Craig Wallace <[email protected]> writes: > I think this is wrong. A nature reserve an area to protect wildlife, > not to allow it to be shot. A nature reserve is managed for the > purposes of conservation. So if an area is primarily for hunting, it > is not a nature reserve.
I think you are off here. Nature is complicated, and "preserving nature" is too. There's a long tradition of wildlife management areas where hunting is allowed (subject to seasons and limits, set by state wildlife biologists). In these, while deer and geese are taken, the area remains natural, and the vegetation is somewhat protected from overbrowsing by deer. And, killing individual deer is not bad for the species. Around me, and I'm sure around Kevin, as soon as there are areas that aren't paved over, there are too many deer compared to historical norms. Around me, "Wildlife Management Areas" don't feel different from "Conservation Areas", except that there are a few weeks you should be wearing orange or avoiding them. I am near a federal Wildlife Refuge -- and deer hunting is allowed, in order to keep the population somewhat under control and protect the vegetation and other species.
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