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The writer did not seem to contest all hunting but rather hunting with a bow as opposed to a rifle. FYI, the proliferation of deer has led the state to ease some of its restrictions on hunting over the years.

Agreed. Mr. Surber, consider that cute kangaroo down under. They grow to a pretty hefty size not unlike that of deer, and roam free and wild. In Australia, its not dead deer you see lying next to the road, its the roo. Like deer, they roam in numbers, sometimes dozens. While there I was told by a farmer that occasionally a pack of 30-40 roos would run out in front of his truck, and he'd hit 4 at a time, his truck escaping with little or no damage thanks to a large metal bumper guard.

Now Mr. Surber, consider there was no deer hunting here. Deer are already all around us, and every year their numbers increase. In fact, there are so many deer that large numbers of them die because they can't find food. They starve to death, which, by the way, is also a pretty painful way to die. If there were even more deer, there would be even more accidents involving deer, and while I've never been hit by a car, I imagine that isn't such a great feeling either. As much as you might not want to hear it, it is necessary to curb the deer population. And those points hunters you mentioned- how much do you wanna bet they eat the venison too? Now, when some jerk sets a fawn on fire and leaves it to suffer on the side of the road, then we can talk.

Clearly Socrates, Plato, and Mr. Surber exist on a different level intellectually as you have both missed the point (or chose to ignore it).

Ain't it the truth, ain't it the truth.

Hunting"Bambi" is management of a wild population of animals. Walt Disney sure did an injustice when putting human characteristics on animals!