Third man, what a punk. Those animals belong to God, and he gifts them to man. Govt decides that they will control the citizens just like the Kings of old. I am one of the few that like to hunt and fish, that skirts the laws whenever possible. Sorry, I am a free man on this Earth, and when I want to harvest something for dinner, I will do so. That doesn’t mean I am not very careful where and when, but it is a matter of asserting sovereignty over our “rulers”.
I am sympathetic to your logic here—these were victimless crimes and my gosh, we are overrun with deer, not to mention hunting is falling off. Course that leaves more for you and me. Every man is a hunter/fisher by nature.
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