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<blockquote data-quote="Vollmer" data-source="post: 29407" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Earn-a-buck programs could have an entirely new meaning if a New Jersey legislator gets her way. Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11) <a href="http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillsByNumber.asp" target="_blank">introduced a bill into the state legislature</a> that would allow hunters the opportunity to sell venison and other deer parts.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Her goal is to increase the local deer harvest and reduce deer/vehicle collisions, <a href="http://www.gameandfishmag.com/news/national-news/ticks-and-lyme-disease/" target="_blank">Lyme disease</a>, and other issues related to an overabundance of whitetails. Believe it or not, a growing number of biologists agree with Casagrande.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As whitetail numbers climb in some regions and <a href="http://www.petersenshunting.com/news/read-react-reached-carrying-capacity/" target="_blank">hunter numbers slide</a>, wildlife managers are facing a growing dilemma: How to best control booming deer numbers where hunters don’t or can’t. One solution proposed in a paper published in the <a href="http://www.wildlifejournals.org/view/index.html" target="_blank">Wildlife Society Bulletin</a> is to create a market for wild deer meat.The paper—titled “Regulated Commercial Harvest to Manage Overabundant White-Tailed Deer: An Idea to Consider?”— laid out a careful argument in favor of allowing hunters to sell deer meat and other parts.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Not just any hunters, though. The seven authors propose “state wildlife agencies would award qualified individuals and business entities a Commercial Deer Harvesters License….” Hunters would have to pass a series of proficiency tests in everything from field care and meat handling to proper firearms use and shot placement. They would also have to develop a business plan and establish a relationship with a local processor.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">They couldn’t just do this anywhere, either. According to co-author David Drake, the sale of deer would apply only to specific areas with a chronic overabundance of animals.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“We are talking mostly about urban and suburban areas where hunting access is restricted or where hunters don’t put much effort into hunting for various reasons,” says Drake, an associate professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin. “Applying economic pressure would create an incentive to open more areas to hunting where it is needed most, and it would encourage more people to shoot more deer.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The commercial sale of wild game isn’t necessarily a new concept, at least not in other countries. It’s legal in many parts of Europe. New Zealand hunters routinely sell game, including whitetail deer, through a government-regulated system. It’s also a common practice in parts of Africa.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The idea put forth by Drake and his colleagues has more to do with population control than with establishing a new food source. That’s why some waterfowl managers are discussing the same idea for lesser snow geese. The birds are so numerous they are having a serious and long-term impact on the Arctic tundra where they nest.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The <a href="http://www.fws.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</a> relaxed regulations in 1994 to promote increased harvest. Hunters can now use unplugged shotguns and electronic callers, and there are no daily bag limits during the lengthy spring season.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Even with those liberal rules, hunters still aren’t killing enough geese. The population is about the same as it was two decades ago. That’s why some waterfowl biologists have suggested allowing hunters the freedom to sell the snow geese they harvest.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“As managers, we want hunters to <a href="http://www.wildfowlmag.com/" target="_blank">shoot a lot of snow geese</a>, but what are they going to do with them?” asks <a href="http://www.outdoornebraska.ne.gov/" target="_blank">Nebraska Game and Parks Commission</a> Waterfowl Biologist Mark Vrtiska. “Maybe if they are allowed to sell them, hunters would be willing to shoot more and put more effort into hunting.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">It’s just one of many options to reduce lesser snow goose numbers. Ironically, it may be the hardest one to sell to hunters themselves. A survey of goose hunters in Nebraska found that 40 percent were opposed or strongly opposed to legalizing the sale of hunter-harvested snow geese. About 30 percent were in favor or strongly in favor.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">It isn’t just hunters who are troubled with the idea of commercializing game birds and animals. Many wildlife managers are also uneasy with it. Placing a dollar value on wildlife is a clear violation of the <a href="http://www.rmef.org/Conservation/HuntingIsConservation/NorthAmericanWildlifeConservationModel.aspx" target="_blank">North American Model of Wildlife Conservation</a>, the foundation of modern wildlife management.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“We’ve seen what happens when you put a price on wildlife,” says <a href="http://www.qdma.com/" target="_blank">Quality Deer Management Association</a> CEO Brian Murphy. “Pretty much all the previous troubles associated with wildlife populations were driven by the dollar bill.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">More troubling, adds Murphy, is that commercializing deer would further erode hunting opportunities. It might also set a precedent that bleeds over into other game species.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“It would make it too easy for municipalities, agricultural producers, parks, and other entities to sell deer instead of allowing hunters the opportunity to do the job,” he says. “We should be undertaking efforts to open more areas to hunting. Turning deer into a product would likely take away that incentive.