Deer population control

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/01/15/deer-control-by-scalpel-instead-guns-seen-as-costly-ineffective/?intcmp=latestnews

Seriously? Who are these people that think of these things? Tranquilize and sterilize? License bow hunters out there and feed the poor! That would seem to be more effective, cost efficient, and fun!

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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/01/15/deer-control-by-scalpel-instead-guns-seen-as-costly-ineffective/?intcmp=latestnews

Seriously? Who are these people that think of these things? Tranquilize and sterilize? License bow hunters out there and feed the poor! That would seem to be more effective, cost efficient, and fun!

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x2 for feed the poor. But I’d add that those tags had to explicitly be stated for donation as such.

When my party goes hunting… we made the decision that we would take 1 deer for the 3 of us… and anything beyond that would go to the donation program. We are not huge venison lovers… and we aren’t super serious on hunting. To us, it is a “get away with the guys and do guy stuff” sort of week. In fact, we haven’t tagged in 2 years (wolves causing problems… what do you do). But we would never waste.

I just can’t get it through my head that they would actually spend that kind of money to sterlize a single doe so it doesn’t reproduce rather than taking that deer and putting it to use. just wow.

Feeding the poor is a great idea with the venison. One bad thing about it is that I didn’t know it costed so much to do so. In costs I mean how much it costs the shelter and organizations to do so. Our county pays the processing and states that it is great, but there are more efficient ways to use the money. Only downfall with the good dead.