Well I have to say that if in the 40' s and 50' s in the back woods of Ky it was poaching then my dad and all of his bothers were poachers at that time. They use to kill squirrles to eat. They live way back in the woods and if they couln' t kill it or raise it then they would starve. They raise what farm animals that they could but it took money to buy them to raise. They would catch ground hogs and raise them and then eat them. So where does that leave us? Are we all poachers?? When they got older then they would buy there hunting licenses and tags. ONe thing...they would eat what they killed. Nothing went to waste. Just my 2 cents worth.