ASK UNCLE JIM
By Jim Robertson Dear Uncle Jim, Looking through the list of Hunting Accidents on the C.A.S.H. website, I see that a fall from a tree stand is one of the most common accidents for every year recorded. Why do you suppose there are so many hunting accidents involving tree stands? Lynn G., Springfield, MA Dear… ASK…
FL: FWC Law Enforcement Report
February 23, 2017 From NorthEscambia.com The Florida FWC Division of Law Enforcement reported the following activity during the weekly period ending February 16. Escambia County…
Hunting More Dangerous Than Ephedrine
Sent to the Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette 1/1/04 The U.S. government recently banned the herbal extract ephedrine because of adverse reactions that according to a Rand…
Foul Donations
This was sent to both the Tennessean and the Nashville Scene. 1/5/03 Recently two men were arrested on Nashville’s Natchez Trace Parkway for illegally killing…
Breeding Them Just to Kill Them
letters@pressofac.com 11/10/03 Hunters love to claim that they are “thinning the herd” and without their altruism, the animals will starve over the winter. What they don’t often tell you is that many of the animals killed by hunters are bred specifically to be living targets. The state Division of Fish…
Bringing Bowhunting to Cedar Creek Will Most Likely Backfire
11/9/03 Bringing bowhunting to Cedar Creek will most likely backfire because hunting is a cause of deer/car collisions. In 2001, the Erie Insurance Company had 384 deer claims on opening day and the first Saturday of Pennsylvania’s hunting season. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration reports that most car/deer…
Being a Hunting Supporter Is No Way to Win an Election
Sent to NY Post 11/9/03 Contrary to what presidential candidates John Kerry and Howard Dean may believe, going hunting to kill some harmless birds will not win the support of many people. (Shootin’ Blanks, 10/31/03) A recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) report showed that the number of hunters…
People are Killed in Hunting Accidents
3 Nov 2003 Dear Editors: Each year people are killed in hunting accidents. According to the International Hunting Education Association, in 2001 there were a total of 857 hunting accidents in this country — more Americans than were killed so-far during the occupation of post-war Iraq. Closer to home, the…
Hunting Dogs at Risk Also
Sent to several SD newspapers 10/30/03 Hunting season is a dangerous time of year not only for wildlife who meet an untimely death, but also for hunters and their companions, both human and canine. On October 25, a ten-year old Maryland boy was killed by an arrow fired by a…
Mismanagement of Wildlife
Wildlife Watch Inc. Helping People, Environment, and Wildlife PO BOX 562 NEW PALTZ, NY 12561 Voice:(845) 256-1400 Fax:(845-622-7999) e-mail: wildwatch@earthlink.net Contact: Joe Miele, Vice President 201-368-8271 The Honorable David J. Burgio, Mayor North Tonawanda City Hall 216 Payne Avenue North Tonawanda, NY 14120 October 31, 2003 Dear Mayor Burgio: Wildlife…
Watchung Deer Hunt May be Thwarted
Sent to the Courier News of NJ 10/30/03 It is encouraging to read that the Watchung deer hunt may be thwarted by those who will not allow hunting on their property. Preventing a hunt is most certainly in the best interests of the people of Watchung as well as the…
Bow Hunting Contradictions
Sent to Philadelphia Inquirer 10/29/03 In his op-ed “In defense of bow hunting,” Scott Benek contradicts himself when talking about how animals are killed with arrows. Mr. Benek wrote “Most animals succumb within seconds. Rapid loss of blood decreases oxygen flow to the brain, causing blackout and quick death.” Several…
What’s Killing the Cormorants?
Sent to NY Newsday 10-22-03 A recent article in Newsday spoke of Cormorant Newcastle Virus, a virus that has been blamed for killing hundreds of double-crested cormorants in Lake Champlain and Oneida Lake. New York State Environmental Commissioner Erin Crotty identified the virus, but did not give details of the…
The Number of Hunters has Declined by More than 50%
Sent to the Register-Herald of WV http://www.register-herald.com/letters/ 10/18/03 If they could read, wildlife all over the country would be celebrating now that the number of hunters is declining across the country (Hunting declining in other states 11/24). Field & Stream magazine reports that the number of hunters in the last…
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