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">In some situations, that’s okay, says Jim Tantillo, executive director of <a href="http://www.orionhunters.org/" target="_blank">Orion: The Hunter’s Institute</a>, a hunter ethics think tank. Hunting isn’t a feasible solution in every situation.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“You have to adapt in natural resources management, and you have to take into account the context,” he says. “In this case, there are too many deer and no viable way to control their numbers in some places. We need to look at ways to encourage more harvest, even if it means allowing people to sell the meat. Is this a slippery slope that may open up the commercialization of other species that are not causing problems like deer are? I don’t think so.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Even if hunters were allowed to sell deer or goose, would anyone actually buy it? As Murphy says, Americans have not shown much of an appetite for farm-raised venison, so why would wild venison be any different? And how often does domestic goose show up on a restaurant menu or at the grocery store?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Drake, however, points to <a href="http://www.petersenshunting.com/galleries/meat-eater-revolution/" target="_blank">the growing “locavore” movement</a>. Consumers are increasingly aware of their food, where it comes from and what’s in it. The demand for hormone- and antibiotic-free, ethically and locally raised meat is growing dramatically. Wild venison fits that bill. More people seem to be willing to try food outside the standard grocery store fare, as well.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“I live in Madison, Wisconsin, which has a huge farmers market. It’s packed every Saturday. There is certainly enough of a demand to create a niche market, particularly in urban and suburban areas where deer are overpopulated,” he says. “Remember, we aren’t talking about millions of deer, so it’s not like this would be a huge industry.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">He admits that giving hunters the freedom to sell meat might discourage them from donating it to food banks. A number of venison donation programs have seen a significant decline in donations recently, which is why Murphy would prefer excess game, no matter who kills it, go to food banks and other programs.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Despite the opposition from some biologists and hunters, Drake says there seems to be increased acceptance in the wildlife management community to the idea, particularly among the younger generation. Vrtiska agrees. He’s seen little opposition from wildfowl managers who understand the problems associated with too many geese in too little habitat.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">“I think we can all agree that something needs to be done,” says Vrtiska. “At this point we have to consider every possible solution, even if it means giving hunters the opportunity to sell what they harvest.”</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><em><span style="font-size: 9px"><a href="http://www.petersenshunting.com/conservation-politics/market-hunting-could-game-meat-become-private-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=market-hunting-could-game-meat-become-private-industry" target="_blank">(source)</a></span></em></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vollmer, post: 29407, member: 8014"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Earn-a-buck programs could have an entirely new meaning if a New Jersey legislator gets her way. Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-11) [URL="http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillsByNumber.asp"]introduced a bill into the state legislature[/URL] that would allow hunters the opportunity to sell venison and other deer parts. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Her goal is to increase the local deer harvest and reduce deer/vehicle collisions, [URL="http://www.gameandfishmag.com/news/national-news/ticks-and-lyme-disease/"]Lyme disease[/URL], and other issues related to an overabundance of whitetails. Believe it or not, a growing number of biologists agree with Casagrande.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]As whitetail numbers climb in some regions and [URL="http://www.petersenshunting.com/news/read-react-reached-carrying-capacity/"]hunter numbers slide[/URL], wildlife managers are facing a growing dilemma: How to best control booming deer numbers where hunters don’t or can’t. One solution proposed in a paper published in the [URL="http://www.wildlifejournals.org/view/index.html"]Wildlife Society Bulletin[/URL] is to create a market for wild deer meat.The paper—titled “Regulated Commercial Harvest to Manage Overabundant White-Tailed Deer: An Idea to Consider?”— laid out a careful argument in favor of allowing hunters to sell deer meat and other parts. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Not just any hunters, though. The seven authors propose “state wildlife agencies would award qualified individuals and business entities a Commercial Deer Harvesters License….” Hunters would have to pass a series of proficiency tests in everything from field care and meat handling to proper firearms use and shot placement. They would also have to develop a business plan and establish a relationship with a local processor. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]They couldn’t just do this anywhere, either. According to co-author David Drake, the sale of deer would apply only to specific areas with a chronic overabundance of animals.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]“We are talking mostly about urban and suburban areas where hunting access is restricted or where hunters don’t put much effort into hunting for various reasons,” says Drake, an associate professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin. “Applying economic pressure would create an incentive to open more areas to hunting where it is needed most, and it would encourage more people to shoot more deer.” [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]The commercial sale of wild game isn’t necessarily a new concept, at least not in other countries. It’s legal in many parts of Europe. New Zealand hunters routinely sell game, including whitetail deer, through a government-regulated system. It’s also a common practice in parts of Africa. