Worse, why weren’t arrangements made to dress the carcases and get them to a butcher for butchering and provide the meat to the needy?
We are overrun by white tail deer here in North Idaho (like many parts of the country). We’ve got 1,100 square miles of Coeur d’Alene National Forest behind us, yet the deer prefer to come to town for the easy food (and lots of people feed them thinking they are doing the right thing).
Our little town thins the herd every winter. I’ve seen the population go from 26 in our yard in the spring down to two. It is kept very hush-hush, but I understand from a very good and trusted source that the meat is provided to the needy.
I used to live near this wildlife refuge and would go there on weekends. It’s beautiful in the cooler months and at night. There are also wild, longhorn cattle in the refuge. Between the buffalo and longhorns all that’s missing are some Comanche indians and cowboys. And they’re there too.