The deer that roam Rock Creek Park may make us all stop and marvel at the wonders of nature as we walk or ride along Beach Drive, but they’re a nuisance to the National Park Service — and it’s ready to do something about it.

WJLA reports that the park service is considering a plan that would send trained sharp-shooters into the park at night later this year to methodically pick off those little Bambis we so love. The reason? There’s simply too many of them and they’re eating up tree seedlings at an unsustainable pace.

There are around 1,900 white-tailed deer in Rock Creek Park, roughly twice as many as the park service actually wants. Since there aren’t any real predators that can naturally keep the deer in check (where the heck is that mountain lion?), their numbers have grown substantially over the years — from 58 per square mile in 2006 to 385 per square mile last year.

Fear not, nature-lovers — not all of the deer will be killed, though. The park service also plans on employing non-lethal methods to control where the deer can roam and what type of damage they can do.