong in the past are still happening..in the name of conservation. The largest herd of elk in a Park(approx 20,000) are now down to about 8,000..and there is no hunting in Yellowstone. Whatcha think has caused the loss of all the elk?..It's still man as the ultimate cause..some idiots turned loose a few wolves and simultaneously put wolves on the ESL.. Not only has it hurt the numbers in the yellowstone ecosystem..but for 100's of miles from there. Into Utah..Colorado even into eastern Montana and Washington(no not DC). I have wolves in my area pretty much constantly. Oh well..maybe one day somone will finally get it right