Well, I find my thoughts turning more and more to the north these days , as I see the flocks of geese flying by , there are literally thousands in the sky, on the way back from the farm on Saturday evening , there were snow geese everywhere, the sky was grey but the sun was reflecting from afar and all you could see was the flashing of the white wings in the sky , thousands and thousands of them , this is not their natural flyway , however there are now so many of them , they have to find food, this is a great area for corn, being grown and turned into ethenol, used with gasoline for the cars , so the geese come down to find the corn that dropped during last falls harvest , they are actually becoming a pest for the farmers, as the Canada Geese are already here and they number in the hundreds of thousands , fields are full of them , however the goodie goodies ( tree huggers ) do not want hunting , so they keep breeding and they make an awful mess, men are now not interested in hunting and so not teaching their children to hunt, hence an overflow of wildlife, there are deer everywhere , more accidents with motor cars, as matter of fact there are now areas where you have to have special insurance for deer accidents , tree huggers to the fore , once a disease hits the herd of deer , they will all die , I know a lot of this because i used to roam with a chap who has a doctorite in wildlife biology , keep your eyes here if your interested , I shall post more . Jimmy
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3 comments:
Jimmy keep up the good work. Steve
Hi Jimmy,
With all the growth & advances man has made we have really screwed up
the balance of nature. Hunting was beneficial to keep the populations in check.
At one of the reservoirs in central Massachusetts, there had been a ban on
hunting for 50+ years. When the water quality was in jeopardy due to the deer
waste, they opened a special season to cull the herd. These animals had been fed
by visitors for so long they didn't have any fear of the hunters and would walk
right up to them looking for a hand out. That hunt was more like a slaughter but
was necessary. There hasn't been a hunting season on Nantucket Island until
just recently and that was the same thing. I have even seen deer walking down
the street right in Boston! About 10 years ago the tree huggers were able to get
trapping banned in Mass and now the abundance of these small fur bearing animals
provide a well stocked buffet for the coyotes, foxes, fisher cats, etc..,
that now share our neighborhood. When they get tired of eating the smaller
wildlife they eat our pets (cats & small dogs) and occassionally, a young
child. There were a couple of kids attacked and dragged off into the
woods. Here in Northborough, a coyote went after a child and his
grandfather threw himself on it to subdue untill help arrived and were able to
kill it. That one turned out to be rabid. Yes, we really screwed up the balance
of nature. How's the seal hunt this year??
Regards,
Alan
Now I sympathize with both of you having lived in area at one time that experienced the same over-populated wildlife problems, but we do have to keep in my mind the reality of the matter. History has clearly indicated that man without hunting regulations could easily result in the extinction of many species. I am very much in favour of regulated hunting. I realize there exists unfavourable consequences as a result of the policies of conservationist / "tree huggers". But I also realize that without them you may have to visit the Zoo to see deer, geese, etc etc.
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