Re: Sibley on birds and windows

In article <z1X2j.20946$L%6.15507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Eric Miller <millereric_nospam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This happens often in my state, Louisiana, which results in
local hunting groups pressuring their state representatives to pressure
the wildlife management agencies to make rules that are not
scientifically sound.

Fortunately, the citizens of Missouri long ago removed wildlife
management from the legislature's fickle grasp. Instead, conservation
policy is directed by a non-political commission that represents all
stakeholder groups and is guided by science. It works very, very well.

Hunters who kill only the strongest and fittest of deer for
their trophy value and then criticize those who kill the weaker, younger
and less developed deer are the real problem IMO.

It's largely a matter of the ethics imparted by family members while
learning to hunt. Back when deer were practically extirpated by market
hunters, it made sense to protect does and younger bucks so herds could
recover. We're gradually overcoming that traditional but outdated bias
through hunter education and regulations that encourage the harvest of
does. A hunter gets only one buck per season, but in many parts of the
state can purchase as many antlerless deer permits as he wants.

An increasingly frustrating problem is McMansion owners who think every
deer is Bambi, yet complain about the damage they cause to gardens. They
propose relocation and birth control, neither of which works, instead of
allowing bowhunters to thin their local populations (of deer, not
homeowners, though it gets one thinking...).

I am not a hunter, but I understand and respect the role of hunting as
an important and cost-effective wildlife management tool.

--
Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
.

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