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Opponents Ask Lawmakers to Stop Deer Hunts
posted 11/02/09
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Officials at the park, the site of the Continental Army's 1777-78 encampment, want to reduce a deer population now estimated at 1,277 to between 165 and 185 over four years. They say the herd is eating so many plants, shrubs and saplings that the forest cannot regenerate.
Under the plan, the animals would be lured to areas baited with apples and grain, and federal employees or contractors would hunt them with high-powered rifles equipped with silencers. Officials have said that the first hunt will take place between November and March but have refused to say exactly when.
Opponents say the park is ignoring more humane and less costly options such as contraception.
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posted by: Commander47 on 12:47 pm on 11/10/09
1. I am surprised that no mention has been made concerning the use of what would be a tremndous food resource for those in need. Venison is everything anyone could possibly want in the way of meat product. Many years ago in California I was involved in "cropping" a small population of deer due to desease. It was quite effective and the most humane way to get the job done.
2] Contraceptive means is a nasty way to force a herd to die off. Now you have the expense of paying personnel to continually search for the dead and dying and have no by-product other than a disposal issue.
3] If someone would get smart enough to talk about benefit for not only the part, for the deer thjemselves and for people in need, the whole issue would have a much better chance of becoming something possitive rather than totall negative right out of the shut.
Just a couple thoughts,
Hank Sheffer
2] Contraceptive means is a nasty way to force a herd to die off. Now you have the expense of paying personnel to continually search for the dead and dying and have no by-product other than a disposal issue.
3] If someone would get smart enough to talk about benefit for not only the part, for the deer thjemselves and for people in need, the whole issue would have a much better chance of becoming something possitive rather than totall negative right out of the shut.
Just a couple thoughts,
Hank Sheffer
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