Most states have deer hunting seasons designed to reduce the size of the deer herd before it gets so large that deer starve to death during winters with little food. How might having humans as predators rather than wolves be expected to affect the deer population?
It is thought that having humans as predators rather than wolves is expected to affect the deer population in that the human predators do not share the catch as much with their offspring, meaning that the deer population will decrease at a higher rate.
D. The deer population would be less healthy since humans choose to kill the largest, healthiest individuals while wolves choose the weak or sick ones.
