tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post333120846144927828..comments2024-03-24T10:07:45.795-04:00Comments on Nature Nuggets: Oh Deer! The story behind the deer cull.Allen Woodliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07730308918843819863noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post-16226209987706304002015-11-16T10:49:11.004-05:002015-11-16T10:49:11.004-05:00Thanks, Ken. The interruption of the predator/prey...Thanks, Ken. The interruption of the predator/prey relationship has most definitely had a major impact on natural systems.Allen Woodliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730308918843819863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post-29575399544731828782015-11-16T07:38:05.089-05:002015-11-16T07:38:05.089-05:00Predation is a necessary ecological function, or &...Predation is a necessary ecological function, or "service" which serves as the contemporary economic description. As a unique landscape the park is far more valuable with a stable ecology. Along with Wolves, Cougers and Bears, the Chonnonton (Erie Neutral) People from 500 years ago and earlier kept deer in pens and off the landscape. The Mascouten, Nation of Fire, regularly modified the landscape through controlled burning, creating Oak Savannah as a means to a clear shot. One might even speculate that Oak Savannah is an extension of the development of the bow. Human landscape management in this area has often had a predation component and only recently have the decendents of European Settlers realized our realized our relationships brother bear and wolf.Ken Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681459626464539781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post-88139682321785771492015-11-11T09:36:03.973-05:002015-11-11T09:36:03.973-05:00Hi Irene....thanks for the comment. I've inser...Hi Irene....thanks for the comment. I've inserted an image from 1961 showing the deer enclosure.....perhaps it was your family??Allen Woodliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730308918843819863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686738124797191445.post-25524591760070314722015-11-10T22:35:13.680-05:002015-11-10T22:35:13.680-05:00Story on the deer cull-----well done Allen !!---an...Story on the deer cull-----well done Allen !!---and equally well<br />illustrated !! I've watched thru' the whole cycle, and agree 100% .<br />And, yes, our 3 kids saved table scraps, etc. all week long to take to<br />the Rondeau deer every Sunday. In the 60's there were several deer<br />plus other critters enclosed in a fenced in area behind the Maintenance.<br />But--that was long ago ! And I don't remember a "Gate Fee' then ! :}Irenenoreply@blogger.com