A Reminder...

[Termite]

Yeah, moose are all over the place because they refuse to cull them, and they won't allow hunting in the city proper... Occasionally there will be an incident between one and a pedestrian, but they are most dangerous when they try to cross the road.

Along those same lines:

Teen's death a reminder of deer's threat to motorists
The crash was horrific, all the more so for its freak nature: A 17-year-old girl was killed last week in Lowell, Mich., when a deer that had been struck by another vehicle was flung into her minivan, causing it to lose control, leave the road and strike a tree.
Barbara Barnick died at the scene. Three passengers in her Chrysler minivan and the driver of the other vehicle survived; Barnick and the others were all wearing seatbelts, police said.

The high school senior's death in western Michigan, near Grand Rapids, serves as a tragic reminder that November is the deadliest month for collisions between motor vehicles and deer.

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As unpleasant as car/deer collisions are, they pale compared to deer/motorcycle collisions.

[Lokidude]

Sounds more like NJ than an Alaska mentality. Ah Poor moose, can't shoot them. Cause you know steaks are grown at the grocery store.

It's worse than that. The antis want to keep the moose and bears in the city no matter how much injury or property damage they cause, because it makes it feel more like "Alaska" even though they live in the middle of a city. Perception over reality, no matter how much carnage results.

Same thing with the hoofed rats we have here. I can't count the number of times I've turned into my parking lot and just about wiped out a deer or 5. And I live in the middle of town. But the damn hippies are hard-line opposed to culling, because apparently that would destroy the "Wyoming charm."

Good reminder, though. Moose have a great capacity for smashing.

[MelodyByrne]

Seen a couple of weeks ago, and I'm in complete agreement.

[Termite]

Tree hugging bambi lovers rarely consider the end results of their emotional tirades. They think they mean well, but ya'll know the story about good intentions and the road to Hell......

I once had a local soccer mom here in Cenla tell me that if she had her way, hunting would be banned. I ask her how many children she would be willing to let die to accomplish that. Stunned, she ask what did I mean. I explained to her that we would have to introduce both wolves and cougars by the hundreds to keep the deer population down, and that it still might not be enough, and that the number of deer/car collisions would increase dramatically, raising insurance rates and injuring/killing people. She looked at me like I was from Mars, and I could tell she simply could not process and understand the information. Her mental "screen" was displaying "File not found."

[cu74]

Tree hugging bambi lovers rarely consider the end results of their emotional tirades. They think they mean well, but ya'll know the story about good intentions and the road to Hell......

Thanks to them, and Fish & Game idiots, a whole lot of the country has gone from "IF you hit a deer......" to "WHEN you hit a deer....." Here in Eastern Kansas Fish & Game could extend the length of the hunting season by a factor of 3 or 4 and the hunters still couldn't make a dent in the numbers.

[Netpackrat]

Well... would you be willing to tag him with your Jeep if I was willing to get him to chase me into the street? We could split the meat, assuming that we both survive.

With your Jeep, maybe.

[Greg]

I suppose you can't just go out with a rifle and turn him into your pre-Christmas venison lunch? Do they often come into town?

Yeah, moose are all over the place because they refuse to cull them, and they won't allow hunting in the city proper (there is a black powder hunt by drawing permit on the outskirts). I guess there used to be an archery hunt but they nixed that after moose with arrows in them were encountered in town. Occasionally there will be an incident between one and a pedestrian, but they are most dangerous when they try to cross the road. I think the uncontrolled moose population is a big part of the reason we've been having more bear problems in recent years.

Sounds more like NJ than an Alaska mentality. Ah Poor moose, can't shoot them. Cause you know steaks are grown at the grocery store.

Why do you have to mention NJ, anyway? That sounds more like a CO mentality to me.

At least we have an excuse, most of our population never leaves big cities. Those of us who live outside cities WANT hunting, lots of it, because the damn bears spread more and get more fearless every year.

[Precision]

Yeah, moose are all over the place because they refuse to cull them, and they won't allow hunting in the city proper (there is a black powder hunt by drawing permit on the outskirts). I guess there used to be an archery hunt but they nixed that after moose with arrows in them were encountered in town. Occasionally there will be an incident between one and a pedestrian, but they are most dangerous when they try to cross the road. I think the uncontrolled moose population is a big part of the reason we've been having more bear problems in recent years.

Sounds more like NJ than an Alaska mentality. Ah Poor moose, can't shoot them. Cause you know steaks are grown at the grocery store.

Why do you have to mention NJ, anyway? That sounds more like a CO mentality to me.

At least we have an excuse, most of our population never leaves big cities. Those of us who live outside cities WANT hunting, lots of it, because the damn bears spread more and get more fearless every year.

I mention NJ because of their hunting laws. Look up the Princeton NJ example.

They pay a group of professional assassins $90k every two years to cull deer instead of having HUNTERS pay them to cull deer.

[moose42]

Moose bites can be pretty nasti.

[Greg]

Why do you have to mention NJ, anyway? That sounds more like a CO mentality to me.

At least we have an excuse, most of our population never leaves big cities. Those of us who live outside cities WANT hunting, lots of it, because the damn bears spread more and get more fearless every year.

I mention NJ because of their hunting laws. Look up the Princeton NJ example.

They pay a group of professional assassins $90k every two years to cull deer instead of having HUNTERS pay them to cull deer.

I mention the problem being that we're too urbanized, unlike say CO which is full of morons without the excuse of being surrounded by pavement... And your best counter is Princeton?

Not only it is a sheltered built-up area, it's kind-of a college town. Ivy League, even. What Ivy League moonbats choose to do the rest of us can hardly be help responsible for.

As I said, there are a surprising number of red counties in NJ, and we want to get rid of the damn bears, and cull the deer so you can drive at night, etc etc. But the city morons outnumber us. It's an urban problem, not a Jersey problem.