If there were a way to asure that an individual was hunting for food only and could get a special permit, that would be cool in my book. Except there is no way to equitably determine that. This is one of those questions without a clear cut answer. I work construction and though we pay pretty good, most of the men live around the poverty line and multiply far to frequently. One day after work, a couple of my men pinned a blackbuck up against a highfence and killed, quartered it and took it home to their family. 1.) blackbuck is an 'exotic' and not governed under TDPW 2.) I didn't see it happen, I was on my way home 3.) Once off the owner's property, exotics are free game. So the game warden let him go (one of the other men turned him in) because he had broken no wildlife laws. Now animal cruelty and such(The tackled it and beat it with a shovel) is another thing, but this man had 6 kids to feed and was getting that meat for his kids.

Who would speak to deny a man provision from his family if harvested from nature? Is that not the origin of hunting? But it has become a sport and must be regulated to keep it fair and open to all. The first arguement is all the pretext a poacher needs if such permits are available. I believe its a catch 22 and I don't know the right answer.