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On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:44:05 -0400, Secular Humanist
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I don't have a problem with those who have no other way to put meat on
their table going out and shooting a deer. But there sure isn't any
sport in it.

Why not shoot deer, there is certainly no shortage of them. Deer have
become a burden on the environment because we eliminated all of the
predators and I do not see much of a movement to reintroduce big cats
to the north east.

BTW the white tail deer is the most dangerous animal in the US killing
more people than all the predators, snakes and poisonous insects
combined.


I fish sometimes for "table fish," and never take more than I'm going
to
eat for a meal that day or the next. When I catch one, I don't see the
need any longer to post a photo of it. It's just a fish I happened to
catch. I'm not the great white fisherman and I don't want to be.


How would you feel if a PETA whacko rammed your boat while you were
fishing?



If it sank in deep water, I'd be ok. I have full replacement insurance
on everything.

Your life and the life of your crew is not important to you? OK

My major complaint about "hunters" is their macho bravado...as if
shooting a deer with a rifle is some sort of serious accomplishment.
As I said, if you hunt because it is the only way you can put meat on
the table, I have no problem with that.

It isn't the fault of the deer that we have eliminated much of their
habitat.

It is not really a habitat problem. The typical American suburb is
great deer habitat. In fact we have more deer here than there were
when Columbus landed.
Personally I think they should sell managed hunts to suburban hunters
at a fairly significant return to the tax rolls.
Bait the deer into a safe kill zone and let Bwana shoot them with a
decent back stop behind the deer for several hundred bucks. That is a
win-win. You cull the excess deer population, satisfy the hunter urge
and the state makes a lot of money.
It would end up cheaper for most hunters too.

Oh, and I favor re-introducing large, dangerous predators...cuts down on
the riff-raff. I am privileged to know some people who legally keep
large predators. The big cats and wolves I've meet seem more deserving
of life than your average palinite.

I doubt folks would be happy if they dropped a dozen mountain lions in
Rock Creek Park and called them "The Endangered Maryland Panther".
That is pretty much what happened with the Florida Panther.
To start with you would need to reduce all the speed limits so they
wouldn't get killed by cars, they would need to build 10 foot fences
around the beltway and the various other interstate feeders with
panther tunnels under the road. The people in Chevy Chase would just
have to understand a panther coming out of the park and eating pets
was just nature's way. Molesting the panther is a federal crime.
Just keep your kids inside at night and be careful where you jog.

Big news stories here lately is about three or four horses being attacked by
mountain lions.
Gov't still says we don't have any here.
http://www.outdoorns.com/features/cougar.htm
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...ed-cougar.html