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1) Do you have an accurate count of female deer so that you can accurately estimate births? 2) If more females were taken than males in the last culling, the estimates could be off. And depending upon where the deer were taken, there may be fewer births than anticipated in some areas. 3) Deer under a year do not tend to have twins and may not even have a baby if they are small. The 2-3 deer I have occasionally seen in Villa over the last month are mostly under a year in age. There are MANY fewer animals when I walk through the parks daily, so the harvest in Reservoir/Villa area last year did decrease the density substantially. It seems inhumane to kill deer that are under a year. Killing 50 will undoubtedly require harvesting a large number of very small young deer. 4) The map provided for 2019 is dated the end of February - before the end of the culling (said to be March 7). This could mean that the number of deer was less than 45 deer throughout Roseville in the spring, couldn't it? 5) Also, two of the clusters of deer were on the border of other suburbs (e.g., Little Canada) and likely migrate in and out. 6)Harvesting is bound to influence behavior and movement of deer and may promote more traffic incidents. Deer appear to like to herd together and so it seems unreasonable to expect only a certain number of deer will remain spread out per square mile. Does the USDA have thoughts on this? 7) Is the total cost for the last deer culling available and what is the estimate for the next culling? If it is over 200.00 a head, then the community should be able to weigh in on things such as cost. I think there is clearly an overweighting of the people who complain about deer. I would like to see the final report from last year if it is available. Do you have a link to this? Also, just an aside. I was told there was a dog that was injured by a deer in Acorn park. I have volunteered in wildlife rehabilitation for over 35 years. It seems extremely odd that a deer would chase a dog being walked by a person (if that person had the dog under control). It is more likely the person was harassing the deer with the dog or that the dog was running loose. I don't see how that example can be used as a reason for killing more deer than were harvested last year. If anything it seems to indicate the leash laws aren't being enforced. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thanks to Nancy