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]The idea put forth by Drake and his colleagues has more to do with population control than with establishing a new food source. That’s why some waterfowl managers are discussing the same idea for lesser snow geese. The birds are so numerous they are having a serious and long-term impact on the Arctic tundra where they nest. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]The [URL="http://www.fws.gov/"]U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service[/URL] relaxed regulations in 1994 to promote increased harvest. Hunters can now use unplugged shotguns and electronic callers, and there are no daily bag limits during the lengthy spring season.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Even with those liberal rules, hunters still aren’t killing enough geese. The population is about the same as it was two decades ago. That’s why some waterfowl biologists have suggested allowing hunters the freedom to sell the snow geese they harvest. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]“As managers, we want hunters to [URL="http://www.wildfowlmag.com/"]shoot a lot of snow geese[/URL], but what are they going to do with them?” asks [URL="http://www.outdoornebraska.ne.gov/"]Nebraska Game and Parks Commission[/URL] Waterfowl Biologist Mark Vrtiska. “Maybe if they are allowed to sell them, hunters would be willing to shoot more and put more effort into hunting.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]It’s just one of many options to reduce lesser snow goose numbers. Ironically, it may be the hardest one to sell to hunters themselves. A survey of goose hunters in Nebraska found that 40 percent were opposed or strongly opposed to legalizing the sale of hunter-harvested snow geese. About 30 percent were in favor or strongly in favor.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]It isn’t just hunters who are troubled with the idea of commercializing game birds and animals. Many wildlife managers are also uneasy with it. Placing a dollar value on wildlife is a clear violation of the [URL="http://www.rmef.org/Conservation/HuntingIsConservation/NorthAmericanWildlifeConservationModel.aspx"]North American Model of Wildlife Conservation[/URL], the foundation of modern wildlife management. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]“We’ve seen what happens when you put a price on wildlife,” says [URL="http://www.qdma.com/"]Quality Deer Management Association[/URL] CEO Brian Murphy. “Pretty much all the previous troubles associated with wildlife populations were driven by the dollar bill.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]More troubling, adds Murphy, is that commercializing deer would further erode hunting opportunities. It might also set a precedent that bleeds over into other game species. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]“It would make it too easy for municipalities, agricultural producers, parks, and other entities to sell deer instead of allowing hunters the opportunity to do the job,” he says. “We should be undertaking efforts to open more areas to hunting. Turning deer into a product would likely take away that incentive.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]In some situations, that’s okay, says Jim Tantillo, executive director of [URL="http://www.orionhunters.org/"]Orion: The Hunter’s Institute[/URL], a hunter ethics think tank. Hunting isn’t a feasible solution in every situation. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]“You have to adapt in natural resources management, and you have to take into account the context,” he says. “In this case, there are too many deer and no viable way to control their numbers in some places. We need to look at ways to encourage more harvest, even if it means allowing people to sell the meat. Is this a slippery slope that may open up the commercialization of other species that are not causing problems like deer are? I don’t think so.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Even if hunters were allowed to sell deer or goose, would anyone actually buy it? As Murphy says, Americans have not shown much of an appetite for farm-raised venison, so why would wild venison be any different? And how often does domestic goose show up on a restaurant menu or at the grocery store? [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Drake, however, points to [URL="http://www.petersenshunting.com/galleries/meat-eater-revolution/"]the growing “locavore” movement[/URL]. Consumers are increasingly aware of their food, where it comes from and what’s in it. The demand for hormone- and antibiotic-free, ethically and locally raised meat is growing dramatically. Wild venison fits that bill. More people seem to be willing to try food outside the standard grocery store fare, as well. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]“I live in Madison, Wisconsin, which has a huge farmers market. It’s packed every Saturday. There is certainly enough of a demand to create a niche market, particularly in urban and suburban areas where deer are overpopulated,” he says. “Remember, we aren’t talking about millions of deer, so it’s not like this would be a huge industry.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]He admits that giving hunters the freedom to sell meat might discourage them from donating it to food banks. A number of venison donation programs have seen a significant decline in donations recently, which is why Murphy would prefer excess game, no matter who kills it, go to food banks and other programs. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]Despite the opposition from some biologists and hunters, Drake says there seems to be increased acceptance in the wildlife management community to the idea, particularly among the younger generation. Vrtiska agrees. He’s seen little opposition from wildfowl managers who understand the problems associated with too many geese in too little habitat.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Source Sans Pro][FONT=arial][SIZE=2]“I think we can all agree that something needs to be done,” says Vrtiska. “At this point we have to consider every possible solution, even if it means giving hunters the opportunity to sell what they harvest.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000] [I][SIZE=1][URL="http://www.petersenshunting.com/conservation-politics/market-hunting-could-game-meat-become-private-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=market-hunting-could-game-meat-become-private-industry"](source)[/URL][/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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