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If I had a family of five and no job I'd pick up cans on the road side to buy my hunting and fishing licenses.

Fill every tag the give me legally. That would be 5 or six deerin my state.If my kids were old enough they would get their licenses too. Cut up myself and waste nothing.

Turkey season comes along I'd fill those tags too. No squirell or rabbit would be safe.

I'd fish for walleye,Catfish,perch etc. every day and pick my own bait to do it.

Plant a garden and freeze or can the vegatables.

Let every cop and DEC know what your situation is and that you'll take any usable deer they pick up off the side of the road.

You do all that and your still hungry Call a state agency for some help and don't tell me your too proud to do it.

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Probably because I've never been to proud to take a job.

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At the moment I feel there are to many other resources out there so that my family would not have to go hungry. Therefore I would not result to poaching.

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9th grade education and a pack of kids.


Try not breeding more kids into an already bad situation.

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This is 2005, not the 30's! I know that if you are out of work and down on your luck, it doesn't matter what year it is! You may be going through your own "great depression" right now, but it doesn't make stealing right!
The time and effort spent hunting would be better spent doing odd jobs, or looking for work! I know someone mentioned flipping burgers. Yes, flipping burgers won't get you very far, but it is honest work, and will help get you through until better work comes up!
That is one of the problems with many of us these days, you'd rather steal than work!
Some of you are saying you "will do what it takes to survive!" Well, if one burger job doesn't provide, get two of them, until you can get a better job!
If you are hunting for table meat, plenty of game can be taken during legal seasons, and many good tasting animals are un-regulated, you can legally hunt them year round!
Besides, meat is only one food group! What are you going to do for the other food groups? Shoplift? Armed robbery, maybe? If you are going to justify breaking one law, it will only be a matter of time before you rationalize breaking other laws!
Survival is one thing, stealing is another!
I'd be willing to bet that ALL those posting here in favor of poaching, are not bad enough off financially, as to be able to justify poaching!
If by chance you are, take my earlier advice, drop your internet service, and sell your computer, before you start stealing!

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Although I wouldn't look down on the person that killed a deer out of season to feed his family in the short term during tough times I don't think that where someone lives justifies not going out and finding a job to better their family situation. There are many comments about families living up in the mountains with 8 kids to feed. If they can't support 1 child then why are they having 7 more? Teach some of those kids to hunt and go to the city yourself to get a job. When you have enough money to rent out a place then move your family in. Obviously this is very over simplified but there are people in the U.S. from many poor countries (much worse than anyone here has experienced) who's family saved enough money to send 1 person to America to get a job. They in turn send money back home to improve their situation and eventually send another family member here. These people manage to do it and they live half way across the world! I personally have been fortunate enough to have never been in that situation so I guess I'm not very qualified to respond to this but it is just a few thoughts I had. For those comments that said those that don't understand need to get out of the suburbs I would say maybe you need to get out of the woods and into the suburbs if times are that tough. There is a whole country of opportunity out there if you are that hard up.

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For all of you guys that are totally against someone, shooting a deer to feed their family. How do u feel about farmers shooting dozens of deer for crop damage? Thats another case were someone is shooting a deer to feed their family, when you think about it. If they dont have any crops to sell, there wont be any money to buy food. I know of at least one farm around my house that seriously kills 30-50 deer a year, but its gotta be done or the farms would never survive.

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I don't see a situation when poaching would be ok.

If times are that bad there is wellfare and soup kitchens. A persons pride shouldn't get in the way of feeding his family.

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fatsbucknut,

I think some things can be done with common sense, when it comes to poaching. There are a few farmers here in KS do the same, but they get special permits to do so. Personally I can say I have killed plenty of animals out of season or without seasons to protect my livestock. Even though I think most of that is legal due to the fact I am protecting my livestock, it is still poaching out of season. In my opinion this type of poaching is okay. And I think most game wardens understand this, and try to turn their back about something like this. At least they did here.

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Fastbuck, Not even close to the same thing.