I doubt if anyone will ban hunting anytime soon. It's nesessary for maintaining steady predator /prey ratios. Without it the countryside would be overrun with whitetails eating everything in sight. Farmers would be applying for crop damage losses and this would cost the ins. too much. Sterilization with darts even if successful would require too much personel to accomplish nationwideand the loss of revenue to the DNR and local businesses would be too much. It's all about the money and the anti's won't pony up the $$$$ to make it better. Just my opinion.