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whether owned and put behind a fence or not deer aren't livestock here by law , so the Lacey Act applies in this case . The deer pimps are trying to get them classified as livestock for this reason , and so they can sell them all year instead of just our hunting seasons . The charges against these slobs are a direct result of them breaking numerous game laws , not just because whitetails were involved .

Yes , I would be just as angry if they were shooting drugged exotics in small pens , just as the majority of Indiana residents would . We don't condone such operations no matter how they're run , which is why we're fighting to get them closed . My biggest concern personally is the reaction of the non-hunting public when they see articles like this , it relects badly on us too . The non-hunters could easily get ALL hunting shut down if they got outraged enough .