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Naugle17 t1_ixz83gx wrote

Reply to comment by CodeMonkey789 in 1st day of rifle season --- good luck to all you hunters! by Bocephus8892

Deer in PA are overpopulated; reducing their population is a vital part of the PGC's management plan.

Animals kill, friend. It's life.

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CodeMonkey789 t1_ixz9kpr wrote

There are many ways of population control that do not involve killing with guns. And give me a break - no hunter here cares about population control. Humans have eradicated species after species due to hunting - an unneeded sport in this day and age.

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Naugle17 t1_ixza4l0 wrote

It's not a sport for us. For many in PA it's a means of subsisting in a food desert; fruits and vegetables can be hard to come by when you're poor, but a bow is cheap and available.

The modern hunter is very closely tied to conservation, and many who hunt also participate in DCNR and PGC efforts to restore native species and manage existing species.

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