@themeateatercrew: Nantucket has a deer problem, and hunters are getting paid to help. With up to 150 deer per square mile, a conservation-funded program is increasing harvests, reducing deer numbers, and donating venison. More on The MeatEater Podcast: The News Show. #meateater #fyp #fueledbynature

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tyy_que
Tyy_q :
Jekyll island in Georgia has a big issue or at least it didn’t when I lived down there
2026-10-23 15:42:53
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griffinvanblack
Griffin Van Black :
Nobody on Nantucket is eating deer
2026-10-22 21:34:39
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mattjensen275
Matt Jensen :
How do I sign up as a non resident?
2026-10-22 21:01:30
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natethoughts1
natetalks :
So if I kill 1000 deer I get $150,000?
2026-10-23 00:45:08
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gweiner
grace :
As a local on Nantucket, yes the deer population is HUGE!! We have extended hunting season to help with that not long but I do believe it’s extended. I believe there’s also a program that you can donate the deer to the local food pantry/ food program that help feed many families.
2026-10-23 12:59:31
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equine.peckerlips
Equine Peckerlips :
I once knew a hunter from Nantucket ...
2026-10-22 20:22:42
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sebowenrod
Sebowenrod :
Many here reading this will know this of course, but Nantucket is the perfect example of why the govt organizes hunting to the extent they do. They NEED a regular body of annual dear hunters, they honestly need more. Deer hunters perform, at little cost to the govt., a time-consuming skilled conservation task that would otherwise cost a FORTUNE to organize. When you don’t have that body of hunters, the deer population goes nuclear like it has in Nantucket.
2026-10-22 22:12:45
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ambush.boats
Ambush Boats :
That’s awesome
2026-10-23 15:35:25
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bobby.queen851212
Bobby :
What’s the daily limit…
2026-10-22 20:46:52
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gunther6044
gunther :
In my area of New Jersey it is estimated 270 deer per sq mile
2026-10-23 13:07:57
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headly38
headly :
How big are the deer, cocker spaniel size?
2026-10-23 01:37:15
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adamlukin
Adam Lukin 🇨🇦 :
All this CWD talk and there’s a place with 150 deer in a square mile ? 💩 🪏 who’s to believe at this point .
2026-10-22 21:19:25
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beaverman223
Vinny Drago :
Close to impossible to hunt much of that island
2026-10-22 20:48:20
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reptarsdisciple
ReptarsDisciple :
where do I sign up????
2026-10-22 20:07:17
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jake17025
Jake Bac :
125/sq mile isnt alot of deer. The problem is 50k-80k people on that island.
2026-10-23 08:05:24
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shirleyjerushalmi
shirleyjerushalmi :
Come and gettm. The ate my garden
2026-10-23 11:58:20
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josh.friday05
Josh Friday :
Is this for real
2026-10-23 02:46:52
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cota_looper
COTA-Looper :
I work for a guy in NJ who asked me to go up and do this for him on his place up there. i looked into it. I couldn't find how to get a non resident license for this year.
2026-10-22 21:50:10
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jonathanbarth96
Jonathan :
Hell, I used to sell hogs to Cuban guy in Florida $45 apiece. I don’t think we had to do a court amount same with the deer but the deer were $65 apiece.
2026-10-22 22:00:27
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ohitscrusty
oh its crusty :
yet we still cant hunt in MA on sunday.. if they wanted the problem solved, open up Sundays extend the season into February, and allow shotgun all season.. theres also only a few places to hunt on Nantucket with houses as close as they are.
2026-10-22 21:18:08
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fvmisssophia
Nick Menga :
I went two years with a bunch of guys. It was a lot of fun. Don’t forget the massive Farrell cats that you get to shoot also
2026-10-23 11:22:56
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bignsweet3
Big-n-Sweet :
I'm homeless, I would love to do this for the money that gets me a place to live!!
2026-10-23 00:55:02
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buda0424
Budda0424 :
Yeah $150, but this is a yankee blue state, so how much are they gonna tax it?
2026-10-23 00:56:48
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lisbloom2
lisbloom2 :
My husband did a ‘control’ hunt(bow hunting) in Connecticut(15-20yrs ago). He didn’t get paid but a lot of people were happy getting venison for a Christmas present🦌. I think he got 15-18 the 1st yr. He had residents stop him and ask him to please hunt on their property. He saw so many deer dead from sickness or ‘starvation’. This was back when Lyme disease was rampant, 60 Minutes did an episode on it.
2026-10-23 12:55:44
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samuelevans841
Samuel J Evans :
Sign me up!!
2026-10-23 02:05:09
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