Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!robison From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Hunters and population Management Message-ID: <1060@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 08:05:13 EDT Article-I.D.: eosp1.1060 Posted: Thu Aug 16 08:05:13 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Aug-84 00:35:45 EDT Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 27 References: Following my article on the important role gun-carrying murderers play in keeping the human population from over-crowding, I received several complaints from readers who couldn't believe that deer hunters really are concerned about "managing" deer populations for the benefit of deer. I believe they overlooked the following: - Hunters only hunt deer in overpopulated areas. They insist on checking population levels before hunting. - Hunters only shoot female deer. They know that the number of males is pretty much irrelevant to population control. - Hunters only try to shoot the unhealthy, weak members of the herd. they have a system of evaluating the quality of mounted deer-heads which places a premium on genetical defects and other deficiencies. - Hunters mimic the actions of other deer predators as much as possible, in order to ensure that the deer that escapes from them is the sort of deer that ought to live and breed. Their methods of loping on all fours, and pouncing down from trees are particularly noteworthy. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison