" Where is the source for this claim? Sorry, but it sounds more anecdotal than factual as far as the USA is concerned. Native peoples aside, if I lived in an area where I literally had to hunt to survive, I'd move--particularly if I had "a family to feed." "

You are obviously from the middle or upper class. Believe it or not, there are MANY people in the lower US who hunt to supplement a low income. Many of them poach because they can't afford the hunting fees. You rich people can go to your grocery stores as far as I am concerned.

" Actually we do. If they are slow enough and unwise enough to be shot by a human then they are removed from the gene pool. The smarter, stronger ones get away. I personally see it just about every year. "

The smart, strong deer are fast and wise enough to know I am scoping down on them from 50 yards, so they get away. BS!