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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Croak" data-source="post: 628584" data-attributes="member: 2367">Actually, this is a common sight in Pennsylvania (and probably most of the US) this time of year through November and some of December. The hunters do the community a service by maintaining an out of control deer population. There are so many deer, the state needs to control the population. They cause numerous vehicle accidents, and destroy land and crops. If the population goes unchecked, they develop diseases which spread to farmers livestock. Some of my favorite bonding memories with my Dad were getting up in the dark and going out into the fields and woods just at sunrise as the fog was lifting off of the ground. We stepped into my uncle's field one morning and there along the edge of the woods and the corn were a buck and a couple of doe. We both pulled up carefully with our bows and shot. Dad (Vice President of the local archery club) got one. I missed by a mile. But we field dressed it, took it home and then butchered while Mom prepared a feast that evening. We then froze and/or refrigerated the meat and would use it for future meals. We not only had venison, but also pheasant, squirrel, rabbit, turkey and a variety of fish in our freezer. [ATTACH=full]13336[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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