The main problem here is no coordination between the Dept. of Ag. or the DNR. The head of DNR works his way up through the ranks, the The Ag Commissioner is elected every four years and is looking to move up, usually to Governor or Congress, he's everything to everyone. The DNR is largely self funded from fees, the DoA gets tax money out the wazoo in a rural state.
The DNR has come up with good plans in the past for control of the deer herd, but if they control it too tightly they're cutting they're own throat due to reduced fees, plus the organized hunting interests get their owned pols out to sabotage it. Meanwhile the Ag commissioner is elected by everyone, and those pro-deer groups throw a lot of money behind the guy who is going to do the least to check the population of their favorite animal in regards to the two weeks they actually care about the beasts. The result is the same runaway deer herd we've had for 30 plus years and counting creating havoc.
The DNR is starting talk of reintroducing Elk, as they've started to wander in anyway. I drove up on a wreck where an Elk took out a full sized, tricked out Jeep, about 12 years ago. Killed the elk, killed the driver, and totaled the Jeep. Patchy fog that morning with some small dense spots, the guy and the elk met on the front end of a patch of fog. It looked like the guy in the Jeep didn't even have a chance to swerve to avoid it? Passing lane of I-81 S. in SW Virginia about 30-35 miles N.E. of Bristol. A little before 7 a.m. in the middle of the week. You've got to think the guy was probably minding his own business on the way to work? The ambulance passed me a couple miles before the wreck. It's going to be a lot of fun driving when those big boys get established and start grazing on the sides of the roads.