Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
- but I bet some people would argue that deer also constitute "overpopulated invasive species" in some parts of Illinois.

I sometimes see a deer standing on the side of the road, especially near the forest preserve. There's one enormous home close to where my parents live, that has a narrow drainage ditch right along the edge of the property. If I time it right, sometimes I will see two or three deer at a time standing near the ditch. I like when that happens! I worry that they'll walk out into the street and get struck by a car, though.
Deer are native, so would not count as an invasive species, but they are severely overpopulated in several parts of the country. Humans killed off their natural predator, the grey wolf, and even though coyotes are moving east and taking over some of their territory, a coyote is just not big enough to take down a full grown deer. Humans hunting deer is, therefore a necessity, we messed with the natural order, we should be responsible for fixing it. There is no way anyone would allow wolves to be reintroduced to harm either pets or livestock, so we need to control the deer population ourselves.