hunter Buffalo Gap HS
11/1/2007
8:58:00 AM
A lot of people say that deer are starting to get
overpopulated. People say that deer are
destroying everything, such as farmer’s crops, cars, and
even landscapes. Maybe that is true,
but it is not happening just because the deer are
getting overpopulated, it has been happening
ever since the deer have been around. As a hunter, my
point of view is that I do believe that
deer are becoming a little bit too overpopulated. If
people do agree with me and say that deer
are becoming overpopulated, then these people should
look at some reasons why overpopulation
is occurring. Here are three ways that these reasons of
overpopulation can be solved. The
first reason overpopulation can be occurring is because
of the state. Just about every year,
hunting licenses’ prices go up to a higher cost. Some
people feel that the expensive price is
just too much to pay. These people still like to hunt,
but do not want to pay a lot. Other people
would probably be willing to pay that much to hunt;
however, those people probably still can not
hunt because they can not afford to pay it. This is
causing a lot of people to stop hunting. If
the sate thinks overpopulation is occurring, then they
should not keep raising the cost of
license. Another reason people may think
deer are starting to overpopulate is because some
people buy land and then will not allow hunters to hunt
and kill them. The landowners think the
deer are pretty to look at; further more, allowing
nobody to hunt. If a non-hunter buys land and
this does happen, then overpopulation will occur. When
overpopulation occurs, too many deer
will start to pile up in an area too small to support
them. Once too many deer pile up in one spot,
then diseases like Chronic Wasting Disease, (CWD), will
start to settle in on the herd and will
eventually die out because of starvation. So, if the
state would force the people, who buy land
and allow no hunting, to have to allow hunting then
overpopulation would be quite as much of a
problem. One more reason that overpopulation
would be occurring is because of the cities. In
all cities deer are becoming heavily populated because
not too many people hunt them or have a
place to hunt them in the cities. In mostly all cities,
the only thing hunters can do is bow-hunt,
and not a whole lot of people bow-hunt. And, in some
cities, the city does not even allow people
to hunt at all. So, if a hunter is not allowed to hunt
in a city, then how can hunters keep the
population down? They can not. If people feel that
overpopulation is becoming a big deal, then
the cities that allow no hunting at all should allow
hunting and the cities that only allow bow-
hunting should allow muzzle-loader and rifle hunting
too. Most of the deer population is in the
cities, because the deer know they are safe from a gun.
And, if not too many people bow-hunt
then not a lot of deer are going to be killed. Some
people say overpopulation is taking effect
into the state in which we as Americans live in. My
point of view is that I do believe
overpopulation is occurring, but there are ways that it
can be solved. The state can lower the
cost of its hunting licenses, the state should force the
people, who buy land and allow no
hunting, to allow hunting, and also, cities should allow
more than just bow-hunting. These are the
reasons why I think overpopulation is occurring. This
would not cost the community anything
but time and a little bit of money for a license. And,
by doing these things the deer population
would go down, but not vanish. It would leave a few deer
in the woods to be big, fat, healthy
deer. Ten healthy deer are always better than thirty or
forty starving deer.
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hunters from hampsire high - Hunter - HHS
11/7/2007
8:22:00 AM
IF you dont check the deer in your pretty much
ignorent. For one as we all know there is
a case in West Virginia with CWD (chronic wasting
desease) and how are you going to
know that the deer doesnt have it? You really dont,
thats one reason why you check your
deer in. Another is if you dont check your deer in
how do we know your not killing more
then what the limit is so i say yes check the deer
in its a law so abide by it!!
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hunter - Hunter - BGHS
11/9/2007
10:17:00 AM
who said i didnt check my deer in. i said if
licenses keep going up then people
would kill more deer for their money or people
wouldnt even buy a license. im not
the ignorent one because i didnt say that i shouild
kill as many as i want, hunt as
long as i want, or not have a limit.
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J.S. - Farmer - BGHS
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11/9/2007
10:07:00 AM
Everything you wrote makes more sense than anything
i have read on this site you were
very through with what you said, but what is to be
done if those remaining deer die also?
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