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To: Willie Green

Send the hunters to the Kansas City area, specifically the area around Longview Lake and the James A. Reed wildlife refuge!

A recent "census" by the MO dept of conservation says that there are about 140 deer per square mile there! Other area parks have 65 or 70 deer per square mile.

It's gotten to the point that they've opened up archery seasons in what are pretty much suburban, residential areas, or at least, right next door.

Mark


39 posted on 01/16/2005 10:28:23 PM PST by MarkL (That which does not kill me, has made the last mistake it will ever make!)
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To: MarkL
my husband actually got his first bow deer kill last fall....right behind out house......

the trouble with wildlife is this:....when we think we are being kind and good stewards and good conservationists by setting aside wild lands and parks and "green belts" and making it nice and pretty for the wildlife, they florish....which means they survive, and thrive and then produce multiple offspring, and guess what......they need more land so they move into neighborhoods, and towns, and busy human areas....

unless they fear human activity, or dogs, they will naturally keep expanding their territory.....

just like bears and cougars and coyotes, deer will keep going to where there is more food ( fewer deer to compete)....

prime example:...remember how quaint a picture of a Canadian goose used to be?......now, they are nussances and stay around for the entire year....

43 posted on 01/16/2005 10:47:58 PM PST by cherry
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