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Originally Posted by WV Girl
This surprises me. It seems that the meat could be put to use somewhere. Meat processors could process the deer, and it could be donated to homeless shelters, or soup kitchens, or the local zoo, or something! What a sad, sad, waste of life. I think the program still exists here where hunters can donate their kill and then the meat is processed and given to low-income folks.
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I think that's a great idea but I'm not sure if there is a program here like that.
The last several years Cedar Rapids had an in-city bow hunt for deer. This hunt is allowed simply to decrease deer-vehicle accidents. In 2004 there were 455 deer-vehicle collissions, in 2008 there were only 250. Although those numbers don't indicate that the in-city bow hunt was the only contributing factor, I do think it helped. It's amazing that a metro area with a population of 252,784 allows such a hunt inside city limits.
Personally I don't hunt but I have gone several times and I do enjoy being out in the woods before the sun rises. I'm content eating what's available at the store. If I personally had to shoot an animal to eat I would have no problem. I'm happy that others hunt and help keep the populations in check.