Only one bad thing about sending hunters out with guns for animal population
control. They dont take out the weak and those of poor genetic quality. They
tend to take those from the top of the herd. Only restoring the balance of
predatory animals will really solve the problem. BTW I am a deer hunter.

"Roger Halstead" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 09:29:49 -0400, "WB3FUP \(Mike Hall\)"
wrote:

Take a trip though Fairmont Park in Philly. Nothing green below 4 of 5
foot. Overpopulation is as much a problem as over hunting, a potentially
more serious to humans as diseased animals die..


Here they even have limited hunts in park areas and the city forrest
to reduce the over populations. Every time they do it's a battle with
the environmentalists. I guess they figure starving to death, or the
deer being killed by dogs or coyotes is more humane.

At least for the time being herd management and common sense is
prevailing.

I've not had any problems with squirrels getting into the coax...yet.
Maybe it's my cat chasing them (and the stray dogs) out of the yard.
Big cat. Hates dogs. Loves kids. Chased every dog in the
neighborhood home except one. They ever meet and I'll probably be
looking for a new cat, although he did get into a fight (attacked) a
full grown black lab that came in to the yard...and won.

The dog walked up behind the little neighbor girl and the cat went
ballistic.

When he was much younger he took in after a squirrel. The squirrel
went up a tree with the car right behind it. The squirrel bailed from
something like 25-30 feet up. The cat never slowed and went right
after him. However when the squirrel went up the next tree the cat
stopped at the bottom and just looked up.... I think he learned
something that day. :-)) driveways are pretty hard when hit from 30
feet up.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)