Tangent to this...
I've only been hunting for a few years, so I don't have an entrenched perspective on this question, but has NY ever done much to control the population of its suburban deer? I live in southern Erie county and we are overrun with them.
Nearly every time I drive down the time I see multiple deer along the Cheektowaga stretch.
I have to think there's been quite a few people hurt or worse in car accidents because of them. ****, I've taken our two in the last three years.
I'm not advocating what these guys did or suggesting they should be exterminated, but seems like the experts could put forward a couple suggestions to control their population instead of leaving the task to motorists just trying to get from point A to point B.