And yet I have to pay the state for the deer that YOU have been feeding. Did the state help you feed those deer? Oh,, and thanks for keeping the deer fat so I could kill it.
You don't (according to you) if you are hunting your own private property. If you want to hunt someone else's then you do have to buy a license. Like I said previously one thing that prevents is an outfitter buying a bunch of land and then letting everyone they choose hunt it without buying a license. The oufitter benefits off of the herd that the state maintains, the customer benefits off of the herd the state maintains and the state receives nothing. There is a cost to maintaining deer herds and other game animals and the state tries to make that up with license fees but they do not cover all the costs.
Does that state require you to feed said deer? Or upkeep the habitat? ... Mine either. Sent from my ADR6350 using Tapatalk 2
The state doesn't require anyone to feed deer. People do it to try and increase their chances of killing one. Don't feed deer and you don't have to worry about someone killing a deer you have been feeding. Not that complicated, really.
What exactly does the state do to maintain the herd? They set a season and bag limit and that is all. Again I am all for maintaining those regulations. Another thing I'll bring up again. To fish on public waters I need a fishing license. Yet I can fish on private ponds all I want without a license. Why is hunting different?
see my post above...they invest more money in land preservation than any farmer does in a lifetime almost. Yeah they may not do anything for your specific deer you see on your property but they ensure more hunting ground, upkeep conservancy and sometime purchase even more land.
Setting a season and bag limit is a lot more involved than you think. Your obviously not understanding this... At all. Your getting away from your original argument, now. Sent from my ADR6350 using Tapatalk 2
Why don't you investigate a little. Explore your states DNR website, call some representatives of your states DNR office and talk to them. Here is a hint though, they have to pay all of the natural resources police that enforce the laws that keep night time poachers from stealing the deer you are feeding.
I use my land owner tag. If I go to a public land I buy a "Any Deer" tag. If I go to my father in laws farm I buy a tag. The Missouri State Conservation does a lot for the deer population here. They have public spots where they plant beans, winter wheat, corn, and other such food plots so I don't mind buying a few tags even if they don't get filled, I know the money go's for a good cause, so I don't get to bent out of shape over the $17.00
Here in NC, the legal owner of the property and their direct descendants do not have to have one to hunt their property. Also, if a person is leasing the land for agricultural purposes, they do not have to have a license. Wether that be farming or live stock. They also do not have to wear blaze orange furring rifle season. Not sure I completely agree with that one though.
How do you think the bag limits a set? Draw numbers from a hat? There's a lot of data collection and biological research that goes into setting them. You're license fees pay for a lot more then you know. Like Bruce said, do a little research. Your feeble attempt to play devils advocate is failing miserably. :D
In Europe existed a class warfare for probably a thousand years. If the animals were on your ground you owned them. All the land owners were rich and thus the poor could not hunt. When people came to America or what was to become America they wanted to rid the new world of these types of laws as this was to be a free country. Of course now we have lost some of these freedoms and will loose many more in 2013 at least gun rights. The animals belong to no one and every dollar spent on licenses helps prevent poachers, study disease within animals and keep plenty of them around to shoot. In IL we have an extremely limited bobcat population and if I were to shoot the one that I saw because I was n my land how f**king ignorant would that be? The greatest thing about America is America and we need to do all we can to protect wildlife, and wild areas. With farming (I farm) ruining the landscape we will have nothing left.
AIM like I have stated time and time again. The state spends more money than any farmer does in a single year to ensure public hunting grounds, protected wetlands/marshes or parks...not to mention the salaries of DNR officers and park rangers. See a license as supporting the creation of more hunting possibilities and the one sure fire way every single person hunting helps keep the tradition alive and kicking.
