frigidweirdo
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- Mar 7, 2014
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I am a conservative and all of you are my friends
but only
there is one thing I do not agree at all
and it is all this
kill kill kill poor innocent animals
that's all
want meat?
go to the supermarket
don't make the killing a habit or a sport
my 2 cents
I get that you dislike seeing an animal die. But be glad we do hunt.
Hunting brings in the lion's share of money for state conservation agencies. The fees, taxes, licences, ect all help fund state conservation.
Other than man, there is not a predator for adult deer. Dogs and coyote will harass one or kill a young one, but they don't keep the population in check. One state in the southeast has a deer population of around 1.5 million animals. Biologists say 1/3 of those should be culled to maintain a healthy herd.
So where are the natural predators? Could it be that man killed them off?
You think? But that is pretty much irrelevant, since we will not ringing those predators back in most areas, and the population of whitetail deer keeps growing.
So we keep playing God, and then we find excuses for things.
Maybe this is what happens when you start messing with the environment. (and this then goes off to a completely different topic which isn't for here).