Hunting is here to stay whether you are for or against it. So why not produce extra animals, such as deer, to keep the populations up? Doris Lin wrote an article called “Hunting isn’t the Answer to Animal ‘Pests.” When, in fact, it’s not the entire answer but it is part of the solution. She states that if we just build more fences and stop planting foliage that the deer and bear like, that the animals will stop being “pests.” This is NOT the solution. She also makes the point that we are over producing these animals just so that people can go on with their normal hunting habits. Only her view of it all is that it’s wrong. In my opinion the fact that we are producing more animals is a very smart thing to do. Even though there are many …show more content…
It is an earnings source for the states. A lot of hunters also would rather kill bucks over does. “A study by biologist Roger Latham in the 1950s showed that the deer were overgrazing forests even back then, and then starving in the winter” (Lin). The answer to this problem was to bring the population of deer down by killing only the does. A book called “Deer Wars” by Robert Frye, In 2006 talks about the problem of hunters messing with “deer management,” and the harmful effects of an over population on the Pennsylvania forests. “Robert Frye had his life threatened for advocating his views at wildlife meetings by gun hunters” says a reporter following up on Frye’s book. The administration of deer and other wildlife animals should be accomplished according to solid wildlife science and not for what compound bow and gun hunters or what “city dwellers” want. Both of these hunters also do not like competition from wolves and coyotes. Which also contributes to an imbalance of predator and prey with the hunters. One option would be a small tax across the states. Are you someone who doesn’t want animals to be killed? Fine, help pay for all the extra steps that is necessary to keep them out of our yards. As of now, Hunters are a priority to wildlife agencies because they pay for the correct permits (hunting and fishing licenses) which fund the agencies. But this is an old system. Wildlife belongs to