War Against Das Deer

[RichardDarkwood]

Since October of last year I have hit four deer on my way to work. Three of those were in the same one mile section of road. The last time I hit a deer was Thursday morning in the Mercedes I just bought. Luckily I was able to find a place that has the new parts
I need. There is a property owner nearby the latter section of road that doesn't allow hunting on his property, In which means there are large amounts of deer herding on his property. One evening on my way home from work I saw over sixty deer grazing in one of his fields.

One of the dispatchers at my work place told me that his wife and her family own quite a bit of the land on the opposite side of the road of the PETA farmer.

Let the war on the deer commence.

[F22RaptorDude]

Spare no mercy mate, kill as many as you can! Just as long as you eat em

[gpwurzel]

Todd, send me some venison....errrr please 

Go get em fella


Wurzel (sucks that you hit it in a nice motor too)

[RichardDarkwood]

It didn't do as much inside damage as it looks.

I may bring some Deer jerky to the summer aces high gathering.

[PFactorDave]

Critical info for you

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/149674/its-coming-right-for-us

[allaire]

The sad thing is every place that the greenies have gotten the hunting of deer banned or restricted the instances of deer getting hit by cars has gone up.  Imagine that.

[dedalos]

That almost looks like an improvement.  Shouldn't you pay the deer instead of shooting it? 

[Penguin]

The sad thing is every place that the greenies have gotten the hunting of deer banned or restricted the instances of deer getting hit by cars has gone up.  Imagine that.

There's a difference between exterminating pests (rats, voles, raccoons, or any animal which is causing severe problems) and hunting an animal to near extinction (California Condor, Grey Wolf in Yellowstone).  I agree that the animals are a problem, but the slaughter does need to be controlled.

-Penguin

PS Before anyone makes a joke- yes, I am a pest some times

[Reaper90]

There's a difference between exterminating pests (rats, voles, raccoons, or any animal which is causing severe problems) and hunting an animal to near extinction (California Condor, Grey Wolf in Yellowstone).  I agree that the animals are a problem, but the slaughter does need to be controlled.

apples, oranges

99.9999% of the argument the "animal lovers" have against deer hunting comes from a position of pure ignorance, and is based more on emotion than anything else.

Whitetail deer (at least in the SE US) have virtually no natural predator other than man. In our area hunting is very popular, but controlled. Only certain numbers of deer can be harvested and only at certain times during the year. Deer populations are very healthy, and the deer are healthy.

The opposite situation exists in part of Virginia near DC where a good friend of mine lives. The animal rights activists have gotten hunting all but banned in their area. The result? Whitetail deer populations so out of control that there is intense competition for food. Deer run over by vehicles regularly, deer overrunning neighborhoods and urban areas, and he's found deer carcasses of nearly full grown deer that only reached half of their normal size due to malnourishment, before finally dying of starvation.

Which is a more inhumane situation?

I personally believe in conservationism, and hunting (th only form of population control we have for certain species) is an integral part of that. I never advocate excessive hunting or killing for sport, and only kill what I plan on eating. Sport hunting is OK as long as the meat is donated if the hunter doesn't plan on consuming it (I have family in GA who absolutely live for deer season, yet hate venison... but every ounce of meat they have processed is donated to a local kitchen that feeds the homeless.... so hunters aren't the boogymen after all    ).

[branch37]

I seem to remember hearing something that in Texas you are within your rights to kill deer out of season if it is destroying your property or being a nuisance.  Granted this does nothing to help the situation on the roads, but I thought it was interesting. 

[TwinBoom]

you just bought that car???

call the BBB on that guy he ripped you off 

[Penguin]

apples, oranges

99.9999% of the argument the "animal lovers" have against deer hunting comes from a position of pure ignorance, and is based more on emotion than anything else.

Whitetail deer (at least in the SE US) have virtually no natural predator other than man. In our area hunting is very popular, but controlled. Only certain numbers of deer can be harvested and only at certain times during the year. Deer populations are very healthy, and the deer are healthy.

The opposite situation exists in part of Virginia near DC where a good friend of mine lives. The animal rights activists have gotten hunting all but banned in their area. The result? Whitetail deer populations so out of control that there is intense competition for food. Deer run over by vehicles regularly, deer overrunning neighborhoods and urban areas, and he's found deer carcasses of nearly full grown deer that only reached half of their normal size due to malnourishment, before finally dying of starvation.

Which is a more inhumane situation?

I personally believe in conservationism, and hunting (th only form of population control we have for certain species) is an integral part of that. I never advocate excessive hunting or killing for sport, and only kill what I plan on eating. Sport hunting is OK as long as the meat is donated if the hunter doesn't plan on consuming it (I have family in GA who absolutely live for deer season, yet hate venison... but every ounce of meat they have processed is donated to a local kitchen that feeds the homeless.... so hunters aren't the boogymen after all    ).

THank you for more eloquently illustrating my position than I ever could.

-Penguin

[MORAY37]

The opposite situation exists in part of Virginia near DC where a good friend of mine lives. The animal rights activists have gotten hunting all but banned in their area.

Not so fast on the blame game.  Where I grew up in PA (suburban Montgomery county), in a setting quite like suburban D.C., it wasn't the animal rights folks that had to do with any of the nulled hunting areas.  Most of the hunting regulations came about from people tired of getting holes in their houses during season.  Comparing the Southeast in any way to the Northeast corridor is absolutely insane.  It is 100X more developed land in the NE.

When I was growing up, I'd say that 5 out of the 7 houses on my street that butted up on woodland got rounds through the walls during hunting season, from idiots that were hunting upslope.  I remember not being allowed outside as a kid because of it, until they passed regulations to stop it, and posted warnings.  My neighbor even had an arrow pierce the second floor siding of his home.  I guess whoever shot it, obviously in view of the house, thought the challenge of the shot was worth the risk.  He missed, duh.

For the record, as a biologist, there has to be some form of top down control on deer, be it predatory or human intervention.  I fully support hunts, when used in appropriate settings.  Unfortunately, deer also learn to associate human activity with easier access to food, in gardens and farm fields.  This makes hunting them in secondary urban developed areas problematic.  

[tassos]

Try this


I have those by my Suzuki Sj413 and my Ford scorpio in Greece cause of wild dogs ,sheeps cats its works I have them at the Bumber and Behind the Grill for the Winter
I lost 3 Cars in Germany from Deer s the 4th was damaged by A Deer bull my peeogot 405 sri My wife stopped to let deers pass street than a Big deerbull attacked passenger door.

Be carefull by passing Horses,you have to drive under 60km/h when you pass Horses

[oakranger]

Try this
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I have those by my Suzuki Sj413 and my Ford scorpio in Greece cause of wild dogs ,sheeps cats its works I have them at the Bumber and Behind the Grill for the Winter
I lost 3 Cars in Germany from Deer s the 4th was damaged by A Deer bull my peeogot 405 sri My wife stopped to let deers pass street than a Big deerbull attacked passenger door.
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Be carefull by passing Horses,you have to drive under 60km/h when you pass Horses

Beat me to it.