Every day here is a vehicle deer hunt whether you like it or not.
Please come to N.W. Jersey & shoot every damn one of them! Almost everyone I know has hit at least one. They are everywhere! I talked to a guy recently who has hit 6 of them! Our governor is completely oblivious to it all. They are completely out of hand there are so many! Hell, I know 2 people personally wo have hit bears! Here is a copy of an article from last year:
Deer overpopulation is real in NJ. Our current maintenance approach isn't enough | Opinion
Gene Huntington
Special to the USA TODAY NETWORK
Working to improve ecosystem services has been both a career and a passion of mine. I founded Steward Green, headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, in 2008 to take conservation programs directly to landowners. Our focus is on habitat regeneration, wildlife management, bio-retention solutions, and teaching FAA compliance for UAS (drone) pilots.
In 2019, I conducted an infrared drone survey commissioned by the New Jersey Farm Bureau of eight study areas encompassing more than 15,694 acres, or approximately 25 square miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, and Warren counties. We confirmed 2,558 deer or 104 deer per square mile.
The survey found that deer densities per square mile are on the average of 7-10 times greater than safe and sustainable numbers. In some areas, the deer density was more than 20 times the proper deer density per square mile — 210 white-tailed deer per square. Experts believe deer density should be as low as 5-15 deer per square mile.
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Many biologists, ecologists and environmental experts, including myself, believe this situation demonstrates an ongoing deer emergency that will not improve without intervention that includes a science-based approach to ensure success.
The severely out-of-balance deer population leads to millions of dollars in economic loss from crop/landscape damage, automobile collisions, and disease in both animals and humans. Deer are rapidly depleting habitats that threaten New Jersey's forest lands and other native wildlife. Ground nesting birds, such as ovenbirds and grouse, have much reduced habitat in some areas because the overabundant deer population have eaten it.
Because deer have no natural predators in New Jersey, the white-tailed deer's current population continues to grow out of control. New Jersey needs a rational policy for adequately maintaining the state's deer population. The approach we have in place now is not working.
As past Director of Research and Natural Resources at Duke Farms, I enacted a deer management program in 2004 that was successful and is still managed to this date. The changes were not easy in the beginning. We partnered with the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife to implement effective strategies beyond traditional hunting programs. With 250-300 deer per square mile at Duke Farms, we met our 5-year goal of 10-15 per square mile one year early and put over 15 tons of venison in the food banks of New Jersey, feeding thousands who were in need of food donations.
Today when you visit Duke Farms, you will see something you do not usually see in New Jersey: hundreds of thousands of new trees, understory in the woodlands, and healthy habitats restored.
New Jersey must act now to control the overpopulation of white-tailed deer. It can be done.
Gene Huntington is an ecological land planner and the founder of Steward Green. 
