LETTER: Deer hunters portrayed as bullies


Dear Editor: I took offense to (Robert DeWitt’s outdoors) article Feb. 3, 2013. He portrayed deer hunters in a bad way, like bullies.

I’m an avid deer hunter and have paid thousands of dollars each year on leases, food plots, minerals, stands and other items. If I was an avid rabbit or squirrel hunter, I would do the same. I would contact the surrounding land owners and tell them what I was doing, and if they had any problems with one of my dogs, let me know and I would handle it.

If I didn’t want to spend any money on a lease, I could hunt on several thousand acres of government land where deer hunting is limited. It is frustrating to sit in a stand for several hours with deer in your field, and dogs come in and run them out.

Also, the deer hunting season should be: archery, Oct. 1-Feb. 28; youth hunt, Nov. 1-14 ; rifle, Nov. 15-Jan. 31; Muzzleloader, Feb, 1-28. Feeding should be allowed year round with hunters on a management program. This would benefit all wildlife, farmers, feed stores and sporting goods stores. The state would also benefit from the additional sales tax, which go to our schools.

It would also increase the number of hunters because you would have more time to hunt with different types of weapons. We should consider ourselves lucky because we live in a state with lots of different wildlife to hunt. We just need to work on the quality.


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