By: JMC

JMC — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:41:00 +0000

Back in the 1960s, a time which saw the very beginnings of the “green” movement, there was a bumper sticker which was popular among those who made their living as farmers, loggers, and others who worked with nature. That bumper sticker read, “Out of work? Hungry? Eat an environmentalist!” Naturally, the term “enviro-nazi” did not exist then, but those were the targets of the word “environmentalist” back then.
And that distinction is essential, because every farmer, every logger, and, yes, even every *true* hunter, must be an environmentalist. The farmer has to be aware of the way the various elements of the environment interact in order to keep his soil fertile and to keep his livestock healthy. The logger replants after cutting down. The hunter, the kind who hunts for food and not just for sport, lays out feed for the animals during the year, and, in accordance with local laws, removes it before the hunting season begins, thus ensuring the healthy increase of the animal population.
And trust me, contrary to what “animal right-ists” would have you believe, huntingn is necessary to keep the animal population from breeding itself out of existence. Case in point: A few years ago, in South Carolina, we had an extremely good year for deer. So good, in fact, that they were beginning to pose a traffice hazard: There were several major accidents, with loss of human life, because of deer herds running across the Interstate. Because of this, the state declared an open season on deer, which lasted an entire year before the deer population got back down to manageable levels. Yes, many were killed by the “sportsmen” who shot them, then removed the head for a taxidermist to mount on a wall plaque, but those carcasses did not go to waste. They were food for the bobcats, coyotes, foxes, and other carrion-eating carnivores, including…guess what?…those very same wild turkeys that Father Boucher is no longer allowed to shoot.
Out of work? Hungry? Eat an enviro-nazi! ;D

By: Terry Carlino

Terry Carlino — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:41:00 +0000

Might I suggest that Fr Boucher purchase a domestic turkey and then kill it. Or does the law prohibit the slaughter of domesticated animals? Then the fox will eat the domesticated turkey and perhaps the wild turkeys will leave seeing the fate of their city cousin.

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