[GinaLolaB]

I have deer that visit my yard in upstate NY and I think they are beautiful. This last winter I was worried about them because of the 6 feet of packed snow that fell and did not melt for months. But sure enough they showed up again after it melted. Deer are very skittish, they are always nervous about their surroundings. The creep that shot 40 deer is a very mean thug.

[Free Vulcan]

Hear what you’re saying hon, but understand that if you don’t control the deer population, they get blue tongue and wasting disease to name a few, and die horribly. I’d rather see them killed by a gun and left to rot than go that way.

[Eaker]

Please read the entire thread.

[ctdonath2]

If the deer ate thousands of dollars worth of landscaping, you might change your tune.

[Clam Digger]

Deer are very skittish, they are always nervous about their surroundings. The creep that shot 40 deer is a very mean thug.,

How long has it been since you moved out of the city? If a deer ate half of your paycheck, I'm sure you'd be pissed. What he did was completely legal, too.

I hate when ignorant city people try to make rules for those who feed and clothe the rest of the world.

[dangerdoc]

I’d be happy to ship you about thirty of them that cross my drive every morning and evening.

Deer are like rabbits, they exist to provide meat for the next rung up the food chain. If that predator is not there, they breed until starvation culls the herd.

Much more humane to shoot a few than to wait until thousands starve.

It’s rather unfair to call someone you do not know a creep or thug. He’s probably a typical farmer, fighting to stay afloat, bankers calling about loans, bad weather and on top of it all deer eating what little profit he may make that year. Those beautiful deer may mean his kids don’t get new clothes for the coming school year, or even worse, losing every thing he owns.

[Issaquahking]

and I think

There in lies the problem. You are hundreds of miles from the problem, and it's cause and effect.

If you were in the middle of a bad situation, you'd be acting to correct the problem. You are the same type of person who enables the SOB's that call theirselves the Sierra club, or any dozens of dumb ass envirowhacko groups, to collect $25 dollars, or so, per person, to take your money, and use it against those that are trying to correct problems, both now, and in the future!

The road to hell is paved with good intent. Perhaps a book, from an expert, might help? May I suggest, a book?