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NO Hunting! WHAT?
No hunting season or fishing allowed is what you would see posted in every state and county if certain organizations had their way. I don't have to mention any names for most people to no who I am referring to. I wonder if they have ever thought of the consequences; if that were to happen. In South Carolina alone if you were to stop the privilege and tradition we have in America to hunt we would have a catastrophic mess on our hands. According to SC Dept. of Natural Resources the 2006 Deer Harvest total was 221,320. Now that's a lot of deer! Although the number of deer harvested this year in this state is down 9.3 % from last season due to a number of possible reasons; that is still a lot of deer. Now; what would happen if this year we lost our hunting privilege. The number of deer would have increased making our roads even more dangerous. Now lets multiply these numbers by three for the 2007 and 2008 deer season, and you would have a deer population of 663,960 estimated based on 2006 totals since we of course have no way of knowing what these totals would actually be. Not to mention the number deer that we have lost on our state roads due to traffic accidents. Lets go a step further and multiply this same number for the next three years and the population just grew to 1,327,920. Remember this number is only based on South Carolina. Can you imagine what would happen throughout the United States? Farmers have enough problems now with the deer affecting our crops. If we can't harvest the deer for meat to put on our table and the deer are eating all of our farmers crops; where are we to get our vegetables? Let the vegetarians, and animal rights activist ponder over that one awhile. Another thing to remember are the deceases that are carried by the deer that we are hearing about more and more; some that are known to have caused deaths in humans like (CWD) chronic wasting disease found in wild-game in several states. How many more diseases can we expect if we allowed an over population of our deer herds. Not to mention that we have only discussed the deer population and not the population increase in other wild-game that we would not be allowed to harvest; if these organizations had their way. We mentioned the deer fatalities due to traffic accidents, but let’s not forget the human life that has been lost on our streets because a deer had run out in front of someone. I could not imagine the human lives that would be lost in this state alone if we allowed the deer population to grow in unbelievable numbers. It makes me wonder if the animal rights activist would keep their same opinions if they lost a loved one to a fatality due to the over population of deer. Another human fatality we face with wild-game are the attacks where humans have lost their lives due to a wild animal feeling threatened. Another thing to remember is that some of these organizations state that they oppose hunting in all its forms. Well I take this to mean the form of providing food for the hungry; because there are many hunters who through several programs provide food for those in need.
T. Mercier
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