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By 2021, there were approximately 50,000 to 70,000 Axis deer on Molokai, as opposed to a human population of 7,500 people. During a drought that extended into 2021, hundreds of the deer died of starvation.

To help control the excess population on Maui, a company called Maui Nui was founded in 2017 to hunt the deer and sell venison. In 2022, the company took 9,526 deer and sold 450,000 pounds of venison. The deer are harvested at night using infrared technology, accompanied by a USDA representative.