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<blockquote data-quote="Hunter 257W" data-source="post: 4128355" data-attributes="member: 12277"><p>I keep hearing hunters talk about how it was so easy in the past to get permission to hunt. When I asked for permission to hunt private land, all I ever heard was "NO NO NO" when I started hunting in the mid to late 1970's in Franklin county. There were a few public land spots and of course AEDC was nearby but you had to get drawn for a 2 day hunt and typically only got one of those per year. I personally see a lot less resistance and negativity towards hunting coming from non-hunters now than back then. I practically never get teased about shooting "Bambi" anymore. In the 1970's, 80's and even 90's almost every non-hunter would make some "Bambi" comment as soon as they found out you hunted. I think that hunters main "ace in the hole" is the deer's ability to adapt and reproduce no matter what humans throw at them. High deer numbers means a corresponding high amount of flowers, yard trees and gardens eaten by the deer. In my experience the "Bambi" lovers make a full 180 degree turn about when the deer start tearing up their plants. When the deer start to cost them money and work, hunting becomes OK. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The only risk here is as Steverino said above. A lot of these people will want to hire "Experts" - whatever that is - to humanely kill the deer rather than just regular ol' hunters that they (non-hunters) might see as slobs who aren't as capable of quickly eliminating the deer. It's important that we try our best to avoid that image.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hunter 257W, post: 4128355, member: 12277"] I keep hearing hunters talk about how it was so easy in the past to get permission to hunt. When I asked for permission to hunt private land, all I ever heard was "NO NO NO" when I started hunting in the mid to late 1970's in Franklin county. There were a few public land spots and of course AEDC was nearby but you had to get drawn for a 2 day hunt and typically only got one of those per year. I personally see a lot less resistance and negativity towards hunting coming from non-hunters now than back then. I practically never get teased about shooting "Bambi" anymore. In the 1970's, 80's and even 90's almost every non-hunter would make some "Bambi" comment as soon as they found out you hunted. I think that hunters main "ace in the hole" is the deer's ability to adapt and reproduce no matter what humans throw at them. High deer numbers means a corresponding high amount of flowers, yard trees and gardens eaten by the deer. In my experience the "Bambi" lovers make a full 180 degree turn about when the deer start tearing up their plants. When the deer start to cost them money and work, hunting becomes OK. :) The only risk here is as Steverino said above. A lot of these people will want to hire "Experts" - whatever that is - to humanely kill the deer rather than just regular ol' hunters that they (non-hunters) might see as slobs who aren't as capable of quickly eliminating the deer. It's important that we try our best to avoid that image. [/QUOTE]
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