Perhaps when you had venison, it was not prepared well. There are lots of ways to prepare it.
Like ordering certain dishes at a Chinese restaurant? Better bambi than tabby, I guess. I prefer my venison rare...as in so rare that a veterinarian can save it!
A couple of grill marks is fine with me, as long as said grill marks include Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, or Honda logos (and not VW/Audi/Dodge logos).
My point, don't worry, hunting will not soon endanger the white tail deer in the US. Hunters for the most part are conservationists who love the outdoors and fiercely protect the wild and natural lands. We are not what Disney portrays us to be.
You forgot about the part where deer spread lyme disease, which is a *huge* problem in these parts. I completely understand/support culling the herd. Nobody in my recent family lineage was ever a hunter, so opening day isn't the equivalent of Superbowl Sunday for me like it is for many people. Besides, it isn't safe to go into the woods during hunting season in these parts with all of the
city-iots on the loose shooting at each other like they are in a giant paintball game. As I say to all of my hunting friends, take one for me...as long as I don't have to see, smell, taste, or hear about it. It's not my cup of tea. ("Did someone say tea? Tea, Earl Gray, hot!")
Several generations in my family were weekend ocean fishermen, and even more were into shellfish gathering on weekends. Probably explains why I dislike shellfish/seafood so much. I was probably out in a boat for fluke/flounder about a dozen times as a kid, and have zero desire to ever do that again. I also spent hundreds of nights in my younger days standing on piers at the Jersey shore scooping up crabs as they swam by. Hauled many a bushel basket of crabs out of the water, and watched my relatives eat them from afar because I can't even stand the smell of cooked lobster/crabs. My behemoth crabbing net is hanging from the rafters in our garage, and this post almost makes me want to head down to Seaside Heights tonight to see how many I can get (and give away).
Back to the deer. Blizzard and I used to watch the Big Cat Diaries and Meerkats on the Animal Planet cable network every morning before I went to work, and it was funny how he barked to warn unsuspecting prey on TV that they were in danger. Animal Planet dropped those programs in favor of some crappy fish tank building reality TV show, so the only morning activity that we have now is barking at the deer in the yard from the back deck about once a week when they pass through.....