1-Compared to other recreational activities, hunting injuries are far more likely to be fatalities. Approximately 100 people die in hunting accidents in the United States every year, and unlike other forms of recreation, hunting endangers the entire community, and not just the willing participants.
2-Hunting is ineffective for solving human/deer conflicts. Studies show that car/deer collisions increase during hunting season because hunters frighten the deer out of the woods and onto roads. Contrary to popular belief, hunting does not address Lyme disease because the ticks are usually spread to humans by mice, not deer. And as long as suburban landscaping includes deer-preferred plants such as tulips and rhododendrons, that landscaping will attract hungry deer, no matter how many deer there are. Also hunting does not reduce the deer population because removing some individuals from the population results in more food per deer, which leads to the births of more twins and triplets. This also means that hunting is unnecessary because the deer will self-regulate and give birth to fewer fawns when food is scarce. If the deer population needs to be further reduced, immunocontraception can be used.
3-Hunting is ineffective because state wildlife management agencies intentionally keep the deer population high, for hunters.
4-Lands managed for hunting are sometimes purchased and maintained with tax dollars, even though 95% of Americans do not hunt.
Not to mention that it is UNETHICAL because the killing is recreational. Human/deer conflicts are NOT the fault of the deer, but are the fault of humans who take habitat from the deer. Modern technology has erased any chance of fairness in hunting.
Riddle me this....
How much fun is it to watch a defenseless animal get their brains splattered all over the place?
