Title: Management of people for benefits to deer.
Year: 1985
Abstract: As the technology to control deer populations and to improve deer habitat has been developed, several policy issues have become apparent that relate to human, rather than biological, dimensions of deer management. A significant amount of thinking and research has been done to define deer management goals in terms of public needs and wants. This approach has emphasized that deer should be managed for benefits they provide to people. In this paper, a reverse approach (i.e., people need to be managed for the benefit of deer) is used as a framework to review policy issues in deer management. It is shown that different management recommendations arise from people-oriented and resource-oriented approaches. Social, political, and economic factors contributing to differences in recommendations are discussed. Deer managers need to adopt a more professional posture if they are to manage public behavior without compromising resource values.
