am an ethical hunter but it can drive a person to poach...we really need the meat and it seems unfair for this kind of crap to be happening...i have never poached and will never but i can't say that the thought hasn't crossed my mind (for the 1st time ever)...just imagine all those deer that will starve because we weren't allowed to take off the excess animals in an already over populated area...heck, i watched a doe and her 2 fawns starve to death in my own backyard last year.....what a shame!!! and frustrating!!!!
Well I'd look at it this way, I know our State wants to do somethings regarding permit only and raffle type drawings and I told them if it came to it,1) I DON'T gamble for my hunting RIGHT and 2) I don't think God sees us as being unethical about how much we "pay" to harvest His creations? I told some of my WFDW officals if it came down to it, Come October or November I'd go out and harvest my 1 deer and 1 Elk...regardless of how much I paid. If you really relie on the meat to either survive or in order to spend that"meat" money on some other essential I'd say go for it. I know that's probably not a very popular view but...you gotta survive...right?