Only The King’s Men Can Hunt The Royal Forests
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 10 months ago
For many years hunters and groups that support hunters have been relentlessly telling the unbelievers that hunting deer is needed to keep the deer herds in check. These groups of people just will not believe the educated ones.
Now the Lansing State Journal is reporting that East Lansing City Officials last Tuesday voted to authorize the culling of the deer herds. To those who may not know what culling the herd means; that means hiring sharpshooters who would kill the deer in specialized hunts in the city parks.
By hiring that means instead of hunters paying for the chance to hunt and kill a deer, the taxpayers of East Lansing has to pay the $6,000 it will cost for this round of culling. When the cull happens the city manager would partner with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services to bring in those taxpayer-paid sharpshooters who will kill the deer in specialized hunts in the city parks.
It gets even better for all those who are against hunters and hunting, the East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas said the city most likely will not budget $6,000 but closer to $20,000 in case the culling program would be needed in more areas of the city and for a longer period.
The problem with the increasing deer population comes from the fact that they are destroying gardens, vegetation, and increased vehicular crashes.
During the debate Council member Mark Meadows said:
“This is not a vote, for me, based on whether hostas are eaten…There comes a point in time where there isn’t enough food for the deer, and I think controlling the population at this point in time is an appropriate way for us to go forward.”
That my friends is exactly what hunters and the groups that support hunters have been saying for decades. When there is a protected species with no natural predators the herds will grow beyond them being able to sustain themselves.
Modern game management practices have increased herd sizes and made the herd healthier. This has been known in America for a century or longer. It’s probably been known worldwide for millennium.
But only the pros are good enough to hunt the parks. It’s not good enough to dispatch bow hunters on the deer herd. They are the “only ones.”
Because, as you know, “Only The King’s Men Can Hunt The Royal Forests.”
On February 24, 2020 at 12:01 am, BRVTVS said:
“The Real Gunsmith” on Youtube recently released some related videos. They’re long winded, but he offers interesting commentary, plus youtube lets you speed up the playback.
Our Wildlife, Our Government Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtUMOkEX9o
Our Wildlife, Our Government Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6UFk4Ug9FE
On February 24, 2020 at 5:46 pm, Sanders said:
I recently heard of an elk cull in Wyoming where Game and Fish killed over 200 elk. Imagine the money they could have made if the had sold tags for each of those elk to hunters….
On February 24, 2020 at 6:47 pm, penses said:
They do the same thing with buffalo in Yellowstone. It is attitudes like this that make Western Civilization unsustainable.
One reason the buffalo came close to extinction was the gov’mnt hiring shooters to “cull” the herds as a way to starve the Indians into submission. Mountains of rotting beef dotted the Western Plains for months when it could have been processed and sold. “Nothing to see…Move along. Our Empire is just flexing its muscles.”
On February 24, 2020 at 7:17 pm, Amonous said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_Forest#cite_note-12