piles 5 days later, all exhibited severe browsing this area. A rifle season would be dangerous to 
by deer. the human population. 
The future holds several knotty problems in In the southern part of the state it seems 
managing the deer herds in Illinois. Should deer likely that an increasing number of nuisance 
be harvested on the Rock River range? It has been problems will arise as a result of the increasing 
seen that this herd has stabilized, and that exces- deer numbers there. It would seem that, after the 
sive damage to crops and trees has occurredon population reaches a certain point, a wise use 
parts of the range. A bow and arrow, or possibly policy for the area would involve some kind of 
a shotgun, season on deer might be considered for deer cropping system. 
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