We talk about it being sad that people are starving and need to poach to feed their families but in a lot of cases the opposite is happening. It's one thing to shoot a deer when times are bad. I have a couple near me that are in their fifties. They live about a mile off the plowed road. The man is retired because he doesn't need or want to work. He shoots deer, etc. for his food, heats his home with wood, farms a bit, gardens a bit and still enjoys his ATV and 4x4. To me that's poaching to excess. It sounds like a great lifestyle but the guy and his friends have such a great system set up that the warden hasn't been able to catch him.

Dan O.

Edited by - dan o. on 02/10/2003 07:28:31