Reply to Arlington Co. and its deer problem

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Arlington Co. and its deer problem"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The library had a program and a book talk. Apparently some culling operations  in yards is via nets and bolt guns. Book described the "eee eee eee" cries of fawns being killed. It's not painless.
See The Age of Deer pp 190-194.

I am not supportive of culling 40% of the deer.
But I encourage supporters to be clear just what means are planned. Just sharpshooter and head shots? Or....????

Not in my yard. [/quote]

You don't headshot a deer. The skull is quite thick and a small target [/quote]

Actually you do. I’ve done it. It’s essentially close-range shooting, at night.

The way these deer removal programs work is you bait an area where it’s safe to shoot with corn and apples every night for several weeks, and condition the deer to show up there. After a few weeks of steady feeding, the cullers set up and wait for the deer to come in as usual. They’re using highly accurate rifles with thermal scopes which see clearly in the dark. They are typically.308 caliber (about 4x more powerful than an AR15 by comparison) and are at ranges of about 30 yds. The rifles are equipped with suppressors that reduce the sound of the gunshot to a level where it sounds more like fireworks, and they shoot the deer in the head (so they don’t run) and drag them away as soon as they drop. Then they go back to their shooting location and wait for more deer to come to the bait. A good baited spot can yield 20 or more deer in a single night. But there’s a lot of work that has to go in beforehand.

This isn’t “hunting”.  This is pest control. If actual hunters shot deer like this, they’d be arrested for poaching. But this isn’t hunting, so poaching techniques are the accepted standard.

[/quote]

Arlington is a little too populated for hunting with night vision. If you miss with 0.308, it's traveling 1000 yards.[/quote]

Another person without a clue making their contribution :roll:

Do you really think they’re going to set up a culling area without taking the backstop into consideration?

I mean, just because [i]you[/i] didn’t think of that, doesn’t mean other people are as dumb as you. [/quote]

I've shot deer, so I have some idea about how to do it. I just don't see a need to hunt at night, with a thermal scope, taking head shots. The deer around here aren't afraid of people and they are out during the day, particularly if you set up a "bait station." A salt lick would be fine and it wouldn't attract other vermin. [/quote]

Because this isn’t hunting. It’s pest control. You’re thinking about this like a hunter, not an exterminator. Stop thinking like a hunter, planning on one shot on one deer to fill a tag. Think about it like a poacher who gets paid by the carcass. The more deer killed, the more $$$ you make.

They shoot at baited stations with suppressed rifles with thermal scopes in the middle of the night to avoid offending the delicate sensibilities of people like the snowflakes on this thread who are clutching their pearls at the very idea of shooting deer in (gasp!!!) north Arlington.

This has nothing to do with being sporting or fair chase or hunting ethics. This is about killing as many deer in as few man-hours as possible.

If it were up to me, I’d just poison them instead of shooting them. It would take them longer to die, and they’d suffer, but then I at least wouldn’t have to listen to bleating idiots like the ones on this thread prattling on about how “dangerous” shooting them is. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics