. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. to supply the deer herd with food, then in the best inter- ests of the deer population as well as of the forests a more natural balance must be attained. Three adverse .situations, caused by over-population of deer, are now common in many sections of Pennsylvania. First, the forest growth and consequently forestry i)ractice, suffers. Second, the deer herd by consuming": practically all the available food supply and ruining the forest cover causes a sharp decrease in the number of wi
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. to supply the deer herd with food, then in the best inter- ests of the deer population as well as of the forests a more natural balance must be attained. Three adverse .situations, caused by over-population of deer, are now common in many sections of Pennsylvania. First, the forest growth and consequently forestry i)ractice, suffers. Second, the deer herd by consuming": practically all the available food supply and ruining the forest cover causes a sharp decrease in the number of wild turkey, grouse, pheasant, quail, rabbits, squirrels and other small game. Third, the deer, because they cannot find an adequate supply of food, are undernourished, a condition permitting easier infection by diseases such as pneumonia and rickets, and the breeding of parasites, with a resultant deterioration in bodily vigor and size. This type of deer is not what game conservation and scientific game management are designed to produce. ''Variety in game is quite as valuable as ; It is not fair or wise to adopt any practice of game management which provides sport for one class of hunter and denies it to another. But this in effect is what follows an abnormally high deer poj)ulation. Game, all kinds of woodland game, should become a major Pennsylvania forest product. Today in Pennsylvania we are faced with the problem of the dis- pasal of suri)lus animals in forested areas no longer able to supply adequate food. The State P^rests of Pennsylvania are administered on a permanent basis just as the control and management of game by the Commonwealth is on a permanent basis. Tt would be decidedly un- fair to the recreational rights of Pennsylvania citizens for any system of forest management to be followed that would permit anythinj? short of the optimum production of game. At the same time it would be a short sighted policy to encourage the production of game beyond th
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