My family are hunters. I'd like to talk to you about hunting and what I know about hunting

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137. Having married into a family of hunters I fully agree

My father and brother in law are avid hunters and very responsible. And everything I have seen from their fellow hunters reflects the same.

My father in law subsistence hunted fished and trapped as a kid. He left school somewhere around 8tg grade (we think) to work everyday getting food for his 17 brothers and sisters. Yes 17 - 15 survived to teen years. His mother was basically pregnant for 20 years. Such as it was back then. Having kids added mouths to feed but it also increased the workforce. This was "in the hollow" Virginia - Shenandoah Valley. Both of his children have college degrees. I currently on vacation at a beach front condo courtesy of my brother in law who is wildly successful through his own efforts.

I still have an orange Hunters forthe Hungry cap that my FIL gave me. Yes they kill deer that they aren't going to eat but they pay a fee at the weigh station and donate it to this program to get actual food the those who need it.

States regulate the respective herds and they do a really good job of it. In fact they over protect in most cases.

My BIL learned hunting and fishing from my FIL, he is a notch or two below world class in both. Never misses. Rifle or bow. Drop this guy anywhere, give him a weapon, tell him what is in season, and he'll get it. Both of them managed their own hunting area for 20+ years near their home. He now has another property. He manages it. He knows every deer and when the herd needs to be changed. Like everyone I have met through them in the hunting world they are foremost ENVIRONMENTALISTS - they don't hunt out the land they want it there for others to hunt for years to come.

Tuesday night was "burger night" here at the beach. Elk burger from high altitude Colorado.