Although uncontrolled hunting and habitat destruction pushed the white-tailed deer to near extinction, its numbers have increased over the last few decades. what is one important deer habitat management strategy that the deer population increase? a) killing off the predators in the area. b) growing food plots in the deer's habitat. c) having a planned shoot of the weak and old deer. d) cutting down bushes and trees in the deer's habitat.

The answer is C) Having planned shooting of the weak and old.

Explanation:

Hunting deer is one of the greatest threats to their species survival. When hunting is regulated is causes the population to remain sustainably into the future. Firstly, but choosing an older or weak or sick deer to shoot the hunter is not impacting on future generations as these deer might not contribute to the reproduction of future deer. The young have a chance to grow and help reproduce in the future. Deer can move into alternative habitats if one is damaged, to allow it to recover. However, reducing the young is not recoverable. In doing so hunters also pay for the opportunity to hunt a specific deer and the money goes towards the recovery of the habitat.