Research from BYU wildlife sciences professors finds that when hunting season starts, elk in Utah move off of public lands — where they can be hunted — and onto private lands — where they cannot be hunted. And then, when hunting season is over, they shift right back to public lands.
I feel really conflicted about personally hunting deer. They are quite over populated in my area and I know it's fucking up the environment so I think hunting would morally be the right thing to do. I just don't think that I could pull the trigger.
I work in the conservation field. Vast majority of hunters are ethical when it comes to hunting and conservation. They disproportionately support conservation more than anyone else through hunting tags.
I support ethical hunters. But I also really wish we can reintroduce top predators which will keep deer and elk populations at healthy levels.
Yeah I have no problem with other people hunting deer, I let the locals hunt on my land. I just don't know that I could personally pull to the trigger. I'm all for reintroduction of predators but I live in dairy country so it'll never happen.
This is a type of liberalism. The deer individually are cute and nice, but the system demands correction.
Also if you want to start thinking in deep time, eventually ecosystems ought to find a sort of balance. Maybe in ten thousand years humans will all be dead, and our pet dogs and cats will be apex predators, stalking through irradiated forests for feral piglets and monkeys.
I know the system needs correction and it's not going to happen naturally as long humans live in area. I know a survival situation I could hunt but I've never purposely killed anything in my life so it's a question I've been wrestling with. My current solution is just to let my friend and neighbors hunny on my land. But they all want the big healthy bucks which is the opposite of what natural population control would do.
I have looked into getting the birth control darts that some areas use for population control but they don't seem to available to the general public.
I feel really conflicted about personally hunting deer. They are quite over populated in my area and I know it's fucking up the environment so I think hunting would morally be the right thing to do. I just don't think that I could pull the trigger.
I work in the conservation field. Vast majority of hunters are ethical when it comes to hunting and conservation. They disproportionately support conservation more than anyone else through hunting tags.
I support ethical hunters. But I also really wish we can reintroduce top predators which will keep deer and elk populations at healthy levels.
Yeah I have no problem with other people hunting deer, I let the locals hunt on my land. I just don't know that I could personally pull to the trigger. I'm all for reintroduction of predators but I live in dairy country so it'll never happen.
Same, I think I could only fish asian carp.
This is a type of liberalism. The deer individually are cute and nice, but the system demands correction.
Also if you want to start thinking in deep time, eventually ecosystems ought to find a sort of balance. Maybe in ten thousand years humans will all be dead, and our pet dogs and cats will be apex predators, stalking through irradiated forests for feral piglets and monkeys.
I know the system needs correction and it's not going to happen naturally as long humans live in area. I know a survival situation I could hunt but I've never purposely killed anything in my life so it's a question I've been wrestling with. My current solution is just to let my friend and neighbors hunny on my land. But they all want the big healthy bucks which is the opposite of what natural population control would do.
I have looked into getting the birth control darts that some areas use for population control but they don't seem to available to the general public.