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Some of the opinions on here surprise me so I'm curious on opinions on this. Fontenelle Forest is a 2,000 acre forest in an urban area Omaha Ne.. A few years back they had approximately 3 times the population of deer on the forest due to a lack of hunting or predators. Deer car accidents were pretty much an everyday occurence, they had eaten everything there was to eat. The Game department held meeting on two options limit the population by a controlled archery hunt or bring in an outside company to kill off the excess deer. They decided on a controlled archery hunt to bring the deer down to a maintainable level with hunters drawing for permits. I believe this was ethical and intelligent as long as it was controlled. The hunt was held over a several year period with no problem. Many of you I get from your posts would believe this was unethical because they were city deer. I disagree, it wasn't for me but I believe it was ethical and a good opportunity for some urban dwellers. What say yea!