Without the deer hunt, the population explodes, accidents will be caused, damage and injury to human property and lives will be the result. Deer are cute we can all agree. But this is life.

Hey Cartoon, Shocking that a Maplewood resident would support the deer hunt. Could it be that Bambi is eating your bushes? New Jersey drivers are a lot more dangerous than the deer. Does everyone own an SUV and drive with a cellphone in their hand? Stop trying to make deer the scapegoat for bad driving. The other 15 towns in Essex county should not have to pick up the tab for the 6 towns that border reservations and the residents in those towns who do nothing but complain about deer because they think their gardens are so important. I have an idea. Don't live near a reservation. Quit spewing propaganda made up by the people who profit from hunting licenses (Fish and Game). Deer populations in the reservation were fine until several years ago when suddenly they were out of control. How did we survive all those decades without a deer kill? and don't tell me there were predators that kept the population in check. There weren't predators there for at least a hundred years.

These people who want the deer kill are the first ones who would complain about money spent by the county unless of course it is on something they think benefits them. Hypocrites. Don't complain about your high taxes you deserve them if this is what you see fit to spend money on.