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However, outfitters have to be careful not to overhunt elk and overload their fall hunting camps with too many hunters to make up for the decline in deer hunting, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2017

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, government controls on hunting practices evaporated, unemployment soared, and villagers in the region began to overhunt the boar and red deer that tigers depend on.

From Time Magazine Archive