Re: What's Wrong With Deer Hunting?

David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have long thought that deer hunting should only be permitted with
> a spear and bird hunting with an arrow, bolas, or net.  The "sport" part
> of "blood sport" is a joke.

Suppose I want to shoot a deer with a gun instead of a bow.  Why
should I prevented from doing so?

If you reply, "it's not sporting", I'll agree.  It's not.

So what?
> 
> Where deer are a pest, hunting them the way the NA's did is the best
> way.  Close the schools and have the whole community drive them to
> slaughter.  DaveA

Oh yeah, that'll go over well :-)

Here's an alternative:  just let the people who *want* to kill deer
hunt them.

Doug