So, uh.. what's the actual advantage of this in terms of what the hunter gets over one of those Deer Hunter games that clog the shelves? Just the warm feeling of knowing that he has caused death?
You get the meat and possibly a trophy when you hunt in person. You also get the experience, often a camping trip in the woods with friends, sometimes some personal challenges and the primal experience of providing for your family by wresting sustenance from nature.
Those of you who think hunters walk into the woods, see and kill deer (or whatever) and then walk out whistling a happy tune have probably not hunted. It can be pretty hard and pretty frustrating, especially if you are after real game animals.
As for the causing death part, at least in Ohio, if the deer weren't hunted every year, thousands would die of starvation over the winter and hundreds more would cause traffic accidents and probably some human deaths in the process. There's nothing to balance the deer population anymore besides people in most places, so in the absence of some form of birth control or some kind of horrible infectious disease, it's pretty much a necessity to thin the herds - so the state gets license and tag money, society is spared a number of car accidents, deer herds don't die en masse over the winter, and folks who like it get tasty venison. It's a winner all the way around.
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