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And the land here would normally be "unhuntable", too. It's in the city limits.

About the last question you asked......look at the thread header. What do you think this thread was/is about?

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Honestly I took the thread heading a little incorrect seeing that the link was the meat of the post. ;)

And unhuntable as in permission, not regulation. If the city limits disallowed the use of weapons, this particular group of HUNTERS wouldn't be on it. We only need to be 50 yards from any building with a bow, we can sit on the porch with permission. I'm not talking about hired guns with special permits, I'm talking about this group of enthusiastic hunters.

I could very well make the exact same website offering my services as a hunter to try to gain permission.

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Rob....I guess you missed this from page 1. My remarks ONLY describe what the group here is doing.

And when I say "connected"....I mean it. They don't have to play by the same rules you and I do....including weapons in the city limits (as AN example).

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I didn't miss it Jeff, I simply pointed out that this group of the link isn't that same group.

Perhaps the link needs to be removed and the thread can be all about professional hunters or groups like that that isn't this group.

I was strictly talking about the link provided. I'll let ya'll resume the other topic within this topic. ;)

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Jeff - I looked into the same group you are refering to. I think after talking to you about it. They hunt year round, except when heat is too much of an issue. And I used to live in PA and I know that any farmer that has more than a certain $ amount in damage can get a depredation permit and shoot deer on site. These guys are just doing what some farmers don't have time to do. They are approaching it in a more hunting vs exterimination viewpoint, but accomplishing their primary objective none the less.

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And that's different than what I said? Whatever....lol

I actually sent these guys (their president) an email. It'll be interesting to get their response.;)

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I have to laugh sometimes. Someone could catch the devil himself poaching on their land. Post an article about it. And people on here would argue and try and justify what he did. LMAO what a joke. [:'(]

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PA.....

You don't have to "justify" what groups (like the one I'm describing) are doing. They're doing it legally and ethically (unless you have a stance to put forth that states otherwise). They're providing a servicefor their clients (or they wouldn't be hunting where they do).

What's to "jsutify"?

Hell I give 'em a thumbs-up for ingenuity.

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Killing deer in the middle of the summer, or at night, because they've convinced someone the deer are a problem, or because the deer are eating someones bushes. Or they crossed their road and someone hit them with thier car. This is "Hunting" ethically? Lets be honest with ourselves! These guys may hunt legal hours and hunt legal seasons. But they are also hunting out of out season because they've acquired a permit? Also lets be honest about another thing. They aren't just hunting the fenced in airport. They are hunting Miss Grannies land down the street from your farm because the deer ateherFlower Bush. I understand sometimes these people are doing justice, but seriously lets not be nieve and think they are doing this by the same rules as the rest of us HUNT. So if we as hunters follow a certain code of ethics, which Im pretty sure most of us do here on this site, then by god lets not insult ourselves and say these guys are "hunting" or following the same code.

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PA - I tell you what,, drive to Massanuetten (sp?) VA and find out what deer overpopulation is like. I visited there last year and there is NO, NONE, NADA vegetation from 6' to the ground. Ride around and see 12 pters sitting on the side of the road, etc. Now if there are serious problems with deer, why not offer your service to exterminate them? I am not talking about fluffing up the problem, but a serious problem. If I were a farmer and was loosing hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to deer, guess who I am gonna call. Someone who can and will take care of the problem.