Thank you Katy, Kathy, Harry, Shanne, Babs, Daisy and Ferry!
@onewing I have mixed feelings about these. First I know so many here in Pennsylvania and in some of our more northern states who hunt them more for food than a trophy. But if the animal is in good shape they will mount them or let someone else do it. If the primary reason to hunt is for food, I don't mind it. If it's only to get "the rack", that to me is senseless. On the other hand we are overrun here with them. Since we are in a more populated area they are not hunted as frequently and they flourish. Our problem with their numbers is a lot like the probably you have with bunnies and kangaroos (if I'm reading that correctly on a few people's posts). So in a way, thinning out the population CAN BE good wildlife management. One thing for sure- when there's too many of them they destroy what little garden I have. I'm not sure where the museum got this fellow or the others that were hanging on the wall but I imagine that if they were donated they probably fell into the second category which is sad. I didn't pay attention to who donated the display- may have to play detective if I ever get back there again.
April 28th, 2019
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Thank you Katy, Kathy, Harry, Shanne, Babs, Daisy and Ferry!
@onewing I have mixed feelings about these. First I know so many here in Pennsylvania and in some of our more northern states who hunt them more for food than a trophy. But if the animal is in good shape they will mount them or let someone else do it. If the primary reason to hunt is for food, I don't mind it. If it's only to get "the rack", that to me is senseless. On the other hand we are overrun here with them. Since we are in a more populated area they are not hunted as frequently and they flourish. Our problem with their numbers is a lot like the probably you have with bunnies and kangaroos (if I'm reading that correctly on a few people's posts). So in a way, thinning out the population CAN BE good wildlife management. One thing for sure- when there's too many of them they destroy what little garden I have. I'm not sure where the museum got this fellow or the others that were hanging on the wall but I imagine that if they were donated they probably fell into the second category which is sad. I didn't pay attention to who donated the display- may have to play detective if I ever get back there again.