Deer Population Control

In the last decade in the Northeast deer have gone from being an enchanting, occasional sighting to being a pest.  They eat crops, invade gardens, eat small trees and keep wandering in front of cars.  There are less sport hunters and “culling” services are expensive and unpalatable to the sensibilities of many suburban residents.  What can be done about this problem?

The Ideapreneur has a potential solution.  Allow commercial enterprises to hunt wild deer and process it into a high-end food supply.  The enterprise would be issued a game management license for a region, perhaps Western New York, for a specific time period, maybe 10 years.  This would give “Gourmet Venison” (working name) enough supply to justify the investment in the facilities and marketing.

You have objections, the ideapreneur has answers:

Would people buy “wild harvested” venison?  They buy “wild caught” fish.

Isn’t it inhumane?  Is it more humane to allow deer to overpopulate so that they starve to death?

Will people pay a premium for deer meat over chicken or beef?  They used to in the early 20th century.  People pay a massive premium for snails and abalone.

Why would politicians support this very non-green idea?  Because it would generate tax revenue and jobs and would lower deer damage.  The idea could be very popular with their constituents.

The Ideapreneur:  You see problems we see opportunities.