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In reply to the discussion: Hunting, just a bad idea to go after this as if it were evil. [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)I know more than one local who hunts deer and turkeys year round. And they do not do it for sport; they do it to eat. The state has to know about this, but there is no funding for enforcement.
Ethically, I cannot see any harm in this. I have more problems with the sport hunters who want only to get their 9 point buck (or whatever) and descend on our peaceful forests in droves during Thanksgiving weekend and start shooting up the woods. Most of the locals do not hunt on opening weekend for fear of their lives from the city cowboys. Granted, most of the city folk are okay. But some are just plain coo coo.
Hunting is more than a sport here. It is a way of life for many. I wouldn't want it stopped for any reason.
BTW, I don't know a single person who hasn't hit a deer with a car. When I drive to town, there is often a dead deer at the side of the road (all two lanes, many dirt) clobbered by some driver. If I drive around the square mile where I live at dusk, which adjoins the national forest, I will often see over a dozen white tails, often many more, in the fields.
If people didn't hunt them, they would starve. The deer population is huge here.