Question

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

Answer 1

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.

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Answer 2

If the deer had the humans as a natural predator instead of the wolves, than the deer population would be strictly regulated, thus having the approximately same number of individuals.

The reason for this will be that the deer will have a predator which will not kill it regularly, but only in certain times of the year, because only than will be allowed. Also, the deer that will be killed will be the grown individuals, not the young ones, thus the population will constantly remain balanced.