This article talks about Noble Foundation Agricultural Research team conducting a study to investigate the effects of the number of hunters in one area on male white tail deer movements in southern Oklahoma. The researchers who conducted this study concluded that one of the problems to avoid in order have success in deer management is poaching. They also said that the poachers will kill any animal by any means necessary. They have found ways to avoid the authorities by hunting at night, shoot animals on the streets, and even hunt out of season. The results of this study showed the poachers killed 8 of the 57 male white tail deer that had radio collars around their neck in order to track where they went. The Noble Foundation were tracking the 57 deer by the radio collars around their neck so they track the deer's movement. Unfortunately, if the poachers killed the deer, collared or without a collar, they would have killed 14% of the antlered deer population of Oklahoma every year. Even though there are a lot of game wardens in Oklahoma, the possibility of catching a poacher during the act is slim. The researchers said that the best way to combat poaching is through landowner and hunter vigilance.
I think this is a good article to use for my research paper because it shows what happens to the population of deer when there are poachers in the area. The article also identifies possible solutions for stopping poaching.
Gee, K. (2010, March). Deer poaching - is there a solution?. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.noble.org/
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