Deerland : : America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness

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Part I. Love and obsession. Darwin's deer -- Inside America's deer-industrial complex -- The deer of Buffalo County -- Feeders, baiters, and plotters -- Venison: The other red meat -- Part II. Consequences. Why the mountain fears its deer -- We get the leftovers -- The deadliest animal in North America -- Invasion of the suburban cervids -- Beyond the city limits -- Toward a balance restored.
Behind the unassuming grace and majesty of America's whitetail deer is the laundry list of human health, social, and ecological problems they cause. They destroy farm crops and vegetable gardens, devour suburban landscaping, ravage entire ecosystems, endanger motorists, and spread Lyme disease across the United States. The author ventures afield with botanists, ecologists, frustrated farmers and foresters, overworked body-shop owners, camo-clad hunters, and humble deer enthusiasts. Along the way he gives readers an insider's tour of America's deer-industrial complex -- and makes a case that yes, there really is such a thing. The author examines our history with whitetails, pinpoints where our ecological problems began, and asks tough questions about what it will take to restore the balance we've disrupted.

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