Get your Bear spray....
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I live 200 yards from Shamong and our development is inundated by white-tailed deer. They leave scat all over my yard, carry ticks, and cars are running into them on Stokes and Tucketon road. My family and I have had a number of near misses. I would love to have more bear and coyote running around Wharton and the Pine Barrens, culling the deer population. Black bear would also cull the forest photographer population, making things a little less competitive.
https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/White-tailedDeer/Pages/PredationDeerPopulation.aspx
https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/White-tailedDeer/Pages/PredationDeerPopulation.aspx
The Blueberry And Cranberry Farmers don’t need any bears in the area. Deer are bad enough eating the crops. There are plenty of coyotes around aiding in reducing the deer population. Developments house all the deer because they have all the food they need and are much safer.
Unfortunate for those living in the NW part of the state, where the hunt was concentrated.
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bearzonemap.htm
Current Bear activity report;
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/bear/activity_ytd18.pdf
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bearzonemap.htm
Current Bear activity report;
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/bear/activity_ytd18.pdf
You are correct about food for deer in developments. They eat the grass and every shrub on my property including broadleaf rhododendron which they aren't suppose to eat but do. They do lay off the boxwood and japonica. But I do love your blueberries.