While bleeding-heart animal rights activists promote the popular stereotype of hunters gunning deer down as if in a target range, I see hunting as providing myself and nonhunters alike with a valuable service. About 99.9 percent of hunters like me eat every ounce of venison they take in hunting season. I even know people who have had to rely on hunting to keep food on the table. Not to mention that venison also provides a lean, healthy alternative to beef. And if you don't believe that there is an overpopulation of deer in this state, you need only take a 15-minute drive on your local interstate.
Evidence is strewn all over the freeway.
Hunting is not simply the pursuit of bragging rights and trophy antler racks. Hunting thins the overcrowded population of deer, puts food on the table, and saves people the aggravation that comes with a 150-pound hood ornament.