True, it isn’t a hunting practice, but it was, at least back in the 80s, one way to deal with the huge herds of deer that were devastating the crops in rural Wisconsin farms. Some relatives got word from neighors while I was visiting that a couple of hundred deer were headed their way: they called the local game warden, who gave them the ok to hunt with semi-autos out of season, and even showed up a while later to help cull the herd. Even with a half dozen men shooting they were only able to cull about 50, and then we had to haul the corpses out to the road for the county to pick up and dispose of. The corn crop was, in the end, a total loss because of this and other mass invasions by deer.
My suggestion of reintroducing mountain lions and bobcat to the area was not received well.
