Your intention is irrelevant, it is the outcome of your choice of words that matter. Thank you for saying what you said, I will still have to disagree with the fact that deer just aren't bright because like you saying you've had first hand experience, I spent more than four years studying how animals think and behave and their genetics, etc. They are herd animals and being a herd animal takes a certain amount of sophistication. Are they as smart as other herding animals like elephants? No, not even close. What I was insinuating in the data I shared is that deer will only harm crops if 1) their land is being damaged by humans 2) if predators and other herd animal are eating from the food source. You claim deer are not smart yet you mention they damage the land and young crops. It takes a certain amount of intelligence, no matter how weak, to do such a thing. I am not a vegetarian here trying to get people to feel bad for hunting and eating deer, if that's how one lives that's how they live and they are not an endangered species. I was just sharing information I gained. Being lovely or wonderful is also irrelevant. I am stating facts not telling stories.

Thank you for sharing the statistics. I can now see what you were speaking of, and as I said, I can now compare my thinking to the facts which is all I intended to do. I do not think with licensing that the government was turning anyone into automotons. Simply that a lot of the money may not be used as they state it is.

The fact of the matter is tax dollars that could have been used for a thousand other things are being used to prosecute a man who stayed well within his legal rights over a FISHING LICENSE. There are many people I want to see put to justice, he's not at the top my list in the slightest. I don't think he is going to start hunting people without a license next.

Again thank you for taking the time and sharing the statistics. I'll do more reading into it tonight and see how my own city handles it. It helps me form a better idea of what's going on.