Deer Kill Trout
“Deer kill trout,” calmly remarked a bird-lover to an angler friend. “What!” exclaimed the fisherman incredulously as his eyebrows rose to the limit. He thought that his friend was trying to make him believe that stags waded into streams, dipped their antlers and tossed up trout while hinds reclined on the banks admiring the prowess of their lords and masters.
“Yes, deer kill trout,” repeated the bird-lover. “You anglers.are constantly complaining about the heavy losses of trout when big floods scour streams, swish away the food of trout and dash plenty of them to death. In many cases those floods are due to destruction of water-regulating forests in high country. Deer are killing forests in such country. Therefore, as deer are promoters of floods they must be ranked among the deadly enemies of trout. I could say more .”
“Enough,” interrupted the angler. “You’re right. I’m with you all the way in the war on deer.”
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Forest and Bird, Issue 39, 1 February 1936, Page 16
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158Deer Kill Trout Forest and Bird, Issue 39, 1 February 1936, Page 16
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