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Post by joebuck on Sept 2, 2013 19:48:48 GMT -5
I live in Essex county va, and this year we have gone back to "doe only" days during gun season. Last year, the deer kill was down due to a "disease" that supposedly killed off the deer herd. I'm not totally convinced that the disease killed the deer herd, or if an overuse of "deer kill" permits by vdgif was to blame. It just doesn't seem to make sense to allow farmers to kill deer out of season, and then take away the opportunity to harvest deer by hunters. I think it is time to rethink the overuse of kill permits in rural areas before we lose more hunters. It takes a lot of money and time to keep dogs, or keep equipment for still hunting or archery in tune and ready to take afield. What do you think?
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Post by johnnyohio on Dec 29, 2015 13:15:46 GMT -5
Although the original post is awhile back, I believe it deserves a response. Farmers do not have an obligation to preserve pest deer for hunters. Deer do damage although, arguably, not as much as some hunters. On our property we regularly deal with armed trespass, dogs being run across our property, shots fired on our property, and so on. One industrious person put a brand new deer stand on the property facing the house. All this while our property is heavily sign posted. Hunters, obey and respect private property laws! The best thing that you can do for your dogs is keep them off of other people's property. Sooner or later someone's dog is going to maul a child on that family's property and there could be a big push to allow a shoot first clause, which nearly every state already has. Just be careful out there and stop trespassing.
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