| Hunting is a great adventurous hobby. Hunting of | | | | hunting result in depleting the herds so that deer |
| animals like Deer is interesting. For some hunting deer | | | | became practically nonexistent in the more heavily |
| is also passion. It has a long history and even many | | | | populated areas. Foresighted men saw the need of |
| fairytales about deer hunting. Different countries have | | | | protecting these deer for future generations and |
| different rules for deer and their hunts. Some | | | | gradually the different states assumed control and |
| restricts them and some allows them to be hunted. | | | | undertook the management of the deer herds. |
| Let get to know more about this beautiful animal and | | | | Restrictions were very liberal at first, but even so, |
| its existence. | | | | there was opposition to them by many hunters. This |
| Deer are well distributed over the world, but the | | | | opposition to restrictions is still held by many short |
| Virginia deer is a distinct species that is native to | | | | sighted people at the present time, but without |
| America. This fact, together with the American | | | | these controls, deer hunting as we know it would not |
| principle of freedom to own arms and the freedom | | | | be available to the general public as it is today. With |
| to hunt, makes the hunting of these animals an | | | | the deer population in its present healthy condition, |
| American institution. | | | | the hunter has an opportunity to enjoy this sport at |
| Previous to the discovery of this country, deer, as | | | | its best at a cost that almost anyone can afford. |
| well as all other game, were the property of the land | | | | Some years ago, I saw statistics that showed that it |
| owning nobility and the right to hunt was denied the | | | | cost, on an average, a little over a hundred dollars to |
| common man. This was all changed with the settling | | | | bag a deer. These figures were based on the |
| of America. Deer were plentiful in this new land and | | | | amount of money spent by hunters and on the |
| belonged to the man who could bag them. Here the | | | | number of deer killed. Probably these figures are |
| hunting of deer ceased to be a sport and became a | | | | considerably higher at the present time, due to |
| serious business, often of almost life-and-death | | | | inflated prices. This does not mean that every man |
| importance to the early settlers. | | | | that shoots a deer must spend this amount of |
| In the struggle for existence, these animals played an | | | | money on the hunt. Those who hunt and fail to bag |
| important role and the development of this country | | | | a deer outnumber those who are lucky enough, or |
| would not have advanced as rapidly as it did without | | | | who have sufficient hunting intelligence, to be |
| the aid of the meat and skins that they supplied. As | | | | successful in their hunting efforts, so that average |
| the country became more thickly settled and the | | | | costs do not mean much to those who kill their deer. |
| practice of animal husbandry became general, the | | | | The deer not only provides good meats but also has |
| importance of venison as a food became less. This | | | | helped mankind in its fight with rough weathers. |
| did little to ease the hunting pressure on the deer | | | | Therefore there is a growing awareness to protect |
| herds because there was still a demand for such a | | | | the increasing hunts for this animal because their |
| choice food and because an increasing number of | | | | unrestricted hunts is signaling its alarming sounds of |
| people, hunting on a sport basis, were soon | | | | its extinction from most the forests of the world. |
| competing with the market hunters. This unrestricted | | | | |