Thread: Tree bark peeled off question

Have seen a lot of bark stripping in the past two years. Red deer. Nothing else about. Caught on camera doing it. In areas I go is happening more and more and coinciding with a noticeable increase in population. Am sure it happens in low population too, but the deer are in poor condition and the palatables are not plentiful. Central North Island mostly. Deer populations in the bush are growing and everyone seems to be hunting open country with dial ups these days. For deer to be consistent in the open there are a shite load more in cover. Like the man said about rabbits. For every one above ground, there are ten below. Sell your WSMs and Edges and go bush young hunter.