Re: Hunting WARNING - OPINION FOLLOWS

[wambo@fast.net]

Not flaming!!! Just defending hunters. Yes, as Lif describes it, that is bad
herd management. But it simply is not the way it works. I have been married
for 20 years to a deer hunter, and he thinks about that trophy buck, looks
long and hard for that trophy buck, and even has one hanging on the wall in
the living room. 9 years out of 10 he brings home the scrawny 4 pointer. The
trophy buck is exactly that because he has been smart enough, and strong
enough to survive multiple hunting seasons ~  and meanwhile has been
covering does. Hunting pressure from humans is not significantly different
from hunting pressure from any other predator species. And hunting pressure
is good herd management.
Nancy Wombacher
wambo@fast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
To: AERC <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 11:38 AM
Subject: RC: Hunting WARNING - OPINION FOLLOWS


>WARNING - OPINION FOLLOWS - DELETE IF YOU GET OFFENDED EASILY OR CAN'T
>RESPOND WITHOUT FLAMING!!
>
>DISCLAIMER - The following is my opinion - if you don't like it, you can
>stick it ... in your trash folder.
>
>Hunters who want to help control deer population should not go out and
>get a trophy buck.  You can kill all the trophy bucks you want, but if
>there's just one mongrel buck left to breed, you'll have exactly the
>same number (or more) of deer next year - my theory here is that less
>bucks = more feed, the one buck left still breeds all the does, who then
>have twins because there's more feed.
>
>Therefore, forget the trophy animals.  Go for the does if you're worried
>about the deer population, and let's not pretend that trophy hunters are
>helping the deer population in any way (taking the most prime specimens
>and leaving the worst to breed.... goes against all understanding of
>good herd maintenance anyway).  Lif
>
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