protect the environment.? That is, why are most deer hunters against these organization that are doing all they can for the environment, if they claim to be stewards of the environment. Ever been to game lands and seen lots of beer cans and shot gun shell casings lying around? Well I have! We use to have predators that took care of this but we moved into their terroity and no one wants to have cougars in their yard. However, if you are willing to encroach on a mountain lions land you should try to live with it no matter what the cost. Even if a cat killed one of my kids I would not go around shooting cats. Life is about chance! It's time for humans to stop thinking that every house and yard should be a perfect place where nothing bad can ever happen cause it's going to. I know someone who shot a bear to protect his family and later died from a bee sting. We must learn to accept these risk and bring the pedators back that controlled these populations. As far as deer being overpopulated is concerned. Perhaps it's time to set up more parks and put more limits on the places that people can move into and give the deer more space
to roam! People shouldn't be scared of bears anyway unless they have already hurt or killed someone, then I say put it down, but at least give it the benefit of the doubt. A bear that has tasted a human will go for more and that goes the same for most predators! Still we shouldn't go around just shooting them to keep them of of our property. Sometimes cows will be eaten but comes with the territory when you live where wild game are present. It's not the animals faught! Remember animals have been facing evolutionary battles long before humans walked the Earth. Deer have faced many hardships, more or less predators, ice ages, running out of and having access to plenty of resources, and now facing human enchroachment. The environment has also fluctuated during this time as well. Think about it for a second. The deer were able to survive all of this without the assistence of hunters or tax dollars. Hunters do donate to state parks and help out in this way but I think that they are missing the bigger picture for the environment as a whole. As best as we can and even in the face of the controversial situations that would arise, we should attempt to stabalize the populations of all predators. It is not their fault we are on there land. There are less than 10,000 tigers in the wild and most of the people that live near them want them protected even though they have killed their family members. There are many armless surfers who return to the exact spots that there arms have gotten bitten off cause they accept the chances. Many people in India live beside diseased rats due to religous beliefs. Americans should start giving the animals more room as well! As far as deer starving is concerned, the bible says that people should leave the edges of their crops for the people passing by. If you;re not a christian I am sorry I made that statement but I respect all religions! Just let the deer have some of your crop and consider that part of the price of living with nature. Grow more crops or let your self go a little hungrier. I doubt they will eat you out of house and home. I have hit 3 deer while driving, but then again their are drunk drivers, hail storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, cancers, and all kinds of other dangers that I must face everday. So I do understand what it's like to be helpless on the side of the road cause of a deer. The war in Iraq was pretty bogus, at least most people now agree, but now 1/3 of Iraqi children are dead and have not ever heard this shouted out in the streets. Most of the people in Bush's admistration were hunters and most hunters supported bush and yet no one even seemed to mention these children were dead! All of this was supposedly for our nations protection. If we are willing do go through such drama and send billions and billions of dollars into a bottomless pit and send our children in harms way to fight a country that didn't have a thing to do with 911, it's looks like we should be able to tolerate a few predators. Remember Few predators want to attack a human. However, they do! The ones that have attacked should be either tranquilized and taking away or just simply shot on sight! With this I agree. But I urge people to give wildlife a chance. If you come across a black bear and act unafraid, stand your ground, and try to scare it then it will most likely run away? Let's just call hunting what it is which is a hobby. Of course there are those who only eat what they hunt and so hunting is survival and I support this! I love deer meat myself. It is very good stuff and I love it with lemon, onions, and beer, oh yeah! Where as hunting may put a small dent into actually helping the environment, I don't think it is the answer to the bigger issues. Sometimes people get irritated with me and I feel like Charles Darwin and no one is takin me serious
to roam! People shouldn't be scared of bears anyway unless they have already hurt or killed someone, then I say put it down, but at least give it the benefit of the doubt. A bear that has tasted a human will go for more and that goes the same for most predators! Still we shouldn't go around just shooting them to keep them of of our property. Sometimes cows will be eaten but comes with the territory when you live where wild game are present. It's not the animals faught! Remember animals have been facing evolutionary battles long before humans walked the Earth. Deer have faced many hardships, more or less predators, ice ages, running out of and having access to plenty of resources, and now facing human enchroachment. The environment has also fluctuated during this time as well. Think about it for a second. The deer were able to survive all of this without the assistence of hunters or tax dollars. Hunters do donate to state parks and help out in this way but I think that they are missing the bigger picture for the environment as a whole. As best as we can and even in the face of the controversial situations that would arise, we should attempt to stabalize the populations of all predators. It is not their fault we are on there land. There are less than 10,000 tigers in the wild and most of the people that live near them want them protected even though they have killed their family members. There are many armless surfers who return to the exact spots that there arms have gotten bitten off cause they accept the chances. Many people in India live beside diseased rats due to religous beliefs. Americans should start giving the animals more room as well! As far as deer starving is concerned, the bible says that people should leave the edges of their crops for the people passing by. If you;re not a christian I am sorry I made that statement but I respect all religions! Just let the deer have some of your crop and consider that part of the price of living with nature. Grow more crops or let your self go a little hungrier. I doubt they will eat you out of house and home. I have hit 3 deer while driving, but then again their are drunk drivers, hail storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, cancers, and all kinds of other dangers that I must face everday. So I do understand what it's like to be helpless on the side of the road cause of a deer. The war in Iraq was pretty bogus, at least most people now agree, but now 1/3 of Iraqi children are dead and have not ever heard this shouted out in the streets. Most of the people in Bush's admistration were hunters and most hunters supported bush and yet no one even seemed to mention these children were dead! All of this was supposedly for our nations protection. If we are willing do go through such drama and send billions and billions of dollars into a bottomless pit and send our children in harms way to fight a country that didn't have a thing to do with 911, it's looks like we should be able to tolerate a few predators. Remember Few predators want to attack a human. However, they do! The ones that have attacked should be either tranquilized and taking away or just simply shot on sight! With this I agree. But I urge people to give wildlife a chance. If you come across a black bear and act unafraid, stand your ground, and try to scare it then it will most likely run away? Let's just call hunting what it is which is a hobby. Of course there are those who only eat what they hunt and so hunting is survival and I support this! I love deer meat myself. It is very good stuff and I love it with lemon, onions, and beer, oh yeah! Where as hunting may put a small dent into actually helping the environment, I don't think it is the answer to the bigger issues. Sometimes people get irritated with me and I feel like Charles Darwin and no one is takin me serious